Restrepia schlimii Rchb. f. 1877 Photo courtesy of Richard Korber

Common Name Schlim's Restrepia [Belgian Orchid Collector 1800's]

Flower Size 2/5" [1 cm]

Found in Venzuela and Colombia as a miniature epiphyte with slender, erect ramicauls enveloped by 5 to 6 imbricating, inflated acuminate sheaths carrying a single, apical, ovate-elliptical, leaf that is conduplicate into the apex of the ramicaul and blooms on a 2" [5 cm] long, ventral, single flowered, successive inflorescence holding the flower just above the leaf. SAd to be a synonym of Restrepia nittiorhyncha

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