Platystele reflexa Scaphosepalum A compact miniature species from

A compact miniature species from the cloud forests of Ecuador

deciduous leafed

consistently above 70-80%

It is a variation or cultivar of the Stanhopea embreei orchid species known for its captivating and fragrant flowers

Platystele reflexa Scaphosepalum A compact miniature species fromA cloud forest, cool growing, small, caespitose epiphyte found at an elevation of 1300 to 1650 meters in Ecuador with an erect, stout ramicaul enveloped by 2 to 3 short, ribbrd imbricating sheaths with a single apical, erect, thickly coriaceous, epetiolate, narrowly ovoid, semiterete to fusiform, acute leaf that blooms on an erect, slender, . 92 to 1 [2. 3 to 2. 5 cm] long incl, racemose, successively many flowered inflorescence with hyaline bracts