Pleurothallis archilarum Chiron 2011 SUBGENUS Pleurothallis SECTION Pleurothallis SUBSECTION Antenniferae Luer 1998
Photo courtesy of © The Species Idenditication Task Force Blog of the American Orchid Society
Drawing by Guy Chiron
Common Name The Archilas' Pleurothallis [Guatemalan Family orchid nurserymen current]
Flower Size .8" [2 cm]
Found in Alta Verapaz department of Guatemala on trees in moss at elevations around 1550 meters as a miniature sized, cool growing, caespitose epiphyte with erect ramicauls carrying a single, apical, elliptic, acute apically, truncate cordate below into the base leaf that blooms in the spring on a pendent, 2.6" [6.5 cm] long, 5 to 10 flowered inflorescence.
Similar to P penduliflora but differs in the much longer sepals and differently shaped petals. The dorsal sepal is lanceolate with an acute apex, the lateral sepals are orbicular-elliptic with an acute-rounded apex, the petals are elliptic with an acuminate apex and dentate margins. The column is oblong-pandurate." Chiron 2011
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Richardiana 6(4): 200. Chiron 2011 drawing/photo fide;
Orchid Genera and Species in Guatemala Archila, Szlachchetko, Chiron, Lipinska, Mystkowska and Bertolini 2018 photo fide
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