Lepanthes quadricornis Luer & R.Escobar

 Lepanthes quadricornis Luer & R.Escobar, Orquideologia 19: 108 fig (1994).

Lepanthes quadricornis Luer & R.Escobar, Photo by Brigitte Meyer

Family:

Orchidaceae.

Synonym Name: 

No synonyms are recorded for this name.

English Name:

The Four-Horned Lepanthes (refers to the pair of forked petals).

Description: 

Epiphytic species with horizontal pointed leaves, thin, surrounded by 5 dense, fluffy leaves, carrying a wide canopy to the pendant, cone-shaped, ovoid, elliptical wide, conical narrow below to a leaf stalk on a serrated, 1.6 mm long, with few consecutive flowers with floral bracts.

Distribution:

Narino department of Colombia

Ecological:

At elevations around 2000 m.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring and summer. 

Flower size:

8-10mm.

Cultivation:

Climate: Intermediate Cool

Air Circulation: Low

Light: Low

Humidity: Medium

Size Miniature

Ref:

orchidspecies.com

ipni.org

powo.science.kew.org