Myoxanthus pulvinatus

Myoxanthus pulvinatus (Barb.Rodr.) Luer, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 44: 72 (1992).

Myoxanthus pulvinatus (Barb.Rodr.) Luer, Photo by Mauro Rosim

its native range is Brazil (Minas Gerais, São Paulo).

Latinh Name: 

Myoxanthus pulvinatus (Barb.Rodr.) Luer

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Anathallis pulvinata Barb.Rodr.

Pleurothallis pulvinata (Barb.Rodr.) Cogn.

English Name:

The Cushion Shaped Myoxanthus.

Description: 

With ascending to erect ramicauls enveloped by 7 to 8 tubular sheaths and carrying a single, apcial, erect, thickly coriaceous, elliptical, obtuse to rounded, cuneate below into the subpetiolate base leaf that blooms in the spring on a fascile of simultaneous single flowers arising at the apex of the ramicaul and has inflated, sparsely pubescent-spiculate floral bracts.

Distribution:

Brazil Southeast.

Ecological:

As a small to medium sized epiphyte.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring.

Flower size:

5.0 mm.

Cultivation:

Keep plant in shade to moderate lighting. Plant can be grown in cool to intermediate conditions. Pot the plant in fine bark with perlite or sphagnum moss. Water regularly and keep potting media moist.

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