Pleurothallis montipelladensis Hoehne 1929

SUBGENUS Specklinia SECTION Hymenodanthae SUBSECTION Longicaulae [Barb. Rodr.] Luer 1986

Flower Closeup Photo courtesy of Patricia Harding

Plant ensitu in Minas Gerais Brazil at elevation of 1100 meters Photo courtesy of Jay Pfahl

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Common Name or Meaning The Montepella Pleurothallis [Refers to the mountain where it was first collected Morro Pelado]

Flower Size .1" [3 mm]

Found in Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Bahia and Sao Paulo States of Brazil on Velloziaceae on rocky slopes at elevations of 1000 to 1900 meters as a miniature sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte or lithophyte in shade or sun with a reduced ramicaul carrying a single, apical fleshy, almost orbicular to subcylindrical to flat, elliptic or spathulate, green to yellowish leaves that can bloom at most ant time of the year on a 1" [2.5 cm] long, 1 to 3 flowered, racemose inflorescence.

Synonyms Anathallis montipelladensis (Hoehne) F.Barros 2002; Specklinia montepelladensis (Hoehne) Luer 2004

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of the High Mountain Atlantic Rainforest in SE Brazil Warren & Miller 1994; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVI Luer 2004 as Specklinia montepelladensis; Orquideas Da Chapada Diamantina Brito & Cribb 2005

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