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{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Acrorchis''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
| tribus = [[Epidendreae]]
| subtribus = [[Laeliinae]]
| genus = '''''Acrorchis'''''
| genus_authority = [[Robert Louis Dressler|Dressler]]
| species = '''''A. roseola'''''
| binomial = ''Acrorchis roseola''
| binomial_authority = [[Robert Louis Dressler|Dressler]]
}}
'''''Acrorchis''''' [[Robert Louis Dressler|Dressler]] 1990, is a [[monotypic]] [[genus]] from the orchid family ([[Orchidaceae]]), subfamily [[Epidendroideae]], tribe [[Epidendreae]], subtribe [[Laeliinae]].
The only species, '''''Acrorchis roseola'''''', is an [[epiphyte|epiphytic]] orchid that occurs in [[Costa Rica]] and [[Panama]] at heights between 900 and 2,500 m.
It is clump-forming, magenta-colored orchid, reaching a height of 15 cm. The [[sepal]]s and [[petal]]s of its small [[flower]]s have distinct lengths and shapes. The base of the [[labellum|lip]] has a white color on the margins.
This orchid is very rare in cultivation.
== External link ==
* [http://www.woodstreamorchids.com/acrorose1.html photo]
[[Category:Orchid genera]]
[[Category:Orchid species]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Acrorchis''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
| tribus = [[Epidendreae]]
| subtribus = [[Laeliinae]]
| genus = '''''Acrorchis'''''
| genus_authority = [[Robert Louis Dressler|Dressler]]
| species = '''''A. roseola'''''
| binomial = ''Acrorchis roseola''
| binomial_authority = [[Robert Louis Dressler|Dressler]]
}}
'''''Acrorchis''''' [[Robert Louis Dressler|Dressler]] 1990, is a [[monotypic]] [[genus]] from the orchid family ([[Orchidaceae]]), subfamily [[Epidendroideae]], tribe [[Epidendreae]], subtribe [[Laeliinae]].
The only species, '''''Acrorchis roseola'''''', is an [[epiphyte|epiphytic]] orchid that occurs in [[Costa Rica]] and [[Panama]] at heights between 900 and 2,500 m.
It is clump-forming, magenta-colored orchid, reaching a height of 15 cm. The [[sepal]]s and [[petal]]s of its small [[flower]]s have distinct lengths and shapes. The base of the [[labellum|lip]] has a white color on the margins.
This orchid is very rare in cultivation.
== External link ==
* [http://www.woodstreamorchids.com/acrorose1.html photo]
[[Category:Orchid genera]]
[[Category:Orchid species]]
