Restrepia jesupiana Luer 1996 Restrepia subgen. Restrepia sect. Restrepia

Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt

Flower Closeup Photo courtesy of Lourens Grobler ©

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Common Name Jesup's Restrepia [Ann Jesup, American Orchid Enthusiast who maintained this species for many years current]

Flower Size .8" [2 cm]

Found in western Venezuela at elevations of 2300 to 2800 meters as a miniature sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with erect ramicaul enveloped by 5 to 6 white, loose, compressed, unspotted, somewhat imbricating sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, elliptical, acute to subacute, cuneate base and contracted into a twisted petiolate base leaf that blooms in the late winter and spring on a slender, [3 to 5 cm] long, successively single flowered inflorescence arising on the back of the leaf and held in a fascile and carrying athin, tubular floral bract. ,

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XIII Systematics of Restrepia Luer 1996;

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