Pleurothallis alvaroi Luer & R. Escobar 1981SUBGENUS Pleurothallis SECTION Pleurothallis SUBSECTION Acroniae SERIES Acroniae Luer 1988 Photo by © Jay Pfahl
Photo by Andreas Philipp
Inflorescence and Leaf Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt, plant grown by the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers.
Common Name Alvaro Mejia's Pleurothallis [Colombian orchid grower]
Flower Size 3/8" [1 cm]
Found in the central cordillera of Colombia near Medellin as a small sized, cool growing, epiphyte at elevations around 2000 meters with stout, erect ramicauls enveloped basally by 2 to 3 tubular sheaths with another below the middle carrying an erect, coriaceous, ovate, acute, lightly acuminate leaf with a sessile base and broadly cuneate that blooms in the spring in cultivation on a loose, distichous, 5.5 to 6" [14 to 20 cm] long, simultaneously opening, several flowered inflorescence subtended by a reclining spathe and having infundibular, thin floral bracts.
Synonyms Acronia alvaroi (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer 2005
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Systematics of Pleurothallis Vol 3 Luer 1986; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 3 COS 1991 photo fide; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XVII Systematics of Pleurothallis Section Abortivae, Truncatae, Subsection Acroniae, Subgenera Dracontia and Uncifera Luer 1998 drawing fide; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 3 COS 1991; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVII Luer 2005 as Acronia alvaroi
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