Capanemia micromera

"Capanemia micromera Barb.Rodr. - this delightful South American miniature orchid species is finally blooming - we grow them both indoors and outside and they do bloom under booth conditions at the same time - best when grown mounted (but can be grown potted as well), intermediate to warm, bright shade, watered daily but letting dry out between waterings. They are great plants for windowsills, outdoors growing, greenhouse growing and simple setups - glass orbs, vases etc."

Capanemia micromera Barb.Rodr., Gen. Sp. Orchid. i. 138 (1877).

Capanemia micromera Barb.Rodr., Photo by Tomas Bajza

its native range is SE. & S. Brazil to Bolivia and N. Argentina. 

Latin Name: 

Capanemia micromera Barb.Rodr.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Capanemia angustilabia Schltr.

Capanemia australis (Kraenzl.) Schltr.

Capanemia lossiana L.Kollmann

Capanemia perpusilla Schltr.

Capanemia riograndensis Pabst

Capanemia spathuliglossa Pabst

Quekettia australis Kraenzl.

Quekettia micromera (Barb.Rodr.) Cogn.

Quekettia micromera var. major Cogn.

Quekettia microscopica var. naboulettiana Hauman

English Name:

The Tiny Chambered Capanemia.

Description: 

With minute, obovoid pseudobulbs with 2 leaf bracts and 2 apical, subterete, very small, fleshy, narrowly linear, sulcate above, very acute, gray green leaves that blooms in the spring and summer on an ascending, 1 to 2 flowered, simple or branched, 1.5 cm long inflorescence.

Distribution:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Paraguay, Uruguay.

Ecological:

 In shaded forests along the edge of arroyos as a miniature sized, cool to warm growing epiphyte.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring and summer.

Flower size:

5.0 mm.

Cultivation:

Light:

Bright to Shade; 2000-3000 Footcandles (bright indirect light,strong shadowing).

Temperature: 

Cool, Intermediate to Warm; 40°F min. to 95°F max.(tolerant of extremes,favoring cool).

Watering:

Moist; 3-5 waterings per week (let dry lightly between waterings)

Typus:

Reference: 

- theplantlist.org

- https://www.ipni.org/n/621744-1

- http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:621744-1

- http://www.orchidspecies.com/quemicromera.htm. 

- https://andysorchids.com/pictureframe.asp?pic=images/Species/7231med.jpg&PicId=7231&PicNam=Capanemia%20-%20micromera