The species comes from Venezuela and Columbia. Lepanthopsis refers to the similarity between this genus and the genus Lepanthes. Astrophora, refers to the star-like shape of the flowers, which are indeed like little purple stars. The flowers are 4 mm in size and the plant about 8 cm tall. The plant is tolerant of a wide range of temperatures and will soon grow into a specimen with hundreds, even thousands of flowers. When I received a cultural award on this plant it had 650 flowers and 70 buds on 70 flower spikes.
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Lepanthopsis astrophora 'Stalky'
This species is grown by everyone who is interested in miniature orchids and by many who don't ordinarily show much interest in miniatures. It is popular for its easy culture - it grows like a weed - and for the clouds of tiny purple flowers it produces in the spring, though it will continue to produce flower spikes throughout the year. There seems to be only one clone of this plant in existence, since every plant I've seen is a division of the plant with the clonal name 'Stalky,' which I believe came from the collection of Phil and Anne Jessup.
The species comes from Venezuela and Columbia. Lepanthopsis refers to the similarity between this genus and the genus Lepanthes. Astrophora, refers to the star-like shape of the flowers, which are indeed like little purple stars. The flowers are 4 mm in size and the plant about 8 cm tall. The plant is tolerant of a wide range of temperatures and will soon grow into a specimen with hundreds, even thousands of flowers. When I received a cultural award on this plant it had 650 flowers and 70 buds on 70 flower spikes.
The species comes from Venezuela and Columbia. Lepanthopsis refers to the similarity between this genus and the genus Lepanthes. Astrophora, refers to the star-like shape of the flowers, which are indeed like little purple stars. The flowers are 4 mm in size and the plant about 8 cm tall. The plant is tolerant of a wide range of temperatures and will soon grow into a specimen with hundreds, even thousands of flowers. When I received a cultural award on this plant it had 650 flowers and 70 buds on 70 flower spikes.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Lepanthopsis vinacea
For miniatures that are easy to grow, floriferous and beautiful, one should consider the smaller species in the genus Lepanthopsis. As the name indicates these are closely related to Lepanthes and are native to the Americas from Mexico to the West Indies and Brazil. There are 25 species in the genus and this plant is fairly typical with its small but intensely colored flowers.
Lepanthopsis vinacea comes from Venezuela and Ecuador and as the name vinacea indicates has "wine-red" flowers. Under a macro lens the flowers show themselves to be nearly transparent and arranged in soldier-like rows along the spikes. These flowers are only a few millimeters in size and the plant is only about 6 cm tall with flower spikes about the same length as the growths.
I've provided pictures of the flowers both on a black and a light colored background:
Lepanthopsis vinacea comes from Venezuela and Ecuador and as the name vinacea indicates has "wine-red" flowers. Under a macro lens the flowers show themselves to be nearly transparent and arranged in soldier-like rows along the spikes. These flowers are only a few millimeters in size and the plant is only about 6 cm tall with flower spikes about the same length as the growths.
I've provided pictures of the flowers both on a black and a light colored background:
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