I had given this plant up for dead but noticed today that it was putting up new growth and had even produced a flower, so I moved it to a more suitable location in the hope it will flourish there. It comes from Ecuador
and Colombia and is only about 6 cm tall, but the flower is nearly 1.5 cm.
As is often the case with Lepanthes, it bears its flowers on
thin, wiry spikes, in this case about 6 cm long. The name of the species, ribes, refers to its fancied resemblance of the flowers to the fruits of plants in the genus Ribes.
That's a nice one, Ron, but it is a Lepanthes ribes, not caprimulgus ;-)
ReplyDeleteI had L. ribes on the tag and was so sure I had it wrong that I posted it as L. caprimulus. Should have looked.
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