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Lepanthes silverstonei Another wonderful Lepanthes found on this orchid-heaven mountain, Cerro Montezuma.  We stayed with Michelle at Montezuma Road Lodge, approx 1 hour from Pueblo Rico.  She was an incredibly knowledgeable and hospitable host. Cerro Montezuma,Lepanthes silverstonei,Tatama National Park Click/tap to enlarge

Lepanthes silverstonei

Another wonderful Lepanthes found on this orchid-heaven mountain, Cerro Montezuma. We stayed with Michelle at Montezuma Road Lodge, approx 1 hour from Pueblo Rico. She was an incredibly knowledgeable and hospitable host.

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  1. I have, I believe identified this Lepanthes correctly see Sebastian's photo https://www.flickr.com/photos/semoreno/30614311156/in/photostream/ Posted 5 years ago
    1. Great job on the ID. I'm not an expert but can see the resemblance both in the flower and the leaf, furthermore distribution matches. Only a few photos of this species online, so yours are valuable! Posted 5 years ago
  2. I'm not an expert either - I did find another source as well as Sebastian & it is very distinctive. Cheers, thanks Posted 5 years ago

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Found in Valle de Cauca Colombia at elevations around 2300 meters as a miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte with slender, suberect to horizontal ramicauls enveloped by 6 to 15, minutely ciliate lepanthiform sheaths with acuminate ostia and carrying a single, apical, more or less horizontal, more or less purple suffused, thinly coriaceous, shallowly sulcate betwen longitudinal veins, ovate, acute, long-acuminate, cuneate below into the petiolate base leaf that blooms in the winter on a filiform,.. more

Similar species: Agaves, Aloes, Onions
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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Uploaded Dec 10, 2019. Captured Aug 7, 2019 22:07.
  • Canon EOS 7D Mark II
  • f/4.0
  • 1/49s
  • ISO5000
  • 60mm