Pleurothallis elegantula Cogn. 1906 publ. 1907 SUBGENUS Effusae Luer 2000

Photo by Dale and Deni Borders.

Another Flower

Photo by Eric Hunt, plant grown by Marni Turkel.

Plant and Flowers

Photo by Lourens Grobler ©

Drawing Drawing by Pabst

MID THROUGH

Common Name The Elegant Pleurothallis

Flower Size .2" [5 mm]

Found in Rio de Janiero state of Brazil in primary cloud forests at elevations of 900 to 1600 meters as a as a mini-miniature sized, warm to cool growing, caespitose epiphyte with erect,ramicauls enveloped by 3 trumpet-shaped sheaths and carrying light green, oblanceolate, faintly keeled, rounded apically, attenuate below into the base leaf that blooms mid winter through spring on a 2.8" [7 cm] long, 4 to 6 flowered inflorescence carrying almost simultaneously opening, unpleasantly scented flowers.

CAUTION!!!! !For years this orchid has commonly been refered to as P mathidae 1943 or P avenacea 1908 but research has shown that it actually was described earlier by Cogniaux in 1907 as P elegantula and so this name takes precedence.

Synonyms Pabstiella avenacea (Ames) Luer 2007; Pabstiella elegantula (Cogn.) Luer 2007; Pabstiella leucosepala (Loefgr.) F.Barros & C.F.Hall 2012; Pleurothallis avenacea Ames 1908; Pleurothallis leucosepala Loefgr. 1918; Pleurothallis mathildae Brade 1943; Specklinia avenacea (Ames) Luer 2004; Specklinia leucosepala (Loefgr.) Luer 2004; Trichosalpinx mathildae (Brade) Toscano & Luer 1993

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 43: 308 Cogniaux 1906 publ. 1907

Orchidaceae 2: 266 Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Fascile 2 Ames 1908 as P avenacea;

Orchidaceae 2: 267 Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Fascile 2 Ames 1908 as P avenacea drawing fide;

Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 2: 49 Loefgren 1918 as P leucosepala;

Orquídea (Rio de Janeiro) 6: 12 Brade 1943 as P mathildae;

Orchidacaeae Brasilensis Pabst & Dungs 1975;

Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 as P mathildae drawing good;

Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol III Systematics of Pleurothallis Luer 1986 as P avenecea;

Orchids Travel By Air A Pictoral Safari Mulder, Mulder-Roelfsema and Schuiteman 1990 as P mathildae photo fide;

Kew Bull. 48: 326 Toscano & Luer 1993 as Trichosalpinx mathildae;

Orchids of the High Mountain Atlantic Rainforest in SE Brazil Warren & Miller 1994 as P mathildae;

Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XX Systematics of Jostia, Andinia, Barbosella, Barbrodia & Pleurothallis subgen Antilla, Effusia and Restrepioidia Luer 2000as P avenacea;

Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVI Pleurothallis subgenus Acianthera and Three Allied subgenera, A Second Century of new Species of Stelis of Ecuador, Epibator, Ophidion and Zootrophion Luer 2004 as Specklinia avenacea;

Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVI Pleurothallis subgenus Acianthera and Three Allied subgenera, A Second Century of new Species of Stelis of Ecuador, Epibator, Ophidion and Zootrophion Luer 2004 as Specklinia elegantula;

Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVI Pleurothallis subgenus Acianthera and Three Allied subgenera, A Second Century of new Species of Stelis of Ecuador, Epibator, Ophidion and Zootrophion Luer 2004 as Specklinia leucosepala;

Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXIX A Third Century of Stelis of Ecuador Systematics of Apoda-Prorepentia Luer 2007 as Pabstiella elegantula;

Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXIX A Third Century of Stelis of Ecuador Systematics of Apoda-Prorepentia Luer 2007 as Pabstiella avenacea;

The Organ Mountain Range Its History and Its Orchids Miller, Warren, Miller and Seehawer 2008 as P avenacea drawing/photo fide;

Orquidário 26: 29 F Barros & C F Hall 2012 as Pabstiella luecosepala;

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