Acianthera saurocephala

Acianthera saurocephala (Lodd.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, Lindleyana 16(4): 246 (2001).

Acianthera saurocephala (Lodd.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, Photo by Asociación Tucumana de Orquicultores

its native range is SE. & S. Brazil.

Latinh Name: 

Acianthera saurocephala (Lodd.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Humboltia saurocephala (G.Lodd.) Kuntze

Pleurothallis saurocephala G.Lodd.

English Name:

The Lizard Head Pleurothallis.

Description: 

With erect, basally thickened, apically furrowed ramicauls enveloped by 3 loose, tubular sheaths and carrying an erect, stiff, elliptic, narrowly elongate, conduplicate, petiolate base leaf that blooms in the spring on a descending, 8 to 15 cm long, 12 to 18 flowered inflorescence arising through a spathe at the base of the leaf.

Distribution:

Brazil South, Brazil Southeast.

Ecological:

In primary cloud forests at elevations of 500 to 1300 m as a small to medium sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring.

Flower size:

1.0 cm.

Cultivation:

Keep plant in bright light. Plant can be grown in intermediate conditions. Pot the plant in fine bark with perlite or sphagnum moss. Water regularly and keep potting media moist.

Climate: Intermediate

Air Circulation: Medium

Light: Medium

Humidity: High

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