Leptotes unicolor

"Leptotes unicolor Barb.Rodr. is a species of orchid native to Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay"

Leptotes unicolor Barb.Rodr., Gen. Sp. Orchid. i. 74.

Leptotes unicolor Barb.Rodr., Photo by Tomas Bajza

its native range is Brazil to NE. Argentina.

Latin Name: 

Leptotes unicolor Barb.Rodr.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Leptotes paranaensis Barb.Rodr.

English Name:

Concolored Leptotes.

Description: 

With a short fusiform-cylindrical stem carrying a single, apical, straight or slightly arcuate, fleshy, subcylindric, acute, deeply sulcate above leaf that blooms in the late fall and winter in cultivation and May and June in Brazil with a short, pendant inflorescence with 1 to 2, fragrant sweet floral scented, nodding to pendant flowers arising from the leaf base.

Distribution:

Argentina Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Paraguay.

Ecological:

As a miniature, pendant, hot to cool growing epiphyte .

Flowering times:

Blooms in the late fall and winter.

Flower size:

2.4 cm.

Cultivation:

Light:

Bright; 2500-3500 Footcandles (very bright indirect light).  

Temperature:

Warm, Intermediate to Cool; 45°F min. to 98°F max. (tolerant of extremes,favoring warm).

Watering:

Moist/Dry; 2-4 waterings per week(let dry between waterings).

Typus:

Reference: 

- theplantlist.org

- https://www.ipni.org/n/640441-1

- http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:640441-1

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

- https://andysorchids.com/pictureframe.asp?pic=+images/Species/2131med.jpg&PicId=2131&PicNam=Leptotes+-+unicolor