Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders

Common Name The Hedgehog Phloeophila refers to the spiny flower

A creeping mat forming dwarf epiphyte found in Brazil that blooms on a short, single flowered inflorescence that arises from the leaf axil.

Synonyms Phloeophila echinata Hoehne & Schltr. 1926

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list IPNI ; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Icones Pleurothallidianrum Vol 3 Luer 1986; AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 11 2006 photo

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