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Lepanthes leporina
This is another miniature orchid species I discovered near from Purisil, Orosi, Cartago, at 1300 meters high. The flower size is 14mm, what means it is 3x bigger than average flower size of this genus.
Low land premontane forest
The name is after ´leporids´, fantastic beings half rabbit and half human, who has long vertical ears which ressemble the redish petals of this flower
Spotted on Oct 5, 2011
Submitted on Oct 5, 2011
4 Comments
a very vary pretty flower..love it.
Stunning!
very pretty.
Beautiful!