Lepanthes orchid (New species)

Tiny plant, flowers about 0.5 cm.Derivation of the name : From falx-bellica, the latin word for halberd, the
weapon that came to prominent use during the 14th and 15th centuries, in reference to the shape of the petals.
Within the complex of endemic species close to Lepanthes monteverdensis
(including, in costa rica, Lepanthes mentosa and Lepanthes cribbii), Lths.
falx-bellica can be distinguished by the diminutive habit, the small, ovate-rounded leaves, the proportionally broader petals (broader than the length of the dorsal sepal), the body of the lip without a chin, the fully formed, nonlunate blades of the lip, and the small, rounded, external appendix. the flowers of Lths. falx-bellica also differ in color from their close relatives, with concolorous sepals and bright orange petals, basally blotched and suffused with red. (Describing Taxa in the Pleurothallidinae: Orchidaceae/By Franco Pupulin and Diego Bogarin)