Lepanthes niesseniae

In Explore October 9, 2010, #359.

This miniature orchid is from Colombia and is one of the larger-flowered species in the genus. Even then the flowers are only about 1 cm in size and are on a plant that is only a few cm tall. More pictures of plant and flowers can be seen here: orchidsinbloom-ron.blogspot.com/2010/08/lepanthes-niessen....