Pleurothallis trullifera Luer & Hirtz 1996 SUBGENUS Specklinia SECTION Muscariae Luer 1986 Photo by © Linda and Michael Karlbom

Another view Photo by Ecuagenera and their Ecuador Orchid Website

Common Name or Meaning The Scooped Pleurothallis

Flower Size .15" [3 mm]

Found in Ecuador at elevations around 1000 to 1650 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm growing epiphyte with erect ramicauls carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, elliptic, obtuse, gradually narrowing below into the sessile base leaf that blooms in the fall on a lateral, to 2.4" [6 cm] long, elongating, successively single flowered inflorescence.

Checked type W3Tropicos OK

Synonyms Muscarella trullifera (Luer & Hirtz) Luer 2006; Pleurothallis discalis Luer & J.Portilla 2002; Specklinia discalis (Luer & J.Portilla) Luer 2004; Specklinia trullifera (Luer & Hirtz) Luer 2004

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 4 Dodoson 2003 photo ok as P discalis; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 4 Dodson 2003 photo ok missing tails on petals in Ecuagenera photo; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVI Luer 2004 as Specklinia trullifera; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVIII Luer 2006 as Muscarella trullifera drawing ok;

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