Pleurothallis truncata Lindl. 1836 SUBGENUS Pleurothallis SECTION Truncatae Luer 1986 Photo courtesy of Nick Doe

Flower Closeup Photo courtesy of David Morris

Flower Closeup Photo courtesy of Andy's Orchids Copyright © 2002 All rights reserved.

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Common Name The Truncated Pleurothallis

Flower Size 1/8" [.33 cm]

A medium to large caespitose epiphytic and sometime lithophytic species found in Ecuador at altitudes of 1700 to 3000 meters with elongate, terete, slener ramicauls enveloped basally by 2 close, tubular sheaths and another 2, one at the middle and the other below the middle and carrying a single, apical, elliptic, acute, attenuate to the short conduplicate base leaf that blooms on a 1 or more, apical, racemose, 3 to 4" [7.5 to 10 cm] long, several to many flowered inflorescence arising from a small spathe and holds the successive opening flowers tight against the mid leaf all occuring in the winter and spring.

SynonymsHumboldtia truncata (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Humboltia truncata (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Orbis truncata (Lindl.) Luer 2005; Pleurothallis corazonica Schltr. 1915

References W3 Tropicos Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Bonplandia Rchb.f 1855; AOS Bulletin Vol 62 No 1 1993 photo; Orchid Australia Vol 12 No 2 2000 photo; Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 4 Dodson 2003; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVII Luer 2005 as Orbis truncataAOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 3 2008 photo;

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