Pleurothallis anfracta aka Kraenzlinella anfracta

[nancy]

This is a plant that my pal (with a fistful of my money) got for me at the WOC last January. Everything I could find on it implied that it was cool-growing (I am in south Louisiana). It definitely waxed and waned with the temps this past summer, putting on a growth spurt during cooler, wetter spells, and losing a lot of foliage during the hot and hotter ones.
Still, two inflorescences, one bud opened to show a flower nearly black. IOSPE says "inflorescence arising from the apex of the ramicaul through a spathe and carrying oblique, acute, conduplicate floral bracts" - clueless what that means, but the flower is held right against the stem of the inflo, pointing downward sharply.
If I can keep it growing/alive/blooming for a couple more years, I'll consider it a success.
Cheers - Nancy