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Lepanthes
Lepanthes leporina
9.78108, -83.8223
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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