Pleurothallis villahermosae Sierra-Ariza, Rinc.-González & Villanueva 2022 SUBGENUS Pleurothallis SECTION Macrophyllae-Fasciculatae Lindl 1859
LCDP Photo by Sierra-Ariza and TYPE Drawing by © A. Albino Bohorquez and LANKESTERIANA 22(1) UNA NUEVA ESPECIE DE PLEUROTHALLIS (PLEUROTHALLIDINAE) SUBSECCIÓN MACROPHYLLAE-FASCICULATAE PARA LA REGIÓN ANDINA COLOMBIANA Sierra-Ariza, Rinc.-González & Villanueva 2022
Common Name or Meaning The Villahermosa Pleurothallis [A town in Tolima Colombia]
Flower Size .4" [1 cm]
Found in Tolima department of Colombia on the central Cordillera of the Andes at elevations around 2100 to 2200 meters as a small to medium sized, cold growing caespitose epiphyte with generally arching, terete, thin ramicauls enveloped by 3 to 4 tubular, dark brown sheaths and carrying a single, apical, coriaceous, perpendicular to the ramicaul, microscopically papilose, brilliant, ovate, acuminate apically, lobulate below into the base leaf that blooms in the winter on a lateral, arising through an ovate, papery and fibrous, acute spathe, peduncle .72 to .84" [1.8 to 2.1 cm] long, fasciculate, single to occasionally 2 flowered inflorescence with a tubular, shorter to just a bit longer than the pedicel floral bract.
"Similar to P callosa only from Costa Rica, P cardiothallis and P titan both from Colombia but P villahermosa differs in the falcate-lanceolate petals and a shorter, quadrangulae-ovate lip with 2 basal, oblong, forward facing, fleshy, somewhat elevated, convergent, encircling the glenion projections. P villahermosa can also be compared to P dewildei but it differs in the triangular-ovate petals and the widely cordate-ovate lip."
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
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