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Orchid Species: Pleurothallis capensis

Kew currently accepted name is Polystachya ottoniana

Pleurothallis capensis is an orchid species identified by (Sond. ex Harv.) Lindl. in 1859. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Polystachya ottoniana.
Genus
Pleurothallis (Pths.)
Grex
capensis
Parents
Species
Author
(Sond. ex Harv.) Lindl.
Year
1859
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ORIGIN: Found in Mozambique, South Africa and Swaziland in riverine forests and woodlands at elevations of 800 to 1600 meters.

DESCRIPTION: Very common, small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte or occasional lithophyte with ovoid, asymmetric, green, glossy, pseudobulbs carrying 2 to 3 apical, linear-lorate, slightly bilobed apically leaves and blooms in the spring and early summer on a terminal, shorter than the leaves, 3 [7.5 cm] long, 1 to 3 flowered inflorescence with bell shaped flowers.

FLOWER SIZE: 3/4 -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Polystachya Pol ottoniana 1855 Rchb.f.
Add+ Dendrorkis Dendrorkis capensis 1891 (Sond. ex Harv.) Kuntze
Add+ Polystachya Pol capensis 1863 Sond. ex Harv.
Add+ Polystachya Pol glaberrima 1895 Schltr.
Add+ Polystachya Pol pisobulbon 1912 Kraenzl.
Add+ Dendrorkis Dendrorkis ottoniana 1891 (Rchb.f.) Kuntze
Most awarded/recent cultivars: Pol. ottoniana 'Bryon' (2019) Pol. ottoniana 'Retha' (2015) Pol. ottoniana 'Best Clone' (2014) Pol. ottoniana 'Ngome' (2006) Pol. ottoniana 'Cardinal's Roost' (1997)
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