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Orchid Species: Pleurothallis pilosissima

Kew currently accepted name is Dresslerella pilosissima

Pleurothallis pilosissima is an orchid species identified by Schltr. in 1923. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Dresslerella pilosissima.
Genus
Pleurothallis (Pths.)
Grex
pilosissima
Parents
Species
Author
Schltr.
Year
1923
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ORIGIN: Found in Costa Rica in humid evergreen forests at elevations of 800 to 1100 meters.

DESCRIPTION: Miniature, warm to cool growing miniature epiphyte that has pilose, terete ramicauls enveloped basally by tubular, pilose bracts and carries a subcoriaceous, ovate-lanceolate, long-pubescent on both sides, papilose, shortly conduplicate below into the petiolate base leaf that is succulent-like and blooms in the winter on a succession of solitary, pubescent flowers that arise on a .12 [3 mm] long, single flowered inflorescence with a basal sheath and a single, tubular, pubescent floral bract arising from the apex of the ramicaul without an annulus. The single flower is held close to the base of the leaf and most all parts of the plant are pubescent.

FLOWER SIZE: 1/16 inch [3 to 4 mm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Dresslerella Dla pilosissima 1978 (Schltr.) Luer
Add+ Restrepiella Rpa pilosissima 1966 (Schltr.) Garay & Dunst.
Add+ Restrepia Rstp pilosissima 1937 (Schltr.) Ames & C.Schweinf.
Most awarded/recent cultivars: Dla. pilosissima 'Fuzzy' (2004) Dla. pilosissima 'Eichenfels' (1982)
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