Restrepia cymbula Luer & R.Escobar, Orquideologia 20: 133, fig (1996).
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| Restrepia cymbula Luer & R.Escobar, Photo by Aleksandra Kubicka |
its native range is Ecuador.
Latin Name:
Restrepia cymbula Luer & R.Escobar
Family:
Orchidaceae Juss.
Synonym:
No synonyms are recorded for this name.
English Name:
The Boat Restrepia (Refers to the boat-shaped synsepal).
Description:
With erect, slender, 5 to 6, thin, whitish, loose, compressed, somewhat imbricating, distichous sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, purple spotted beneath, elliptical, obtuse, basally rounded and sessile leaf that blooms in the winter and spring on a slender, 1 to 2 cm long, successively single flowered infloresence held in a fascile, arising from the back of the leaf and carrying a thin, oblique floral bract.
Distribution:
Ecuador.
Ecological:
Found only in Ecuador so far not known where as a miniature sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte.
Flowering times:
Blooms in the winter and spring.
Flower size:
5.0 mm.
Cultivation:
Light:
Shade to Bright; 1500-2500 Footcandles (indirect light,pronounced shadowing).
Temperature:
Intermediate; 55°F min. to 85°F max.
Watering:
Moist; 3-5 waterings per week (let dry lightly between waterings).
Type Information:
Collector Team:
R.Escobar 5052
Type Herbaria:
holotype MO
Distribution Of Types:
Ecuador (Western South America, Southern America)
Reference:
theplantlist.org
https://www.ipni.org/n/300191-2
http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:300191-2
http://www.orchidspecies.com/rescymbula.htm.
https://andysorchids.com/pictureframe.asp?pic=images/Species/7152med.jpg&PicId=7152&PicNam=Restrepia%20cymbula
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