Lepanthes mariposa Luer, Phytologia 55: 187 (-188) (1984).
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| Lepanthes mariposa Luer, Photo by Gerrit Verhellen |
Family:
Orchidaceae.
Synonym:
No synonyms are recorded for this name.
English Name:
The Butterfly Lepanthes.
Description:
Growing epiphtye with erect, slender ramicauls enveloped by 2 to 4 lepanthiform sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, elliptic, obtuse, emarginate with an abaxal apicule, the cuneate base contracted into the short petiolate base leaf that blooms in the later fall on a congested, disitchous, .3 to 4 mm long, successively single, several flowered inflorescence arising on the front of the leaf with triangular, acute, amplectent floral bracts.
Distribution:
Costa Rica, Panamá.
Ecological:
In wet montane forests in scrubby trees at elevations around 1350 to 1600 m.
Flowering times:
Blooms in the fall and winter.
Flower size:
2.5 mm.
Cultivation:
Climate: Intermediate
Air Circulation: Medium
Light: Medium
Humidity: Medium
Type:
Ref:
orchidspecies.com
ipni.org
powo.science.kew.org
orchidweb.com
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