Pleurothallis titan Luer 1977 SUBGENUS Pleurothallis SECTION Macrophyllae-Fasciculatae Lindl 1859 Photo courtesy of Jay Pfahl Copyright © 2002 All rights reserved.
Leaf and Flower, Photo courtesy of Patricia Harding
Common Name The Giant Pleurothallis
Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]
A large sized, cool to warm growing epiphyte that is found in Colombia and Panama at elevations of 1000 to 1300 meters with erect, stout ramicauls enveloped basally by 2 to 3, close, tubular sheaths and another below the middle and carrying a single, apical, suberect to spreading, coriaceous, ovate, acute, acuminate, basally sessile and deeply cordate leaf that blooms in the winter and spring on a successive solitary flower arising through a reclining spathe and holding the large flower close against the leaf base.
Synonyms Acronia titan [Luer]Luer 2005
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 3 COS 1991 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 59 No 4 1995 photo fide; Icones Pleurothallidinarum XXVII Systematics of Dryadella and Acronia Section Macrophyllae-Fasciculatae Luer 2005 drawing fide as Acronia titan; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 11 2006 photo
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