Restrepia-purpurea-2020-01-13***Confirmed as Restrepia purpurea (Mar 2020); matches photos in IOSPE; based on Luer's description that the flowers are much smaller than R. brachypus and that the synsepal base color is white rather than yellow with prominent red-purple stripes, rather than spots; his plant is unusual in that the leaf color is clear green, not suffused with red-purple per the description.***
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January 13, 2020
Judging Center: Chicago
Award Number: 20202552
Award Date: January 11, 2020
Awarded As: Restrepia purpurea
I bought this plant from Ecuagenera. Listed as #42 in Restrepia in Jay Pfhals orchid species.