Colombia Orchid 5

[Pitter]

What might this be?

[DeaC]

? Lepanthes ?

[Pitter]

I will look it up thanks.

[estación seca]

I agree, Lepanthes. They have flowers from the leaf sinus like this. If you go to orchidspecies.com you can look through the genus and try to find it.

[Pitter]

Thanks very much.

[Roberta]

I think Pleurothallis... Lepanthes flowers come from the underside of the leaf, Pleurothalis from the top

[Pitter]

Thank you that helps.

[Roberta]

It probably will be difficult or impossible to get an exact species, there are lots of these that look very similar.

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Not Lepanthes. Definitely Pleurothallis. Most likely Pleurothallis marthae.

The easiest way to tell if it is a Lepanthes or not is through a Lepanthes' signature lepanthiform sheaths on the stem.

In this plant, the stems are absent of those lepanthiform sheaths that are unique to Trichosalpinx, Lepanthes, and Lepanthopsis.