Pleurothallis penduliflora Kraenzl. 1905 SUBGENUS Pleurothallis SECTION Pleurothallis SUBSECTION Antenniferae Luer 1998 Photo by © John Varigos and his Flickr Orchid Photo Website

Another Flower Photo by © Ecuagenara

Common Name The Pendant Flower Pleurothallis

Flower Size .2" [5mm]

Found in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru at elevations of 2200 to 2800 meters as a medium to large sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with a stout erect ramicaul enveloped basally by 2 close, tubular, evanescent sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, spreading, ovate to oblong-ovate, acute, rounded to subcordate basally leaf that blooms in the spring and fall on 1 to 5, erect to arching th pendant, subcongesteed, distichous, simultaneously many flowered, racemose, 7.2" to 12" [18 to 30 cm] long inflorescence arising through a spathe at the leaf base and has tubular floral bracts.

CAUTION Use caution with this one I cannot be sure of the veracity of this determination although it does match Luer's drawings

Synonyms Pleurothallis aves-seriales Luer & R.Escobar 1981; Pleurothallis diffusa var. grandiflora (C.Schweinf.) C.Schweinf. 1956; Pleurothallis semipellucida var. grandiflora C.Schweinf. 1951

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI; Venezuelan Orchids Vol 4 Dunsterville & Garay 1966 drawing fide; Orchids of Peru Vol 2 Schweinfurth 1959 as P diffusa var grandiflora; Fieldiana, First supplement to the Orchids of Peru Scweinfurth 1970; Orchids of Venezuela, An Illustrated Field Guide Vol 3 Dunsterville & Garay 1979 drawing fide; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol III Luer 1986; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 3 COS 1991 as P aves-seriales photo fide; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 6 COS 1998 errata = P pendulifera; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol. XVIII Luer 1999 drawing fide; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 4 Dodson 2003 photo not; Orchid Species of Peru Zelenko & Bermudez 2009 photo not

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