Curled Lepanthes

Lepanthes cincinnata

Lepanthes cincinnata, the Curled Lepanthes, is a miniature orchid found in Valle de Cauca Colombia in cloud forests at elevations around 2200 meters.
Curled Lepanthes, Tatama National Park, Colombia Another in the series of lepanthes miniature orchids found in the cloud forest of Tatama National Park, Colombia. I came to this species on my own, but am in the process of verifying it with experts. Update: good thing to have checked it. I initially thought this was a Lepanthes gargoyla, but an expert indicated it is Lepanthes cincinnata instead. Cerro Montezuma,Choco,Chocó,Colombia,Colombia Choco & Pacific region,Curled Lepanthes,Lepanthes cincinnata,Montezuma,South America,Tatama National Park,Tatamá National Park,World

Appearance

Epiphyte with erect ramicauls enveloped by 5 to 11 lepanthiform sheaths with dilated, ciliate ostia and carrying a single, apical, coriaceous, purple suffused, ovate, acute, acuminate to mucronate apically, cuneate below into the base leaf that blooms in the winter on a slender, congested, secund, 1.2 to 1.4" [3 to 3.2 cm] long including the .4 to .45" [1 to 1.2 cm] long peduncle, successively single, many flowered inflorescence arsing on top of the leaf.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassMonocots
OrderAsparagales
FamilyOrchidaceae
GenusLepanthes
SpeciesLepanthes cincinnata
Photographed in
Colombia