Pleurothallis trullifera Luer & Hirtz 1996 SUBGENUS Specklinia SECTION Muscariae Luer 1986
Photo by © Linda and Michael Karlbom
Photo by Ecuagenera and their Ecuador Orchid Website
Common Name or Meaning The Scooped Pleurothallis
Flower Size .15" [3 mm]
Found in Ecuador at elevations around 1000 to 1650 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte with erect ramicauls carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, elliptic, obtuse, gradually narrowing below into the sessile base leaf that blooms in the fall on a lateral, to 2.4" [6 cm] long, elongating, successively single flowered inflorescence.
Checked type W3Tropicos OK
Synonyms Muscarella trullifera (Luer & Hirtz) Luer 2006; Pleurothallis discalis Luer & J.Portilla 2002; Specklinia discalis (Luer & J.Portilla) Luer 2004; Specklinia trullifera (Luer & Hirtz) Luer 2004
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 4 Dodoson 2003 photo ok as P discalis photo ; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 4 Dodson 2003 photo ok missing tails on petals in Ecuagenera photo; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVI Luer 2004 as Specklinia trullifera; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVIII Luer 2006 as Muscarella trullifera drawing fide; Pleurothallids Neotropical Jewels Vol 1 Karremans & Viera 2020 as Muscarella trullifera photo fide
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