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Orchid Species: Pleurothallis fornix

Kew currently accepted name is Pleurothallis calceolaris

Pleurothallis fornix is an orchid species identified by Luer & R.Escobar in 1984. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Pleurothallis calceolaris.
Genus
Pleurothallis (Pths.)
Grex
fornix
Parents
Species
Author
Luer & R.Escobar
Year
1984
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ORIGIN: Found in Antioquia State Colombia at elevations around 2180 meters.

DESCRIPTION: Small sized cold growing terrestrial with erect to suberect, stout ramicauls enveloped basally by 2 tubular sheaths and another below the middle and carrying a single, apical, rigidly coriaceous, dark blue-green above, purple suffused below, ovate, acute, deeply cordate, sessile base leaf that blooms in the spring on a slender, .6 to .75 [1.5 to 1.8 cm] long, fascile of 2 to 4 simultaneous single flowered inflorescence enveloped completely and arising through a reclining spathe.

FLOWER SIZE: 0.4 inches [1 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Pleurothallis Pths calceolaris 1876 Rchb.f.
Add+ Acronia Aro calceolaris 2005 (Rchb.f.) Luer
Add+ Zosterophyllanthos Zosterophyllanthos fornix 2001 (Luer & R.Escobar) Szlach. & Marg.
Most awarded/recent cultivars: Pths. calceolaris 'Paul Wilson's Choice' (2 awards in 2014) Pths. calceolaris 'Nelcy' (2013) Pths. calceolaris 'Free Spirit' (2004)
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