Lepanthes papyrophylla Rchb.f.

 Lepanthes papyrophylla Rchb.f., Xenia Orchid. i. 151.

Lepanthes papyrophylla Rchb.f., Photo by Wiel Driessen

its native range is Ecuador

Latinh Name: 

Lepanthes papyrophylla Rchb.f. 

Synonym:

No

English Name:

The Papery Leafed Lepanthes.

Description: 

Erect, slender, ramicauls enveloped basally by 11 to 16, coarsely ciliate, lepanthiform sheaths with dilated ostia and carrying a single, apical, erect, thinly coriaceous, elliptical, acute to subacute apically, rounded below and contracted abruptly into the petiolate base leaf that blooms in the spring on a slender, behind the leaf, to 1.4" [3.5 cm] long, loose, successively several flowered inflorescence.

Distribution:

Ecuador.

Ecological:

At elevations around 2100 to 2450 m as a small sized, cold growing epiphyte.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring.

Flower size:

5.0 mm.

Cultivation:

Keep plant in partial shade. Plant can be grown in cool to intermediate conditions. Pot the plant in fine bark with perlite or sphagnum moss. Water regularly and keep potting media moist.

Light:

Shade; 500-1500 Footcandles (indirect low light,slight shadowing)

Temperature:

Intermediate; 55°F min. to 85°F max.

Watering:

Daily Watering;1 or more waterings per day (should not dry out)

Type: