Elleanthus graminifolius (Barb.Rodr.) Løjtnant 1977 Photo courtesy of © Dalton Holland Baptista © and Photo by Moises Behar Orchidstudium

Common Name The Grass-Like Leafed Elleanthus

Flower Size .15" [3mm]

Found in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil in rain or cloud forests at elevations of 200 to 1500 meters as a miniature to medium sized, hot to warm growing, usually erect but occasionally ascending epiphyte

Synonyms Adeneleuterophora graminifolia Barb.Rodr. 1881; Elleanthus pusillus Schlt. 1922

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Venezuela ; An Illustrated Field Guide Vol 1 Dunsterville & Garay 1979 drawing fide; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum Plate 674 Hamer 1982 drwaing hmm; Icones Orchidacearum I plate 14 Hagsater & Salazar 1990 drawing hmm; Icones Orchidsacearum Peruviarum Plate 032 Bennett & Christenson 1993 drawing ok; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 2 Dodson 2001 drawing/photo ok; Orquideas Nativas del Tachira Cesar Fernandez 2003 photo ok; Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana Vol 7 Steyermark, Berry, Yatskievych and Holst 2003; Orquideas de la Serrania del Baudo Misas Urreta 2006 drawing/photo fide

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