Platystele orthiziana

[Karina]

This very little plant is blooming in my orchidarium. The flowersize is about 0,1 cm. I'm sorry, but my Digicam is not good enough to make a better picture.



Greetings Karina

[Amanda L]

Awwww it's so cute! Thanks for sharing with us.

[nenella]

Very, very cute! Where did you get it from? thanks

[Karina]

I bought it on an orchidshow in Dresden in March this year after a long talk with the seller about miniature orchids. The Company calls Orquideas del Valle.

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

Orquideas del Valle is a well known orchid vendor from Colombia. There are some species of orchids named after the owners, Andrea Niessen and Juan Carlos Uribe.

For example:

Dracula niesseniae

Lepanthes uribei

BTW that is a nice plant.

Too bad it's expensive to buy a macrolens to take nice photos of tiny flowers closeup.

[natasha]

OMG, its so tiny!

[orchideric]

Dear Karina,

Just one correction - it is Platystele ortiziana, named for Padre Ortiz, the singular expert on Colombian orchids. There is a similar species - P. beatricis - with even smaller flowers!

Andrea and Juan Carlos are wonderful people and doing so much good with their laboratory (I've been there).

Hope that helps, Eric

[betoguerrero]

very nice plant.... CONGRATS!!!!