Pleurothallis bivalvis Lindl.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Venezuela

• State/Province

  Zulia

• Locality

  Perijá. Campamento Frontera VI, on tepui-like sandstone ridge 4 x 0.5-1 km running E - W, east of the international border, between the headwaters of Rio del Norte and the southernmost branch of Rio Aricuaisa.

• Elevation

  Alt. 2400 m. (7874 ft.)

• Coordinates

  9.5, -73.1

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Ministerio de Agricultura y Cría
INSTITUTO BOTANICO-CARACAS
HERBARIO NACIONAL DE VENEZUELA
Pleurothallus bivalvis Lindl.
det. G.C.K.Dunsterville 3/74
On. fibrous sturjips snd in thick litter
in moist shady areas; 75cm tall; stem
dull red; leaves lustrous coriaceous,
green to deep flush purple, yellow-
green below; sepals yellow-green with
light purple flush; lateral petals
purple-brown; lip lustrous purple-
brown at tip, shading to yellow-green-
in center; column green, anthers yellow.
"Campamento Frontera VI", (Lat. 9°30‘ N, Long. 73°06‘ W), on tepuf-like
sandstone ridge 4 x 0.5-1 km running E - W, east of the international
border, between the headwaters of Rfo del Norte and the southernmost
brahch of Rfo Aricuaisa;	Distrito Perlja, Estado Zulla; ca.
2400 m elev..
Paul E. Berry No. 133	23-28 July 197*»
Exploración realizada en cooperación con la Dirección de Frontera del Ministerio de Relacione«
Exteriores.
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