Chytroglossa marileoniae Rchb. f. 1863 Photo by © Pieter C. Brouwer and his Nature Photo Website
Flower Closeup Photo courtesy of Dalton Holland Baptista
Common Name 3/4"
Flower Size [2 cm]
Found in SE Brazil in the state of Rio de Janiero and Sao Paulo on the backside of the mountains near the coast at elevations of 500 to 700 meters in cloud forests as a miniature sized, cool to warm growing epiphyte needing ample humidity and water and partial shade. This species has a fan-shape of several slender, keeled, olive-green, acute leaves that are apically slightly recurved and blooms in the spring on a pendant, wiry, 2" [5 cm] long, several [4 to 6] flowered inflorescence
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2 Rchb.f 1867 drawing fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 drawing fide; Miniature Orchids Northen 1980; Orchidaceae Brasiliense Pabst & Dungs 1976; Orchids of Brazil McQueen 1993; Miniature Orchids McQueen 1992; Orchids of the High Mountain Atlantic Rainforest in SE Brazil Warren & Miller 1994
