Nidularium meeanum Leme

Taxonomic Change:

• Treated as a synonym of Nidularium procerum Lindm. —See Wanderly & Martins 2007 p. 106

Literature references:

FCBS (Web) Leme 2000a: 14,27,91,257d Tropiflora Cargo Rep: 15(3) Vidal 1996: 63 Wanderley & Mollo 1992: 139 Wien Herbarium, Inst

Comments:

• DISTRIBUTION & HABITAT
  The most characteristic populations of N. meeanum are concentrated in the area between Mangaratiba and Parati in Rio de Janeiro state. But this species ranges all the way to Cananeia on the southern coast of Sao Paulo, near the border with Parani. Farther inland, there is one record for the Bocaina de Minas region, in Minas Gerais. So this taxon is found from sea level to altitudes over 1,000 m, as an epiphyte in the understory of the Atlantic slope forest.
  Nidularium meeanum flowers beginning in November and ending in March. There are three clones in cultivation. —See Leme 2000a