Lepanthes-eltoroensis-2021-04-23

Lepanthes-eltoroensis-2021-04-23***Confirmed as Lepanthes eltoroensis (Nov 2021); the description in the "Orchid Flora of the Greater Antilles" by James Ackerman has the ramicauls at 2-3 cm and leaf petioles at less than 1 cm; with the leaf blade at 1.8-2.4 cm long x 0.7-0.9 cm wide; this plant has leaves at 1.6 cm x 0.6 cm, which is close enough; according to the key, the sparse cilia on the sepals only occur on L. selenitepela, L. sanguinea or L. eltoroensis; and the slight connation between the sepals on the default photo favors L. eltoroensis over L. sanguinea; the flowers are not yellowish with red markings and the petals are not "semilunar" shaped, so it is not L. selenitepala.***





































Judging Center: West Palm Beach Judging Center

Award Number: 20211808

Award Date: March 27, 2021

Awarded As: Lepanthes eltoroensis

Luis Ortiz
Endemic to one area of Puerto Rico (Luquillo Mountains)
Jay Pfahi, www.orchidspecies.com, ISOPE
WCSPF (Lepanthes eltoroensis Stimson, Brittonia 21:337 (1970)
KEW (ID)

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