Pleurothallis anfracta aka Kraenzlinella anfracta

[nancy]

This is a plant that my pal (with a fistful of my money) got for me at the WOC last January. Everything I could find on it implied that it was cool-growing (I am in south Louisiana). It definitely waxed and waned with the temps this past summer, putting on a growth spurt during cooler, wetter spells, and losing a lot of foliage during the hot and hotter ones.
Still, two inflorescences, one bud opened to show a flower nearly black. IOSPE says "inflorescence arising from the apex of the ramicaul through a spathe and carrying oblique, acute, conduplicate floral bracts" - clueless what that means, but the flower is held right against the stem of the inflo, pointing downward sharply.
If I can keep it growing/alive/blooming for a couple more years, I'll consider it a success.
Cheers - Nancy

[betoguerrero]

Very very rarely pleuro... those black color is amazing !!! Is an Specie????? I love Pleuros and I have :P. Inflata, P Cardiothallis, P. Spatata, they are so cute...

[juanna]

Beautiful flower!
Want to scream my my my :-)

[Paul]

neat!

[Gold3nku5h]

yeah, if i can find that one its definantly going into my paludarium. Im looking for black, purple, blue, wine and red colored blooms.

That one looks awesome. can we get a picture of the whole plant?

[Tindomul]

Originally Posted by nancy

"inflorescence arising from the apex of the ramicaul through a spathe and carrying oblique, acute, conduplicate floral bracts" - clueless what that means,

Nice flower!! Good work in your struggle to keep it alive.
Ok, now
What it means is that the flowering parts rise up from the top of the leaf stem (the ramicaul), that part just below the beginning of the leaf blade .
A spathe is a structure that protects the inflorescence but does not completely enclose it. Conduplicate means that the arrangement of the bracts, those thin leaves that protect the buds when they are forming, are arranged in sort of v shapes, like if you were to take a triangle and fold it so the two bottom edges touched each other, so you get a pointy end on the other side. Oblique means the buds come out sort of like a spiral pattern, acute means sudden.
Hope that helps.

[nancy]

Ah, Tindomul, and what language would that be?

[Tindomul]

Botanese

[greenbean]

"botanese" Hehe, I'm trying to learn that language.

Gorgeous flower. The color is amazing!