Ornithochepalus sp.

[ingse]

A small orchid with very small flowers. It has been flowering since may/june this year and it lives in a large terrarium.

[Kelo]

Tiny but beautiful!

[ezil]

Do you know the name of this one? These little plants are so rewarding to grow, but there is so little info. out there. Are you growing yours in a warm terrarium or a cool one?

[ingse]

It grows in a varm terra. IOSP says its between 30 to 50 species, i have not found a picture there that can help me with the name.

[Bud]

Very interesting orchid...and I just love the leaf formation and the color, texture and form of the blooms...I grow minis too but on the windowsill or hanging by the window of the bathroom for humidity...I think its a : Ornithocephalus iridifolius X Zygostates alleniana

sold at the Santa Barbara Orchids Estate

[ingse]

I like it, but i think i prefer flowers i can see without having to use a magnifying glass much more

[merytt]

Sooooo tiny!!!!!!!!!!!And cute!!

[Lagoon]

Pretty little blossoms

[gnathaniel]

Very cool ingse, and great photos! I really love the few Ornithocephalus I grow, they're undemanding and make up for tiny blooms by producing a LOT of them. Unfortunately, as you indicated there isn't a lot of information on them either online or in readily-available books, so a lot of the time ID remains mysterious or questionable.

This seems unlikely to be an intergeneric hybrid with Zygostates; the growth habit looks all Ornithocephalus to me. Aside from that I don't have much clue as to ID.

--Nat

[ezil]

Thanks for the quick response Ingse, I have a few Ornithocephalus myself, and have tried to get good pictures, but the flowers are just too small. I'd like to get more info on them too, but so far I haven't found much either.