Catalog / Species / Pleurothallids / Pleurothallis

View Pleurothallids: Other Genera >
Subfamily: EPIDENDROIDEAE
Tribe: EPIDENDREAE I (New World)
Subtribe: PLEUROTHALLIDINAE

Image of Pleurothallis anthrax

 Pleurothallis anthrax - Intermediate - Potted - Colombia - $ 20
4 to 5 inch plant has dark oval leaves with thin slightly flattened stems - starry white and purple flowers bloom on wiry stems that emerge from base of leaf - blooms throughout the year. Mature.


 
line separator
 

 Pleurothallis caligularis - Intermediate - Potted - Panama - $ 25
2 to 3 inch plants with thick light green leaves - showy dark purple flowers with contrasting brilliant white tongue-like lip bloom close to foliage. Mature.


 
line separator
 

This item is a recent addition Pleurothallis cf. minutalis - Intermediate - Mounted - Tropical Americas - $ 20
3 inch olive green leaves have dark purple on reverse - dark red, maroon and white flowers bloom at base - blooms often with lots of flowers Mature.


Image of Pleurothallis cf. minutalis
line separator
Image of Pleurothallis crocodiliceps

 Pleurothallis crocodiliceps - Intermediate - Potted - Mexico to Peru - $ 25
5 inch plant has flat stems with light green leaves - white cross shaped flowers are held in center of folded leaves like a small child's offering to its mother - almost always in flower. Mature.


 
line separator
 

 Pleurothallis eumecocaulon - Intermediate - Potted - Costa Rica & Panama - $ 25
4 to 5 inch plant with slightly folded dark green oval leaves - starry slightly cupped crystalline white flowers have a dark purple spot on lip - blooms often and repeatedly from same leaf - slight fragrance Mature.


Image of Pleurothallis eumecocaulon
line separator
 

 Pleurothallis grobyi - Intermediate - Mounted - Honduras - $ 18
Many sprays of light yellow flowers adorn this 1 inch plant - blooms several times a year. Mature.


 
line separator
Image of Pleurothallis herpestes 'Fox Den'

 Pleurothallis herpestes 'Fox Den' - Intermediate - Mounted - Costa Rica - $ 20
1 inch narrow leathery leaves - wiry pendent spikes successively produce single intricate ¼ inch flowers - each bloom has masdevallia-like red mottled sepals and a deep purple lip rimmed with hairs - column is capped with white. Mature.


 
line separator
 

 Pleurothallis linearifolia - Intermediate - Mounted - Brazil - $ 25
3 inch plant with narrow semi-terete leaves blooms in spring with sprays of stary white flowers - so floriferous the plant can disappear under the clouds of flowers. Mature.


 
line separator
 

 Pleurothallis megalotis - Intermediate - Potted - Ecuador - $ 20
6 inch plant with 4 inch upright stems and 2 inch elongated leaves - light lemon yellow flowers dangle from junction of stem and leaf - blooms often throughout the year. Mature.


Image of Pleurothallis megalotis
line separator
Top of page  
Image of Pleurothallis mystax

 Pleurothallis mystax - Intermediate - Potted - Panama - $ 35
Widespread lateral sepals beneath nose-like lip resembles a mustache - ½ inch flower has a red central stripe and blooms successively on winsome 3 inch plant. Mature.


 
line separator
 

 Pleurothallis niveoglobula - Intermediate - Potted - Ecuador - $ 20
Our delightful snowball orchid - heart-shaped leaves with many tiny white globular flowers atop each leaf - nearly always in bloom. Mature.


Image of Pleurothallis niveoglobula
line separator
Image of Pleurothallis pachyglossa

 Pleurothallis pachyglossa - Intermediate - Potted - Venezuela - $ 18
Loosely flowered racemes of walnut-burgundy flowers bloom from the center of each attractive leaf on this 6 inch plant. Mature.


 
line separator
 

 Pleurothallis palliolata - Intermediate - Potted - Panama - $ 18
Hooded large pink flower sits on shiny leaf like a frog on a lily pad. Blooming Size.


