Pleurothallis anceps Ornithocephalus filtered illumination to optimize vegetative

filtered illumination to optimize vegetative vigor and flowering

Florence Love

offering collectors a rewarding species with broader cultivation flexibility

A slender miniature epiphyte native to the cloud forests of Ecuador

an intermediate-cool grower that benefits from cool nights and good air movement

Pleurothallis anceps Ornithocephalus filtered illumination to optimize vegetativeA peculiar and captivating miniature epiphyte from the Andean cloud forests, producing solitary flowers directly from the surface of the narrow, upright leaf. The fused lateral sepals form an elongated, tubular synsepalum speckled with reddish spots at the base, opening at the top to reveal horizontally outstretched petals and a prominent, triangular labelo an almost anthropomorphic silhouette unlike any other in the genus. Light: Bright indirect