RHH's photos with the keyword: south america

A wide ranging species found in Florida, the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America and the northern half of South America.

This species is widespread through the Lesser Antilles and South America.

This was formerly classified as Masdevallia peristeria and is an orchid species from Columbia and Ecuador.

This tiny orchid has leaves about an inch and a half long and flowers that are less than half an inch long. It is native to Colombia and Ecuador.

orchidsinbloom-ron.blogspot.com/2010/12/stelis-purpurasce... This orchid ranges from Mexico through Central America into South America. It is quite large and robust for a Stelis and the small size of the flowers (less than 1 cm) is made up for by the large number of flowers, up to 75 per spike.

I've previously posted a picture very similar to this. That picture is on the front cover of the December, 2011, issue of Orchids, the magazine of the American Orchid Society. A picture of the cover is shown below (Not the greatest photo, but I found it very difficult to photograph). The species itself is from Ecuador and has huge flowers (6 inches) on a small plant (5 inches). The flowers are named for their perceived resemblance to those of the Moonflower, Datura inoxia. These flowers are also very faintly fragrant. orchidsinbloom-ron.blogspot.com/2011/04/masdevallia-datur...