Rhynchostele uro-skinneri

This species has the same plant habit as its cousin Lemboglossum bictoniense. It grows in thick humus and fallen leaves on the ground. It is very uncommon in Chiapas and only found in isolated undisturbed forested areas along the border of Guatemala near the mountain peaks above 5000 ft/1500 meters elevation towards the pacific. I found it once in 1983 and have never seen it again in the wild.
 

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