Pleurothallis neossa (Luer & Hirtz) J.M.H.Shaw 2014 SUBGENUS Pleurothallis SECTION Pleurothallis SUBSECTION Acroniae SERIES Amphygiae Luer 1998
Photos by © Kevin Holcomb
TYPE Drawing of Acronia neossa
TYPE Drawing of Acronia neossa by © Carl Luer and Selbyana 30: 30 Luer & Escobar 2009
Common Name The Nestling Pleurothallis [refers tothe petals that resemble the wings of a hungry baby bird]
Flower Size .2" [5 mm]
Found in Ecuador as a miniature sized epiphyte with an erect, slender, round in cross-section ramicaul enveloped by a close, tubular, papery sheath below the middle and another at the base and carrying a single, apical, suberect to horizontal, thinly coriaceous, ovate, acute to acuminate, obtuse and sessile base leaf that blooms in the fall on a fascile of horizontal, arising through a prostrate spathe, on top of the leaf, peduncle .2" [5 mm] long, single flowered inflorescence.
"This little species of section Amphygia is characterized by narrowly ovate, acute leaves; slender ramicauls; and a single, resupinate flower borne on top of the leaf by a short, suberect pedicel, which emerges from a much shorter peduncle deep within a small, reclining spathe at the base of the leaf. The ovate dorsal sepal and synsepal are about equal in size and shape; the petals recurve like a pair of little wings above the column; and a three-lobed lip embraces a protruding, terete column." Luer & Hirtz 2009
Synonyms *Acronia neossa Luer & Hirtz 2009
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Selbyana 30: 4 Luer & Escobar 2009 as Acronia neossa Drawing fide;
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