Pleurothallis ruberrima

Pleurothallis ruberrima Lindl., Orchid. Linden. 1. (1846).

Pleurothallis ruberrima Lindl., Photo by Sarah André  

its native range is W. South America to NW. & N. Venezuela.

Latin Name: 

Pleurothallis ruberrima Lindl.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Acronia ruberrima (Lindl.) Luer

Humboltia ruberrima (Lindl.) Kuntze

Pleurothallis nutantiflora Schltr.

Pleurothallis opeatorhyncha Schltr.

Pleurothallis yungasensis Rolfe

Zosterophyllanthos ruberrimus (Lindl.) Szlach. & Kulak

English Name:

The Intensive Brick-Red Pleurothallis.

Description: 

With a long, thin ramicauls enveloped basally by 2 long, close, tubular, distant sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, lanceolate, cordate, acute, abruptly narrowing below, prominent midvein, clear green leaf that blooms in the spring and summer on an apical, short, fasciculate, pendulous, successively single, few flowered inflorescence with a small scarious spathe with the flower held dangling from near the leaf base.

Distribution:

Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.

Ecological:

In wet montane forests as a caespitose, small to medium sized, warm to cold growing terrestrial or epiphytic species from wet montane forests or cloud forests that is characterized by it's hanging solitary flower. It is found at altitudes of 750 to 2800 m.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring and summer.

Flower size:

1.0 cm.

Cultivation:

Light:

Bright to Shade; 2000-3000 Footcandles (bright indirect light,strong shadowing) 

Temperature:

Intermediate to Cool; 52°F min. to 80°F max.

Watering:

Moist/Daily Watering; 4-7 waterings per week

Typus:

Reference: 

theplantlist.org

https://www.ipni.org/n/653497-1

http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:653497-1

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

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