Pleurothallis ?

[dougbraz]

I recently bought what was labelled as a pleurothallis triangulata - yet I cannot find this species as an image in google. Can anyone confirm this species? I am told the flowers will be yellow, that is all.
Thanks
Doug

[Magnus A]

There are no pleurothallis triangulata in KEW´s World Checklist of Selected Plant Families but there are some with similar spelling, though none of these are accepted names.


Pleurothallis trialata Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(4): 500 (1896).

Pleurothallis trialata Rolfe, Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 4: 449 (1907), nom. illeg.

Pleurothallis triangularis Klotzsch & H.Karst., Allg. Gartenzeitung 15: 329 (1847).

Pleurothallis triangulilabia C.Schweinf., Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 24: 183 (1937).



You find the checklist at World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Got a photo?

[dougbraz]

Yes I have a photo, but as I am a newbie I can't attach it here...
You can find it here:
IMG_2457 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

[dougbraz]

Here is the plant:

[dougbraz]

Thanks Magnus for the indication of the orchid checklist!

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Could either be Myoxanthus or Octomeria.

Not quite so likely to be Pleurothallis, idk.

When or if it flowers, you will get a better ID.

[Bud]

Pleurothallis tripterantha Rchb.f 1854 which is also know as:
Pleurothallis trialata
Yellow cluster of flowers and the leaves resemble your plant picture

[Gonmon]

I have a Pleurothallis tripterantha and it does not look at all like the OPs plant. The leaves on my are 2" long on a 1" petiole, and 1 in wide. I'll try to get a pic up if I can find my camera...

[dougbraz]

Hopefully I will know definitively by the end of this week from the original supplier. I must say, after all the postings i really AM curious now!
Doug