Pleurothallis piratiningana Hoehne 1937 SUBGENUS Specklinia SECTION Hymenodanthae SUBSECTION Apodae-Caespitosae [Lindl.]Luer 1986 Photo courtesy of Sandra Wawrzyniak in Poland

Plant Photo courtesy of Oliver Lenhard and his Orchideen Website

Common Name The Piratininga Pleurothallis [a town in Brazil]

Flower Size

Found in Brazil and blooms on a arching, successively single to few flowered inflorescence with nodding flowers.

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

Synonyms Anathallis piratiningana (Hoehne) F.Barros 2003; Pleurothallis barboselloides Hoehne 1933; Pleurothallis handroi Pabst 1956; Specklinia piratiningana (Hoehne) Luer 2004

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Lindleyana Vol 16 No 4 2001 as Specklina barbosellioides; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVI Luer 2004 as Specklinia pitatiningana;

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