Ophidion pleurothallopsis (Kraenzl.) Luer 1982 Common Name The Pleurothallis-Like Ophidion
Flower Size 1/5" [5 mm]
Found in Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia as a miniature epiphyte in cloud forests at elevations of 200 to 1800 meters with short ramicauls enveloped basally by 2 tubular sheaths carrying a single, elliptical, acute leaf that is cuneate into the petiole and blooms on a short, successively single flowered inflorescence arising from the apex of the ramicaul with the flower held near the leaf base.
Synonyms Cryptophoranthus auriculatus Garay 1970; *Cryptophoranthus pleurothallopsis Kraenzl. 1925; Phloeophila pleurothallopsis (Kraenzl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 2001
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 3 Dodson 1991; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 4 Dodson 2003; Orquideas de la Serrania del Baudo Misas Urreta 2006;
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