''Hofmeisterella'' is a genus of orchids native to South America. Two species are known:Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Nauray Huari, W.; Galán de Mera, A. 2009: Una nueva combinación en ''Hofmeisterella'' (Orchidaceae) para la flora de Colombia. ''Novon'', 19(3): 388–390. *'' Hofmeisterella eumicroscopica'' (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. in W.G. Walpers (1852) - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia *'' Hofmeisterella falcata'' (Linden & Rchb.f.) Nauray & A.Galán (2009) - Colombia The genus was named by

Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (Dresden, 3 January 1823 – Hamburg, 6 May 1889) was a botanist and the foremost German orchidologist of the 19th century. His father Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (author of ''Icones Florae Germanicae et Helv ...

for W. Hoffmeister, a German botany professor. This miniature, epiphytic orchid occurs in cool to cold habitats in mountainous

rain forest Rainforests are characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire. Rainforest can be classified as tropical rainforest or temperate rainforest ...

s at heights between 1600 and 2400 m. This is a stemless plant with fleshy, terete leaves. The axillary

inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphology (biology), Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of sperma ...

is erect to arcuate. It gives rise to few to several, successively flowering, relatively large, yellow flowers with a purple shine at their base.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q3906113 Oncidiinae Oncidiinae genera Epiphytic orchids Orchids of South America