Pleurothallis trimeroglossa Schltr.

Pleurothallis trimeroglossa Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 9: 78 (1921).

Pleurothallis trimeroglossa Schltr., Photos by Davy's cloud forest jewels

Pleurothallis trimeroglossa Schltr., Photos by Mario Portilla Andrade

its native range is Ecuador to Bolivia.

Latin Name: 

Pleurothallis trimeroglossa Schltr.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

No synonyms are recorded for this name.

English Name:

The Talpinaria Pleurothallis (refers to the genus that this species was originally described).

Description: 

With erect, slender ramicauls enveloped basally by 2 to 3 tubular sheaths and one below the middle carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, elliptical, subacute to obtuse petiolate leaf that is cuneate below into the petiole and blooms in the spring summer and fall on a short, apical, successively single flowered inflorescence arising from an ascending spathe holding the flower at mid-leaf.

Distribution:

Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru.

Ecological:

As a miniature sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte at elevations of 450 to 3000 m.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring summer and fall.

Flower size:

2.0 cm.

Cultivation:

Climate: Intermediate

Air Circulation: Medium

Light: Medium

Humidity: Medium

Fertilizer: Weekly

Typus:

Type Information:

Distribution Of Types: Peru (Western South America, Southern America)

Reference: 

theplantlist.org

https://www.ipni.org/n/203715-2

http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:203715-2

http://www.orchidspecies.com/pleurtalpinaria.htm. 

https://www.ecuagenera.com/Pleurothallis-trimeroglossa/en