Lepanthes alvarezi Ortiz 2006

Flower Closeup Photos courtesy of Jay Pfahl.

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Common Name Alvarez' Lepanthes [Colombian Orchid Enthusiast current]

Flower Size 1/16" [.15 cm]

Found as a miniature sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte in eastern Cundinamarca state of Colombian cloud forests at elevations around 2850 meters with suberect to erect, slender ramicauls enveloped by 4 to 12 minutely pubescent, lepanthiform sheaths carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, ovate leaf and blooms on a longer than the leaf, successively single flowered inflorescence occuring in the spring

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

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