title: Pleurothallis applanata
text: # Pleurothallis applanata
  
  Pleurothallis applanata is a species of orchid plant
  
  ## Distribution
  
  It is native to Ecuador.
  
  It is an epiphyte, found at elevations of 800 to 1800 meters.
  
  ## Taxonomy
  
  It was named by Carlyle A. Luer, and Stig Dalström, in Lindleyana 11: 147, in 1996.
  
  