Centroglossa nunes-limae Porto & Brade 1938 publ. 1940

Plant and Flowers Photo by © The Just Tropicals Website

Flower closeup Photo by © Orchids and More

Drawing Drawing by © Hoehne © and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

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Common Name Nunes & Lima's Centroglossa [Brazilian Orchid Enthusiasts 1900's]

Flower Size .08" by .24" [.2 wide by .6 cm] long

Found in Minas Gerais and Espirito Santo states of Brazil by streams at elevations around 700 to 800 meters as mini-miniature sized, warm growing epiphyte without pseudobulbs and a tight tuft of linear, dark green, keeled leaves that blooms in the later winter on a somewhat fleshy, erect, 2.8" [3 cm] long, to 8 flowered inflorescence.

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 2 Pabst & Dungs 1977 drawing fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 31 1905 - 1976 Brieger 1995 ; The Organ Mountain Range Its History and its Orchids Miller, Warren, Miller and Seehauer 2008 drawing/photo fide;

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