dimanche 16 septembre 2012

ornithocepharlus inflexus



Partial shade, intermediary to hot, flower in summer
Found in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Costa Rica and Panama as a miniature, fan shaped, hot to warm growing, twig epiphyte growing on old citrus and shrubs in montane rain forests at altitudes of 15 to 1800 meters and blooms in the summer and fall on an erect, axillary, to 3" [7.5 cm] long, racemose inflorescence with several flowers that is just longer than the leaves. This species is best mounted on cork, tree fern or wood, given shady, humid conditions with even, year round waterings.