Pleurothallis nitida Luer, Selbyana 3 (3/4): 352, fig. 276 (1977).
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| Pleurothallis nitida Luer, Photo by Wiel Driessen |
its native range is Costa Rica to Panama.
Latin Name:
Pleurothallis nitida Luer
Family:
Orchidaceae Juss.
Synonym:
Acronia nitida (Luer) Luer
Zosterophyllanthos nitidus (Luer) Szlach. & Kulak
English Name:
The Shining Pleurothallis (refers to the leaf).
Description:
With slender, erect to suberect ramicauls enveloped by tubular sheath in the lower half and 1 to 2 others at the base and carrying, suberect to horizontal, rigid, thickly coriaceous, elliptical-ovate, obtuse to subacute, shallowly cordate and sessile base leaf that blooms in the winter on a successively single flowered inflorescence arising through a spathe with the peduncle concealed within and thin tubular floral bracts.
Distribution:
Costa Rica, Panamá.
Ecological:
In elfin forests at elevations around 1700 m as a mini-miniature sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte.
Flowering times:
Blooms in the winter.
Flower size:
5.0 cm.
Cultivation:
Keep plant in partial shade. Plant can be grown in cool to warm conditions. Pot the plant in fine bark with perlite or sphagnum moss. Water regularly and keep potting media moist.
Typus:
Collector Team:
A.E.Luer, N.H.Williams,C.A.Luer, F L Stevenson, R.L.Dressler 1337
Type Herbaria:
holotype SEL
Distribution Of Types:
Chiriqui (Panama, Central America, Southern America)
Reference:
theplantlist.org
https://www.ipni.org/n/203238-2
http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:203238-2
http://www.orchidspecies.com/pleurnitida.htm
https://orchids.fandom.com
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