Pleurothallis turrialbae Luer 1991 SUBGENUS Specklinia SECTION Sylphia
Photo by © A.P. Karremans
Drawing by © Carl Luer
Common Name The Turrialba Volcano Pleurothallis [A Volcano in Costa Rica]
Flower Size .2" [5 mm]
Found in Costa Rica in cloud forests at elevations of 1680 to 2000 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with slender, erect ramicauls enveloped by 2 thin tubular sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, obovate, obtuse, cuneate below into the petiolate base leaf that blooms in the spring and fall on a slender, erect, .32 to .48" [.8 to 1.2 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence arising laterally from the ramicaul.
Synonyms Specklinia turrialbae (Luer) Luer 2004; Sylphia turrialbae (Luer) Luer 2006
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Vol 3 Hammel, Grayum, Herrera and Zamora 2003; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVI Luer 2004 as Specklinia turrialbe; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVIII Luer 2006 as Sylphia turrialbae drawing fide; Pleurothallids Neotropical Jewels Vol 1 Karremans & Viera 2020 as Specklnia turialve photo fide
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