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Orchid Species: Pleurothallis dussii

Kew currently accepted name is Barbosella prorepens

Pleurothallis dussii is an orchid species identified by Cogn. in I.Urban in 1909. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Barbosella prorepens.
Genus
Pleurothallis (Pths.)
Grex
dussii
Parents
Species
Author
Cogn. in I.Urban
Year
1909
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ORIGIN: Found from Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Leeward Islands, Jamaica, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil in wet montane cloud forests as an miniature sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte at altitudes of 800 to 2500 meters.

DESCRIPTION: Found from Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Leeward Islands, Jamaica, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil in wet montane cloud forests as an miniature sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte at altitudes of 800 to 2500 meters with a short ramicaul carrying a single coriaceous, elongate, semi-terete leaf and blooms in the spring and late fall on an erect, 4 3/4 [12 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence that is held above the leaves.

FLOWER SIZE: 5/8 inch [1.5 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Barbosella Barb prorepens 1918 (Rchb.f.) Schltr.
Add+ Pleurothallis Pths monstrabilis 1923 Ames
Add+ Barbosella Barb brenesii 1923 Schltr.
Add+ Barbosella Barb tolimensis 1974 (Kraenzl.) Garay
Add+ Pleurothallis Pths prorepens 1934 (Rchb.f.) Ames, F.T.Hubb. & C.Schweinf.
Add+ Restrepia Rstp caespitifica 1928 F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.
Add+ Restrepia Rstp tolimensis 1928 Kraenzl.
Add+ Restrepia Rstp prorepens 1877 Rchb.f.
Add+ Barbosella Barb dussii 1986 (Cogn.) Dod
Add+ Barbosella Barb caespitifica 1974 (F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.) Garay
Add+ Barbosella Barb monstrabilis 1974 (Ames) Garay
Most awarded/recent cultivars: Barb. prorepens 'Mamá Enid' (2018) Barb. prorepens 'Cecilia' (2005)
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