Lepanthes smaragdina Platystele Humidity: Requires very high humidity

Humidity: Requires very high humidity (70-90%)

hood-like structure over a small

elongated sepals that curve gracefully downward and a small trilobed lip

cool nights are essential to trigger flowering

typical of cloud forests

Lepanthes smaragdina Platystele Humidity: Requires very high humidityA compact epiphyte native to the cloud forests of South America, bearing successive flowers on slender ramicauls that arise from small, glossy leaves. The blooms display the intricate, finely structured sepals and bilobed petals characteristic of the genus, with a jewel like quality that makes this species particularly sought after. Light: Bright indirect light with 6070% shade cloth; avoid any direct sun exposure, which can damage the delicate