Pleurothallis maxima Luer 1976 SUBGENUS Crocodeilanthe [Rchb.f & Warsc.]Luer 1986 Photo by © Lourens Grobler

Plant and Flower ensitu - Ecuador Photo courtesy of Patricia Harding

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Common Name The Grand Pleurothallis

Flower Size

Found in Ecuador at elevations of 1000 to 2300 meters as a warm to cool growing epiphyte.

Synonyms Crocodeilanthe maxima (Luer) Luer 2004; Stelis dapsilis Pridgeon & M.W. Chase 2002; Stelis maxima (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W. Chase 2001

References W3 Tropicos Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Systematics of Pleurothallis Vol 3 Luer 1986; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XVI Systematics of Pleurothallis subgenera Crocodeilanthe, Rhynchopera and Talpinaria Luer 1998; Lindleyana Vol 16 No 4 2001 as Stelis maxima; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 4 Dodson 2003;

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