Lepanthes

Finding

SITF confirms this plant as Lepanthes hexapus (Jun 2025). This plant matches the description and photos of L. hexapus in the Lankesteriana 2018, article, "The "Four-Footed" Lepanthes (Pleurothallidinae), A New Species from North-Western Ecador" by Luis E. BaquEro, et.al. It matches Luer's description of L. hexapus and Eric Hunt's photo from the IOSPE: "The sepals are narrow with the laterals denticulate. They are essentially free from each other. The petals are divided into three, slender, diverging, nearly equal parts. The upper segment is ciliate. The blades of the lip are narrowly oblong and the appendix is ovoid and pubescent." Luer 1996" The leaf form and markings match, as well as, the flower size.

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Judging Center: Great Lakes JC

Award Number: 20253398

Award Date: May 17, 2025

Awarded As: CBR

Two flowers and five buds on an immaculate 5.0 cm x 5.0 cm x 3.0 cm plant growing within live sphagnum moss on a 6.0 cm x 4.0 cm x 1.8 cm cork plaque; leaves to 1.4 cm x 0.7 cm, elliptical, green, veined and reticulated darker green; flowers borne on ramicaules shorter than the leaves, emerging from leaf axils; sepals translucent pale green, overlaid plum centrally; petals yellow, divided into three, slender, divergent, nearly equal parts; lip wraps around column, plum, bifurcated, pubescent; recognized for novelty of tripartite petals.

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