Pleurothallis sanchoi Ames 1923 SUBGENUS Pleurothallis SECTION Macrophyllae-Fasciculatae Lindl 1859 Photo by © Daniel Jimenez Another Flower Photo by Jay Pfahl
Another Flower Photo courtesy of Patricia Harding
White form Photo courtesy of Weyman Bussey
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Common Name Sancho's Pleurothallis [Costa Rican Botanist and cocollector of species 1900's]
Flower Size 1/4" [5 mm]
Found from Guatemala, Costa Rica and Panama in lower montane rainforests at elevations of 860 to 1500 meters as a miniature sized, warm growing epiphyte with rigid ramicauls subtended by 2 tubular sheaths and carrying a single, apical, lanceolate-elliptic, cordate, coriaceous, fleshy leaf that is conduplicate at the base which blooms in late spring through late winter on a short inflorescence with 1 or 2 simultaneously opening flowers held close to the leaf base.
Similar to P nitida but differs in the smooth margined petals
Synonyms Acronia sanchoi [Ames]Luer 2005; Pleurothallis gonioglossa Schlechter 1923; Zosterophyllanthos gonioglossa [Schlechter] Szlach. & Marg. 2001; Zosterophyllanthos sanchoi ( Ames ) Szlach. & Margonska 2001
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Lankester's Epidendra Website CR ; *Schedul. Orch. 4: 26. 1923; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 19: 189. 1923 as Pleurothallis gonioglossa; Selbyana 3(3-4): 352. 1977 as P nitida; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Systematics of Pleurothallis Vol 3 Luer 1986 as P leucantha; Systematics of Pleurothallis Vol 3 Luer 1986; Icones Orchidacearum I Plate 92 Hagsater & Salazar 1990 drawing fide; Icones Pleurothallidinarum XXVII Systematics of Dryadella and Acronia Section Macrophyllae-Fasciculatae Luer 2005 drawing fide as Acronia sanchoi; Orchids of Costa Rica Vol 5 Morales 2009 photo fide;
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