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Baquero's Platystele
Platystele baqueroi
Showy micro miniature Platystele described from northwestern Ecuador where it grows in wet Andean cloud forest. Tiny fans of leaves carry very long tailed flowers in loose sprays and the plant flowers over much of the year when kept cool very humid and in deep shade with constant air movement.
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At a glance
- Plant type
- orchid
- Size
- micro <4cm
- Light
- Shade
- Humidity
- 80%–95%
Native context
Where it belongs
- Countries
- Ecuador
- Ecosystems
- Cloud forest, Wet forest
- Elevation
- Montane (1,000–2,000 m)
- Flowering
- Year-round
About this plant
Showy micro miniature Platystele described from northwestern Ecuador where it grows in wet Andean cloud forest. Tiny fans of leaves carry very long tailed flowers in loose sprays and the plant flowers over much of the year when kept cool very humid and in deep shade with constant air movement.
Stable BJURNY record: tx_273be9959d464741aa07