Prosthechea pygmaea (Hook.) W.E.Higgins

Dwarf butterfly orchid (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Prosthechea

Characteristics

Plants creeping, to 12 cm. Stems: pseudobulbs spaced 3–4 cm, fusiform, somewhat flattened, slender, 20–40 × 3–8 mm. Leaves 2(–3, rarely), elliptic, 25–55 × 9–13 mm. Inflorescences racemes, sessile, 0.5 cm. Flowers 1–3, resupinate, successive, flowers and fruits may be present with capsules, light yellowish green to green or brownish green; sepals oblanceolate, apex acute; lateral sepals oblique, 5–6 × 2 mm; petals linear, 4 × less than 1 mm, apex acute; lip white with purple blotch on middle lobe, obreniform, middle lobe small, triangular, apex acute, lateral lobes suborbiculate, embracing column, 4 × 2 mm; anthers 1, orange; column white, 2 mm, apex 3-toothed. Capsules 1 cm.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.12
Root system rhizome
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Images

Prosthechea pygmaea unspecified picture

Distribution

Prosthechea pygmaea world distribution map, present in Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1001292-1
WFO ID wfo-0000283600
COL ID 4MYJS
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 732181
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Synonyms

Hormidium hioramii Hormidium humile Lanium hioramii Prosthechea pygmaea Hormidium tripterum Hormidium uniflorum Microstylis humilis Anacheilium pygmaeum Coelogyne triptera Encyclia pygmaea Encyclia triptera Epidendrum hioramii Epidendrum pygmaeum Epidendrum uniflorum Epidendrum caespitosum Epidendrum monanthum Hormidium pygmaeum