Image of Pleurothallis palliolata
line separator
Image of Pleurothallis praecipua

 Pleurothallis praecipua - Intermediate - Potted - Ecuador - $ 25
5 inch triangular stems with 2 ½ inch leaves - flowers appear above the keeled leaf on wiry 1 inch stems - flowers are lavender with white tipped petals and almost black lip - blooms often with about three flowers on each leaf. Mature.


 
line separator
 

 Pleurothallis producta - Intermediate - Potted - Ecuador - $ 15
Small plant with 2 inch leaves - 6 inch sprays of white flowers - blooms often. Mature.


Image of Pleurothallis producta
line separator
Image of Pleurothallis radula 'Leon'

 Pleurothallis radula 'Leon' - Intermediate - Potted - Costa Rica - $ 15
Mature plants have 5 inch stiff elongated heart shape leaves on 8 inch stems - lemon yellow flower with orange lip juts from upright bract. Near Blooming Size.


 
line separator
 

 Pleurothallis restrepioides 'Elfin Beauty' - Intermediate - Potted - Ecuador - $ 18
Unusually compact form only grows 4 inches tall - 4 inch sprays of showy dark purple and white flowers. Mature.


Image of Pleurothallis restrepioides 'Elfin Beauty'
line separator
Top of page  
Image of Pleurothallis rowleei 'Fox Den'

 Pleurothallis rowleei 'Fox Den' - Intermediate - Potted - Costa Rica - $ 25
Sprays of exquisite rich red flowers spill over edge of 3 inch heart shaped leaves - 9 inch plant is floriferous and easy to grow. Mature.


 
line separator
 

 Pleurothallis rubella - Intermediate - Mounted - Bolivia - $ 20
Cute mini that blooms successively for months - each little flower is golden yellow-orange with a bright red lip - the red tipped petals extend upwards like raised arms - almost always in flower. Mature.


Image of Pleurothallis rubella
line separator
Image of Pleurothallis sarracenia

 Pleurothallis sarracenia - Intermediate - Mounted - Brazil - $ 22
Vining miniature produces two purple and green fuzzy flowers which face each other from base of leaves - resembles two slugs kissing. Mature.


 
line separator
 

 Pleurothallis stevensonii 'J&L' - Intermediate - Potted - Ecuador - $ 20
½ inch yellow blooms striped with red shoot out from center of 1½ inch heart- shaped leaves and gracefully arch over the leaf tips - 4 inch plant. Mature.


Image of Pleurothallis stevensonii 'J&L'
line separator
Image of Pleurothallis stricta

 Pleurothallis stricta - Intermediate to Cool - Mounted - Ecuador - $ 18
Attractive 6 inch plant has red tinged new growths - tall showy sprays of elongated maroon flowers emerge from base of each leaf. Mature.


 
line separator
 

This item is a recent addition Pleurothallis tripterantha - Intermediate - Mounted - Panama - $ 18
3 inch pointed leaves grow along a rhizome - horizontal flower stems bear several golden blooms. Mature.


 
line separator
 

This item is a recent addition Pleurothallis truncata - Intermediate - Potted - Ecuador - $ 30
Just Starting To Spike! Brilliant orange beads trickle over the leaves of this 8 to 10 inch plant Mature.


 
line separator
 

 Pleurothallis tryssa - Intermediate - Potted - Colombia & Ecuador - $ 20
Each inflorescence has up to ten white flowers heavily spotted with red and accented by the dark red tenacled petals - flowers trickle over the edge of the leaves - 4 inch plant. Mature.


Image of Pleurothallis tryssa
line separator
Top of page  
Image of Pleurothallis wagnerii

 Pleurothallis wagnerii - Intermediate - Potted - Panama - $ 25
Six to eight nice sized mahogany flowers tinged with yellow bloom simultaneously on each inflorescence - 5 inch plant - fragrant - showy and long lasting and blooms twice a year. Mature.


 
line separator
Top of page  

View Pleurothallids: Other Genera >
 


Updated: 3/6/2010