Pleurothallis quadricristata Luer & Hirtz 2003 SUBGENUS Acianthera SECTION Brachystachyae Lindley 1859 Photo by © Eric Hunt and His Orchid Website

Plant and Flower Photo by Patricia Harding Copyright © 2002 All rights reserved.

Common Name The Four Crests Pleurothallis [refers to the petals?]

Flower Size 3/4" [1.85 cm]

Found in Ecuador at elevations around 1200 meters as a small to just medium sized, warm growing epiphyte that blooms in the winter.

CAUTION This species has been confused with the Peruvian P decurrens for years, The real P decurrens has yellow to green flowers with a round, acute synsepal and the lip is half as large as the synsepal.

Synonyms Acianthera quadricristata (Luer & Hirtz) Luer 2004

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones Pleurothallidinarum VOl XXVI Luer 2004 drawing hmm; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVI Luer 2004 as Acianthera quadricristata; Orchid Species of Peru Zelenko & Bermudez 2009 as Acianthera quadricristata photo not = P decurrens; Orchid Species of Peru Zelenko & Bermudez 2009 as Acianthera decurrens photo fide

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