Platystele compacta (Ames) Ames

Platystele compacta Ames, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 35: 85 (1922).

Platystele compacta Ames, Photo by Norman Steller Rodríguez

Platystele compacta Ames, Photo by Wiel Driessen

Platystele compacta Ames, Photo by David Carazo Morales

Family:

Orchidaceae.

Synonym Name: 

Platystele bulbinella Schltr.

Pleurothallis compacta (Ames) Ames & C.Schweinf.

Stelis compacta Ames

English Name:

The Compact Platystele (Refers to the congested inflorescence).

Description: 

Epiphytic, suitable for warm to cold climates, small in size, erect, erect, spiky, surrounded by 2 to 3 thin, ribbed, rhombohedral leaves bearing a single carpel, apex, conical, narrow from elliptical to straight, narrow cuneate cuneate below the appendage and blooms on a gradually elongated, erect, slender, 5 cm long, including 4 cm long, dense stalk successively, the inoculum cluster arises laterally from the thin flowering canopy. bracts and is a small yellowish-yellow inflorescence, which appears simultaneously for a long time.

Distribution:

Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Southeast, Panamá.

Ecological:

In wet montane forests at elevations of 300 to 2550 m.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring.

Flower size:

5.5 mm.

Cultivation:

Keep plant in partial shade. Plant can be grown in cool to intermediate conditions. Pot the plant in fine bark with perlite or sphagnum moss. Water regularly and keep potting media moist.

Ref:

orchidspecies.com

ipni.org

powo.science.kew.org 

Platystele compacta