Jacquiniella leucomelana (Rchb. f.) Schltr. 1920 Photo courtesy of Weyman Bussey

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Common Name The White-Black Jacquiniella

Flower Size 1/16" [.025 cm]

Found from Mexico to Venezuela as a warm to cool growing, miniature epiphyte that occurs in dry oak and pine forests with heavy summer rains and dry winters with low clouds and fog, at elevations of 700 to 2000 meters with an erect, stem carrying laterally compressed. conduplicate, linear-lanceolat, imbricating leaves and blooms on an apical, sessile, short, one to two flowered inflorescence with nodding successive opening flowers occuring at any time of the year. Potting in a fine medium and given moderate light cold to warm temperatures and year round moisture will ensure a healthy plant.

Synonyms *Epidendrum leucomelanum Rchb. f. 1877

References W3 Tropicos [http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/vast.html] , Kew Monocot list [ http://www.kew.org/wcsp/home.do ], IPNI [ http://www.us.ipni.org/ipni/plantsearch?request_type=search&output_format=query&ret_defaults=on ]; Flora Novo-Galaciana Vol 16 McVaugh 1985;