Platystele reflexa Sophronitis alagense is a mini-miniature sized

alagense is a mini-miniature sized

Thrives in a coarse bark mix or unglazed clay pot that promotes rapid drying between waterings

a distinguished orchid enthusiast

This 'dark' form is particularly prized by collectors for its deeper pigmentation and the extraordinarily long tails characteristic of the species

Platystele reflexa Sophronitis alagense is a mini-miniature sizedA 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