Pleurothallis ascera Luer & R. Escobar 1996 SUBGENUS Pleurothallis SECTION Macrophyllae-Fasciculatae Lindl 1859

Flower closeup Photo courtesy of Wilfried Löderbusch

Common Name The Fur-Lined Shoe Pleurothallis [refers to the pubescent shoe-like lip]

Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]

Found in Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia at elevations of 1800 meters as a small sized, cool growing epiphyte with stout, erect ramicauls enveloped basally by 2 to 3 close, tubular sheaths and another on the lower third and carrying a single, apical, spreading, coriaceous, ovate, acute, slightly acuminate, basally sessile and deeply cordate leaf that blooms in the winter on a fascile of successive single flowers arising through a spathe and carrying thin, tubular floral bracts.

Synonyms Acronia ascera (Luer & R. Escobar) Luer 2005

References W3 Tropicos Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 6 COS 1998; Icones Pleurothallidinarum XXVII Systematics of Dryadella and Acronia Section Macrophyllae-Fasciculatae Luer 2005 as Acronia ascera

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