What is your smallest orchid?

[FroggyKnight]

Hi all, I know a few of us have some seriously small plants, so now I have a question for everyone. What is the smallest orchid in your collection? Mine is Platystele johnstonii, followed closely by Pleurothallis (Sylphia) cactantha. The johnstonii is actually smaller than most Bryophytes I have! Some low growing ones are smaller, but most are not.

Please excuse the quality of the photos, the lighting really sucked and I don't have a macro lens. Apparently that's a bad combination....

Platystele johnstonii (US quarter for scale)



Pleurothallis (Sylphia) cactantha (US quarter for scale)

[WhiteRabbit]

Very cool!
My current smallest (Haraella retrocala) is a giant in comparison!

[Pattywack]

My smallest would be Platystele stenostachya. I know it will be larger one day, but for now it is very small. The teeny flowers are amazing and I love Platystele.

[disalover]

mine is an ornithophora, giant compared to yours

[TOMMYMIAMI]

My smallest one is definitely Pleurothallis dressleri. It is actually smaller than your Platystele. I have similar size plants, Acostaea costarricensis, that would probably fit the size of your Platystele :-)

[RosieC]

Wow, that first one is tiny, so tiny it took me a while to spot it in the picture.

[hcastil3]

Same here, I agree with Tom, mine is Pleuro. dressleri, Constantia microscopica, and Acostaea costarricensis

[NYCorchidman]

Oh, my!
I thought my neofinetia was small!
Well, acutally bulbo. hirundinis is my smallest.
I want to have something that I can actually see without squinting or borrowing a special quipment. hahaha

[harpspiel]

Currently my smallest orchid is a seedling Aerangis punctata, which will be a bit bigger when full grown

My smallest mature plant is Bulbophyllum moniliforme, which is currently growing at least two new pseudobulbs - you can see one in the picture. I'd like to get into some even smaller plants, though, but they seem a little hard to find.

I think if I continue with micro-minis, I'm going to have to get a better camera than my iPad just to fully appreciate them.




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[Pattywack]

I previously posted that my Platystele stenostachya was my smallest, not even thinking about my Schoenorchis fragrans! I also have since added a beautiful Lepanthopsis astrophora, tiny little guy blooming like a madman. I love it! My Schoenorchis fragrans decided to remind me just how tiny and powerful it really is. Any day now I hope to see blooms for the first time. I've had this little one for 8 months.