Lepanthes elegantula Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 14: 127 (1915).
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| Lepanthes elegantula Schltr., Photo by Carlos Augusto Mesa Londoño |
its native range is Central Ecuador.
Latinh Name:
Lepanthes elegantula Schltr.
Family:
Orchidaceae Juss.
Synonym:
No synonyms are recorded for this name.
English Name:
The Most Elegant Lepanthes
Description:
With erect, slender ramicauls enveloped basally by 5 to 8, minutely scabrous, lepanthiform sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, elliptical, obtuse leaf with the base cuneate into the petiole, that is always in spike or bloom on a loose, strict, successively several flowered, 5 to 6 cm long, racemose inflorescence. This species is very similar to Lepanthes capiteana except that this species flowers and leaves are much larger.
Distribution:
Ecuador.
Ecological:
As a miniature sized, cold growing epiphyte at elevations of 2800 to 3300 m in cloud forests.
Flowering times:
Blooms in the spring.
Flower size:
5.0 mm.
Cultivation:
Keep plant in partial shade. Plant can be grown in cool to warm conditions. Pot the plant in fine bark with perlite or sphagnum moss. Water regularly and keep potting media moist.
Climate: Cool
Air Circulation: High
Light: Medium
Humidity: High
Fertilizer: Weekly
Typus:
Type Information:
Distribution Of Types: Ecuador (Western South America, Southern America)
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