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Spiny Lepanthes
Lepanthes aculeata
Tiny Pleurothallid from Andean cloud forests of Ecuador and Peru, forming mats of short ramicauls with a single, small leaf and intricate flowers nestled close to the foliage. It inhabits cool, very humid montane forest, usually on mossy branches. In culture it needs cool-intermediate temperatures, constant high humidity, low light and evenly moist, airy mounts or fine media.
Growing profile
At a glance
- Plant type
- orchid
- Typical size
- micro <4cm
- Light
- Shade
- Humidity
- 80–100%
Native context
Distribution and habitat
- Countries
- Ecuador, Peru
- Elevation
- Montane (1,000–2,000 m)
- Flowering
- Year-round
Derived growing context
Climate range
- Temperature profile
- Intermediate
- Mean temperature
- 17 °C
- Day temperature
- 20–21 °C
- Night temperature
- 14–15 °C
- Summer mean
- 19 °C
- Winter mean
- 16 °C
- Temperature span
- 7 °C
- Annual temperature swing
- 3 °C
- Seasonality
- Aseasonal
- Adaptability
- Specialist
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- Ecuador
- Peru
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Habitat-specific growing context
Cloud forest
Montane + saturated air; frequent fog/condensation
- Latitude
- Tropical
- Moisture
- Saturated, Very humid
- Elevation
- Montane
- Seasonality
- Aseasonal
- Mean temperature
- 17 °C
- Day temperature
- 20 °C
- Night temperature
- 14–15 °C
- Annual temperature swing
- 3 °C
Wet forest
Very humid forest; frequent wetness
- Latitude
- Tropical
- Moisture
- Humid
- Elevation
- Montane
- Seasonality
- Aseasonal
- Mean temperature
- 17 °C
- Day temperature
- 21 °C
- Night temperature
- 14 °C
- Annual temperature swing
- 3 °C
Seasonal context
- Very small annual temperature swing; fairly consistent through the year
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