Pleurothallis recurva Lindl. 1841 SUBGENUS Acianthera SECTION Brachystachyae Lindley 1859 Photo courtesy of David Banks - Australia copyrighted ©

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Common Name The Bent Pleurothallis

Flower Size 1/8" or less

Found in Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil at elevations of 950 to 1100 meters in semi wet forests and wet montane forests where it blooms on an, apical, racemose, pendulous, few flowered inflorescence that hold the flowers off the side of the leaf.

Synonyms Acianthera punctata Scheidw. 1842; Acianthera recurva (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 2001 Humboldtia acianthera (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Humboldtia recurva (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Humboltia recurva (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Pleurothallis acianthera Lindl. 1859; Pleurothallis albipetala (Barb. Rodr.) Hoehne & Schltr. 1921; Pleurothallis bistuberculata Barb. Rodr. 1881; Pleurothallis curitibensis Kraenzl. 1921; Pleurothallis lamproglossa Schltr. 1918; Pleurothallis leucorhoda Schltr. 1925 ; Pleurothallis lilacina Barb. Rodr. 1877; Pleurothallis lilacina var. albipetala Barb. Rodr. 1881; Pleurothallis lilacina var. microphylla Barb. Rodr. 1882; Pleurothallis maculata Rolfe 1892; Pleurothallis recurva var. microphylla (Barb.Rodr.) Garay 1954; Pleurothallis regeliana Rchb. f. 1886; Specklinia recurva (Lindl.) F.Barros 1984

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen #7 25-28 tafel 8 Rudolph Schlechter 1971 as P lilacina photo hmm; Systematics of Pleurothallis Vol 3 Luer 1986; Orchid Australia Vol 11 No 6 1999 photo; Lindleyana Vol 16 No 4 2001 as Acianthera punctata; Lindleyana Vol 16 No 4 2001 as Acianthera recurva; 100 Orquideas Argentinas Freuler 2005 photo ok; Orchid Species of Peru Zelenko Bermudez 2009 photo fide as Acianthera recurva

Pleurothallis recurva var. microphylla (Barb.Rodr.) Garay 1954 Photo courtesy of © Dalton Holland Baptista and Orchidstudium

Found in Brazil

Synonyms Pleurothallis lilacina var. microphylla Barb.Rodr. 1881

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