Pleurothallis translucida Barb.Rodr. 1881 SUBGENUS Acianthera [Scheidw.] Luer 1986
Photos By © Roberto Martins and his Flickr Orchid Photo Website
Drawings By © Barbosa Rodriguez, Courtesy of Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria
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Common Name or Meaning The Translucent Pleurothallis [refers to the clear dorsal sepal
Flower Size
Found in Rio de Janiero state of Brazil in primary cloud forests at elevations of 900 to 1300 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm to cool growing, long-repent epiphyte with erect ramicauls enveloped by 2 sheaths in the lower half and carrying a single, apical, erect, oblong, fleshy, dark green, conduplicate leaf that blooms in the fall on a short 1 to 3 flowered inflorescence
Synonyms Acianthera translucida (Barb.Rodr.) Luer 2004
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 19 Barb Ridr. 1881;
Flora Brasilensis 3(4): 463 (C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.) Cogniaux 1896
Flora Brasilensis 3(4): tab 93 (C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.) Cogniaux 1896 drawing fide;
Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing good;
Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVI Pleurothallis subgenus Acianthera and Three Allied subgenera, A Second Century of new Species of Stelis of Ecuador, Epibator, Ophidion and Zootrophion Luer 2004 as Acianthera translucida;
The Organ Mountain Range Its History and Its Orchids Miller, Warren, Miller and Seehawer 2008 drawing fide
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