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Butterfly Lepanthes
Lepanthes mariposa
Choice butterfly like Lepanthes from the cloud forests of Costa Rica and Panama typically around 1300 to 1500 m. It forms dense clumps of small leaves and produces bright multicoloured butterfly shaped flowers almost continuously in cool very wet and shady conditions.
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At a glance
- Plant type
- orchid
- Size
- micro <4cm
- Light
- Shade
- Humidity
- 75%–95%
Native context
Where it belongs
- Countries
- Costa Rica, Panama
- Ecosystems
- Cloud forest, Rainforest, Wet forest
- Elevation
- Submontane (500–1,000 m), Montane (1,000–2,000 m)
- Flowering
- Year-round
About this plant
Choice butterfly like Lepanthes from the cloud forests of Costa Rica and Panama typically around 1300 to 1500 m. It forms dense clumps of small leaves and produces bright multicoloured butterfly shaped flowers almost continuously in cool very wet and shady conditions.
Stable BJURNY record: tx_e212953271b845a3b610