Frondaria caulescens (Lindl.) Luer1986 Photo by Ecuagenera and their Ecuador Orchid Website

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Found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia at elevations of 1300 to 3200 meters as a miniature sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte that blooms in the winter, spring and summer

Synonyms Humboldtia caulescens (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; *Pleurothallis caulescens Lindl. 1834; Pleurothallis graminea Schlt. 1921

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; . Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol I: Systematics of the Pleurothallidinae Luer 1986; Orchids of Bolivia Ibisch & Vasquez 2000; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 2 Dodson 2001