Finding
This plant's identity as Pleurothallis ensata was confirmed by Dr. Carl Luer in May 2013; Dr. Luer was the taxonomist of record for this species. Matching photos can be found in iNaturalist: Colombia Plant Observations and Flickr.com. The flower size also matches the description at .5 cm. The plant matches the Luer drawing found in the IOSPE.
Overall Length Of Growth Cane: 24
Number Of Leaves Per Growth Or Cane: 1
Leaf Length: 8.5
Leaf Width: 1.8
Leaf Margin: smooth
Leaf Shape: narrowly elliptical
Pseudobulb Length: 16
Pseudobulb Width: 0.1
Pseudobulb Margin: smooth
Pseudobulb Distance: tightly clustered
Pseudobulb Root Tip: green
Inflorescence Overall Length: 0.5
Ovary Length: 0.5
Ovary Width: 0.1
Ovary Shape: te
Judging Center: Great Plains Judging Center
Award Number: 20223596
Award Date: July 16, 2022
Awarded As: Pleurothallis (Acronia) ensata 'Bryon' CBR
Six flowers and six buds on 12 pale chartreuse fasciles up to 0.5 cm arising through a brown spathe; plant measures 35cm wide x 22cm tall growing in a 10cm square plastic pot with sphagnum moss, longest growth 24cm tall; largest leaf 1.8cm wide x 8.5cm long, dark green, apical, erect, coriaceous, narrowly elliptical, acute, cuneate into the sessile base leaf, ramicauls slender erect green, 0.1cm wide x 16cm long, enveloped by a close tubular sheath below the middle and 2 to 3 others at the base, root tips green; sepals and petals translucent pale yellow; dorsal sepal with three darker veins, elliptical-ovate, narrowly obtuse; lateral sepals fused on proximal four-fifths with four darker yellow veins, connate into an ovate, obtuse lamina; petals with darker yellow margins, slightly porrect, thickly triangular; lip darker yellow, oblong with apex rounded; column pale yellow, 0.1cm wide, anther cap cream-colored; ovary 0.1cm wide x 0.5cm long, pale chartreuse, ribbed longitudinally; substance firm; substance crystalline on sepals and petals, lip waxy; species from Ecuador; ID by SIFT _______________.
Icones Pleurothallidinarum 27, pages 131 & 232.
