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Cogniaux's Orchid  Acianthera/ Pleurothallis cogniauxiana Monteverde, Costa Rica (2014).<br />
Epyphite miniature orchid. Tiny yellow orchids all in one stem which comes out from a big green leaf. Found in Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama at elevations of 1000 to 2000 meters as a miniature to just medium sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with erect, slender ramicauls naked or with 1 to 2, basal sheaths with 2 to 3, narrow, but prominent wings and carrying a single, apical, fleshy, elliptic-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, cordate below into the base leaf that blooms in the winter through summer on 1 to 2, to 2&quot; [5 cm] long, shorter than the leaf, distichous, racemose, few to 8 flowered inflorescence arising through a spathe.<br />
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Cogniaux's Orchid Acianthera/ Pleurothallis cogniauxiana

Monteverde, Costa Rica (2014).
Epyphite miniature orchid. Tiny yellow orchids all in one stem which comes out from a big green leaf. Found in Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama at elevations of 1000 to 2000 meters as a miniature to just medium sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with erect, slender ramicauls naked or with 1 to 2, basal sheaths with 2 to 3, narrow, but prominent wings and carrying a single, apical, fleshy, elliptic-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, cordate below into the base leaf that blooms in the winter through summer on 1 to 2, to 2" [5 cm] long, shorter than the leaf, distichous, racemose, few to 8 flowered inflorescence arising through a spathe.

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Pleurothallis cogniauxiana is an orchid in the Pleurothallis genus.

Similar species: Agaves, Aloes, Onions
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Patomarazul

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Uploaded Aug 7, 2016. Captured Apr 10, 2014 20:13 in Unnamed Road, Puntarenas, Monteverde, Costa Rica.
  • XZ-1
  • f/2.2
  • 1/30s
  • ISO200
  • 6mm