Psygmorchis pusilla (L.) Dodson & Dressler

"Psygmorchis pusilla (L.) Dodson & Dressler is found in Mexico to the south, throughout Central America and the Caribbean Islands, followed by Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela and even Guyan in South America"

 Psygmorchis pusilla (L.) Dodson & Dressler, Phytologia 24: 288 (1972).

Psygmorchis pusilla
Psygmorchis pusilla (L.) Dodson & Dressler, Photo Lutchman Jaisarie
Psygmorchis pusilla
Psygmorchis pusilla
Psygmorchis pusilla
Psygmorchis pusilla
Psygmorchis pusilla (L.) Dodson & Dressler, Photo by Szilvia Makai

Family:

Orchidaceae.

Synonym Name: 

Cymbidium iridifolium Sw. ex Steud.
Cymbidium pusillum Sw. 
Epidendrum pusillum L. 
Epidendrum ventilabrum Vell. 
Erycina allemanii (Barb.Rodr.) N.H.Williams & M.W.Chase 
Erycina pusilla (L.) N.H.Williams & M.W.Chase 
Oncidium allemanii Barb. Rodr. 
Oncidium iridifolium H.B.K. 
Oncidium pusillum [L.] Rchb.f 
Oncidium pusillum var. megalanthum Schltr. 
Psygmorchis allemanii (Barb.Rodr.) Garay & Stacy 
Tolumnia pusilla (L.) Hoehne 

English Name:

The Tiny Psygmorchis

Description: 

Fan-shaped, epiphytic tree with many greens, lanceolate, lanceolate, lanceolate, lanceolate, lanceolate, small in size, blooming at most times of the year on a short span, 2 cm. axillary, grows on ovoid, pointed bracts that are smaller than ovary and all shorter or equal to leaf length.

Distribution:

Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 50 - 1500 m.; Amazonia, Andes, Pacífico.

Ecological:

On trees and shrubs in pastures, coffee plantations and hot humid forests at elevations 50 to 1500 m. 
Flowering times:

Cultivation:

Warm grower - Hot

Ref:

orchidspecies.com
ipni.org
powo.science.kew.org
Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gard

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