Restrepia nittiorhyncha (Lindl.) Garay 1967 Restrepia subgen. Restrepia sect. Restrepia Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt, plant grown by Hanging Gardens

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Common Name The Duck Bill Restrepia [refers to the lip shape]

Flower Size 1/5" [5 cm]

Found in Venezuela and Colombia in cloud forests at elevations of 1200 to 2900 meters as a miniature sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with slender, erect ramicauls enveloped by 5 to 6 imbricating, inflated acuminate sheaths carrying a single, apical, elliptical, leaf that is conduplicate into the apex of the ramicaul and blooms in the spring and fall on a 2" [5 cm] long, ventral, successively single flowered inflorescence held in a fascile with the flower just above the leaf.

Synonyms Humboldtia nittiorhyncha (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; *Pleurothallis nittiorhyncha Lindl. 1859; Restrepia schlimii Rchb.f 1876

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Venezuelan Orchids Vol 5 Dunsterville & Garay 1966; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 4 COS 1992 as R schlimii; Icones Pleurothallidinarum Vol XIII Systematics of Restrepia Luer 1996

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