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Lepanthes oxypetala, La Cocha, Colombia 2nd day in a row that we found this species, this time photographed in front of the beautiful purple back-side of the leaf.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/76208/lepanthes_oxypetala_-_plant_la_cocha_colombia.html" title="Lepanthes oxypetala - plant, La Cocha, Colombia"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/76208_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=KMn0STz9K6a17SIvbb2t%2BRI5Uo0%3D" width="138" height="152" alt="Lepanthes oxypetala - plant, La Cocha, Colombia 2nd day in a row that we found this species, this time photographed in front of the beautiful purple back-side of the leaf.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/76206/lepanthes_oxypetala_la_cocha_colombia.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/76207/lepanthes_oxypetala_-_closeup_la_cocha_colombia.html<br /> Observation the day before:<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/75808/lepanthes_oxypetala_la_cocha_colombia.html Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,La Cocha,Lepanthes oxypetala,Long-Pointed Petals Lepanthes,P&aacute;ramo,South America" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/76207/lepanthes_oxypetala_-_closeup_la_cocha_colombia.html" title="Lepanthes oxypetala - closeup, La Cocha, Colombia"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/76207_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=6qmZUtaS%2FbeHhaCLC8N2KQ19bfs%3D" width="102" height="152" alt="Lepanthes oxypetala - closeup, La Cocha, Colombia 2nd day in a row that we found this species, this time photographed in front of the beautiful purple back-side of the leaf.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/76208/lepanthes_oxypetala_-_plant_la_cocha_colombia.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/76206/lepanthes_oxypetala_la_cocha_colombia.html<br /> Observation the day before:<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/75808/lepanthes_oxypetala_la_cocha_colombia.html Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,La Cocha,Lepanthes oxypetala,Long-Pointed Petals Lepanthes,P&aacute;ramo,South America" /></a></figure><br /> Observation the day before:<br /> <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/75808/lepanthes_oxypetala_la_cocha_colombia.html" title="Lepanthes oxypetala, La Cocha, Colombia"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/75808_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=YafGnIvQ5ZDNDQovlhTVMxeQfCM%3D" width="200" height="200" alt="Lepanthes oxypetala, La Cocha, Colombia A new and first day at a new site: La Cocha, situated at around 3000m asl, but we would sometimes go higher. On this cold morning, we started with a brief search for some very obscure orchid species. I&#039;m removing the geotag because of poachers. The total flower size of this one is 3mm.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/75814/lepanthes_oxypetala_-_highlight_la_cocha_colombia.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/75815/lepanthes_oxypetala_-_closeup_la_cocha_colombia.html Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,Fall,Geotagged,La Cocha,Lepanthes oxypetala,Long-Pointed Petals Lepanthes,Nari&ntilde;o,South America,World" /></a></figure> Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,La Cocha,Lepanthes oxypetala,Long-Pointed Petals Lepanthes,Páramo,South America Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Lepanthes oxypetala, La Cocha, Colombia

2nd day in a row that we found this species, this time photographed in front of the beautiful purple back-side of the leaf.

Lepanthes oxypetala - plant, La Cocha, Colombia 2nd day in a row that we found this species, this time photographed in front of the beautiful purple back-side of the leaf.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/76206/lepanthes_oxypetala_la_cocha_colombia.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/76207/lepanthes_oxypetala_-_closeup_la_cocha_colombia.html<br /> Observation the day before:<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/75808/lepanthes_oxypetala_la_cocha_colombia.html Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,La Cocha,Lepanthes oxypetala,Long-Pointed Petals Lepanthes,Páramo,South America

Lepanthes oxypetala - closeup, La Cocha, Colombia 2nd day in a row that we found this species, this time photographed in front of the beautiful purple back-side of the leaf.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/76208/lepanthes_oxypetala_-_plant_la_cocha_colombia.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/76206/lepanthes_oxypetala_la_cocha_colombia.html<br /> Observation the day before:<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/75808/lepanthes_oxypetala_la_cocha_colombia.html Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,La Cocha,Lepanthes oxypetala,Long-Pointed Petals Lepanthes,Páramo,South America

Observation the day before:

Lepanthes oxypetala, La Cocha, Colombia A new and first day at a new site: La Cocha, situated at around 3000m asl, but we would sometimes go higher. On this cold morning, we started with a brief search for some very obscure orchid species. I'm removing the geotag because of poachers. The total flower size of this one is 3mm.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/75814/lepanthes_oxypetala_-_highlight_la_cocha_colombia.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/75815/lepanthes_oxypetala_-_closeup_la_cocha_colombia.html Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,Fall,Geotagged,La Cocha,Lepanthes oxypetala,Long-Pointed Petals Lepanthes,Nariño,South America,World

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    Christine Young
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    Purple leaves!! WILD! Posted 6 years ago

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The Long-Pointed Petals Lepanthes

Lepanthes oxypetala is an orchid found in Ecuador and Colombia, in cloud forests at elevations of 2900 to 3500 meters as a small sized, cold growing epiphyte.

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Similar species: Agaves, Aloes, Onions
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Mar 16, 2019. Captured Oct 27, 2018 10:15.
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  • NIKON D810
  • f/16.0
  • 1/60s
  • ISO64
  • 105mm

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