Pleurothallis klotzschiana Rchb.f. 1850 SUBGENUS Acianthera SECTION Brachystachyae Lindley 1859 Photo by Dalton Holland Baptista

Plant Photo by © Ricardo Luis Penz and his Orchid Website

to

Common Name Klotzsch's Pleurothallis [German Herbarium Director in Hamburg 1800's]

Flower Size

Found in southern and southeastern Brazil at elevations around 400 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte that blooms in the spring

CAUTION I have no way of verifying this determination so please use with caution

Synonyms Acianthera klotzschiana (Rchb.f.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 2001; Humboldtia klotzschiana (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol III Luer 1986; Lindleyana Vol 16 No 4 2001 as Acianthera klotzschiana

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------