Platystele oxyglossa is an epiphytic orchid in the genus Platystele.

DescriptionEdit

Plant blooms in the winter through spring with up to ten successive 3.5 mm flower.

DistributionEdit

Plant is found in the tropical montane forest of Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil at elevations of 2 to 2000 meters

CultureEdit

Keep plant in partial shade. Plant can be grown in cool to intermediate conditions. Pot the plant in fine bark with perlite or sphagnum moss. Water regularly and keep potting media moist.

NamingEdit

Common Names:The Pointed Lip Playstele

SynonymEdit

1. Platystele brasiliensis Brade 1951
2. Platystele lancilabris var. oxyglossa (Schltr.) Schltr. ?
3. Pleurothallis lancilabris var. oxyglossa (Schlechter) C. Schweinf. 1938
4. Platystele pygmaea (Hoehne) Pabst 1956
5. Platystele schulzeana (Schltr.) Garay 1974
6. *Pleurothallis oxyglossa Schltr. 1912
7. Pleurothallis pygmaea Hoehne 1933
8. Pleurothallis schulzeana Schltr. 1918;