Platyrhiza quadricolor Barb.Rodr., Gen. Sp. Orchid. ii. 231 (1881).
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| Platyrhiza quadricolor Barb.Rodr., Photo by László Illés |
its native range is SE. & S. Brazil.
Latin Name:
Platyrhiza quadricolor Barb.Rodr.
Family:
Orchidaceae Juss.
Synonym:
Platyrhiza juergensii Schltr.
English Name:
The 4 Colored Platyrhiza.
Description:
The plant is only 4 cm tall with tiny pea-shaped pseudobulbs and the flowers are 1 cm in size, carried six to eight flowers on a semi-pendant flower spike. The species name means "four-colored," an apt description of the green, yellow, white and purple flowers.
Distribution:
Brazil South, Brazil Southeast.
Ecological:
At elevations of 150 to 1000 m as a mini-miniature sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte that blooms on a 4 to 7 flowered inflorescence.
Flowering times:
Blooms in the summer.
Flower size:
1.0 cm.
Cultivation:
Typus:
Reference:
theplantlist.org
https://www.ipni.org/n/652046-1
http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:652046-1
http://www.orchidspecies.com/platyrquadricolor.htm.
https://andysorchids.com/pictureframe.asp?pic=images/Species/2253med.jpg&PicId=2253&PicNam=Pleurothallis+-+ornata+(schiedei)
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