Pleurothallis aurantiaca Barb.Rodr. 1877 SUBGENUS Acianthera SECTION Brachystachyae Lindley 1859
Photo courtesy of © Dalton Holland Baptista and Orchidstudium
Drawing by Cogniaux
Common Name or Meaning The Orange Pleurothallis
Flower Size .12" [3 mm]
Found in Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo and Parana' states of Brazil as a mini-miniature sized, caespitose epiphyte with short, arcuate ramicauls carrying a single, apical, obovate, obtuse, gradually narrowing below into the conduplicate base leaf that blooms in the summer on an erect, arcuate, .4 to .6" [1 to 1.5 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms Acianthera aurantiaca (Barb.Rodr.) Campacci 2008; Pabstiella aurantiaca (Barb.Rodr.) Chiron 2011; Specklinia aurantiaca (Barb.Rodr.) F.Barros & V.T.Rodrigues 2009
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1: 10 Barb Rodr 1877
Flora Brasiliensis Vol III Part 4:509 Martius, Cogniaux 1893
Flora Brasiliensis Vol III Part 4:tab 118 Martius, Cogniaux 1893 drawing fide;
Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 2 Pabst & Dungs 1977 drawing fide;
Bol. CAOB 69-70: 25 Campacci 2008 as Acianthera aurantiaca;
Bradea 14: 24 (2009 as Specklinia aurantiaca;
Richardiana 11: 133 Chiron 2011 as Pabstiella aurantuiaca;
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