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Del Hierro's Lepanthes
Lepanthes delhierroi
Miniature cool-growing epiphyte from Ecuadorian cloud forests between roughly 1400 and 2400 m. It carries slender ramicauls with a single elliptic leaf and produces vividly coloured, intricate flowers well above the foliage. Best kept very shady, cool-intermediate, with saturated humidity and continuously moist moss or fine bark.
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At a glance
- Plant type
- orchid
- Size
- mini 4–8cm
- Light
- Shade
- Humidity
- 80%–100%
Native context
Where it belongs
- Countries
- Ecuador
- Ecosystems
- Cloud forest, Rainforest, Wet forest
- Elevation
- Submontane (500–1,000 m), Montane (1,000–2,000 m)
- Flowering
- Year-round
About this plant
Miniature cool-growing epiphyte from Ecuadorian cloud forests between roughly 1400 and 2400 m. It carries slender ramicauls with a single elliptic leaf and produces vividly coloured, intricate flowers well above the foliage. Best kept very shady, cool-intermediate, with saturated humidity and continuously moist moss or fine bark.
Stable BJURNY record: tx_4534202c6f2d4a1089fa