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Lepanthes leporina

Photo by Daniel-CR
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Field Notes

Description:

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.

Habitat:

Low land premontane forest

Notes:

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

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PublishedOctober 5, 2011

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