Lepanthes rutkisii Foldats 1968 SECTION Lepanthes SUBSECTION Lepanthes SERIES Elongatae 1993
Photo by © J Hernandez and LANKESTERIANA 23(2). Karremans, Moreno, Gil-Amaya, Morales, Espinosa, Mesa, Restrepo, Rincon-Gonzales, Serna, Sierra-Ariza and Vieira-Uribe 2023
TYPE Drawing by © Ernesto Foldats
Drawing by © Dunsterville & Garay and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at ther Jany Renz Herbaria Webpage
Common Name Rutkis’ Lepanthes [Venezuelan Botanist 1900’s]
Flower Size .2" [5 mm]
Found in Tachira state of Venezuela and Colombia in cloud forests at elevations around 2350 to 2650 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cold growing epiphyte with slender, erect ramicauls enveloped by 2, tubular, lightly nervose lepanthiform sheaths with somewhat hispid margins and carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, spathulate, obtuse to rounded apically, mucronate, cuneate below into the petiolate base leaf that blooms on a filiform, suberect, loose, lengthening to 1" [2.5 cm] long including the .8” [2 cm] long peduncle, successively few flowered inflorescence far exceeding the leaf in length.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Flora de Venezuela Vol 15 Segunda Parte Foldats 1970 drawing fide;
Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated Vol 6 Dunsterville & Garay 1976 drawing fide;
Orchids, A Colombian Treasure Vol 3 Ortiz & Uribe 2019;
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