I knew, when I bought it at an orchid show, that this plant would be a challenge. It grows at around 3000 meters altitude in the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Epiphytic in low shrubs, because real trees don’t grow there anymore.

Text: Gab van Winkel
gab.vanwinkel [at] gmail.com
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