Pleurothallis cardiothallis Rchb.f.

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Orchid Species: Pleurothallis cardiothallis

(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)

Pleurothallis cardiothallis is an orchid species identified by Rchb.f. in 1857.

Genus

Pleurothallis (Pths.)

Grex

cardiothallis
(name currently accepted by Kew)

Parents

Species

Author

Rchb.f.

Year

1857

ORIGIN: This small to medium sized species is found in Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Colombia and Ecuador in wet montane forests from elevations of 300-2900 meters.

DESCRIPTION: This small to medium sized species is found in Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Colombia and Ecuador in wet montane forests from elevations of 300-2900 meters and is a hot to cool growing plant with a rigid, erect ramicaul enveloped by two tight sheaths and carrying a single, apical, cordate, coriaceous leaf that blooms on an apical, short, single flowered inflorescence subtended by a papery sheath holding the flower close to the leaf base and occurs in the late spring through early fall.

FLOWER SIZE: More than 1/2 inch [more than 1.2 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).