Lepanthes versicolor Luer & R.Vásquez 1984

Side View Photos by © Patrick & Martine Cloes and their Pleurothallid Webpage

Common Name The Colorful Lepanthes

Flower Size .2" [6mm]

Found in Bolivia in cloud forests at elevations around 1750 to 1850 meters as a small sized, cool growing epiphyte with erect, slender ramicauls enveloped completely by around 10, ciliate, lepanthiform sheaths with dilated ostia and carrying a single, apical, erect, elliptical, acute to acuminate, rounded basally leaf that blooms on 1 to 2, arcuate, 1" [2.5 cm] long, successively single, few flowered inflorescence

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Bolivia Vol 1 Vasquez & Ibisch 2000 drawing/photo fide

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