Lepanthes Juninensis
''Lepanthes'' (from Greek "scaled-flower") is a large genus of orchids with about 800–1000 species, distributed in the Antilles and from Mexico through Bolivia (with very few species in Brazil). The genus is abbreviated in horticultural trade as Lths. Almost all the species in the genus are small and live in cloud forest A cloud forest, also called a water forest, primas forest, or tropical montane cloud forest (TMCF), is a generally tropical or subtropical, evergreen, montane, moist forest characterized by a persistent, frequent or seasonal low-level cloud c ...s. Babyboot orchid is a common name. See also *'' Draconanthes'' * List of ''Lepanthes'' species * List of the largest genera of flowering plants References * (1799) Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis 6: 85, f. 6. * (2006) Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 362 ff. Oxford University Press. * (2009) Icones Pleurothallidinarum XXX. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the ...
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Lepanthes Ophelma
''Lepanthes ophelma'' is a species of orchid endemic to Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car .... References External links * ophelma Endemic orchids of Colombia {{Epidendreae-stub ...
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