Pleurothallis turrialbae Luer 1991 SUBGENUS Sylphia

Drawing by © Carl Luer and The Epidendra Orchid Website

Full shade Cool Cold

Common Name The Turrialba Volcano Pleurothallis [A Volcano in Costa Rica]

Flower Size .2" [5 mm]

Found in Costa Rica in cloud forests at elevations of 1680 to 2000 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with slender, erect ramicauls enveloped by 2 thin tubular sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, obovate, obtuse, cuneate below into the petiolate base leaf that blooms on slender, erect, .32 to .48" [.8 to 1.2 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence arising laterally from the ramicaul.

Synonyms Specklinia turrialbae (Luer) Luer 2004; Sylphia turrialbae (Luer) Luer 2006

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XVIII Luer 1999 drawing fide; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVI Luer 2004 as Specklinia turrialbe; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XXVIII Luer 2006 as Sylphia turrialbae drawing fide

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