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ORIGIN: This miniature to small sized species is endemic to Durango, Nayarit, Jalisco, Michoacan, Guerrero, Mexico, Moreles and Oaxaca states of Mexico and grows as a cold to cool growing epiphyte in mixed pine/oak forests and on cliffs and rocky slopes at elevations of 1400-3200 meters.
DESCRIPTION: This miniature to small sized species is endemic to Durango, Nayarit, Jalisco, Michoacan, Guerrero, Mexico, Moreles and Oaxaca states of Mexico and grows as a cold to cool growing epiphyte in mixed pine/oak forests and on cliffs and rocky slopes at elevations of 1400-3200 meters. A cute dwarf species, the entire plant is under 6, and has clustered, grey green, ovoid, slightly flattened, four-angled, ancipitous pseudobulbs, that are brown or spotted with brown, carrying a single, apical, oblong, acute, leaf with a conduplicate petiole and blooms with 2 to 6, fragrant flowers on a nodding or pendant, to 8 [15 to 20 cm] long inflorescence with linear, acuminate, brownish bracts occurring in the winter through the spring. It is an evergreen species and requires a semi-dry winter rest, and a cool, humid, brightly illuminated area.
FLOWER SIZE: To 2 3/4 inches [3.5 to 7 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).