Orchidaceae

Platystele scopulifera

Platystele stonyx

A graceful epiphyte from the Andean cloud forests, producing arching, pendant racemes densely set with small flowers, each bearing extraordinarily ...

A prolific epiphyte from the Andean cloud forests, producing numerous flowers simultaneously on slender stems from the base of narrow, lanceolate l...

A leaf-blooming epiphyte from the Andean cloud forests, producing solitary flowers on the surface of a broad, heart-shaped leaf with prominent conc...

A yellow-green form of this leaf-blooming Andean epiphyte, producing a solitary flower on the surface of a broad, bilobed, glossy leaf with promine...

A leaf-blooming epiphyte from the Andean cloud forests, growing on narrow, grooved, granular-textured terete leaves. The flower forms a clean cross...

A pendant-growing miniature epiphyte from the cloud forests of Ecuador, bearing fleshy, elliptic leaves densely speckled with dark purple-black dot...

A select clone of the epiphyllous Pths. gargantua, bearing a solitary flower directly from the surface of a broad leaf. The concave, scoop-shaped d...

A compact species native to the cloud forests of Ecuador, bearing star-shaped flowers at the base of narrow, coriaceous, sharply pointed leaves. Th...

A neat, free-flowering species native to the cloud forests of Ecuador, bearing successive racemes of open, star-shaped flowers on an erect scape. T...

A slender species native to the cloud forests of Ecuador, producing flowers nestled between two narrow, lanceolate leaves from the axil. The erect ...

A botanical rarity native to the cloud forests of Ecuador with a striking epiphyllous habit: a single flower emerges from the surface of a large, o...

A color form of the epiphyllous Pths. lilijae, bearing a solitary flower directly from the surface of a large, glaucous-textured leaf. The erect do...

A prolific epiphyllous species native to the cloud forests of Ecuador, producing dense clusters of small, semi-globose flowers from the surface of ...

A distinctive miniature species native to the cloud forests of Ecuador, featuring a broad, hood-like dorsal sepal and deeply connate lateral sepals...

A miniature species native to the cloud forests of Ecuador, with erect spike-like racemes densely packed with small, dark-spotted flowers arranged ...

A charming miniature species from the Andean cloud forests, bearing solitary flowers directly on a broad, fleshy leaf. The elongated dorsal sepal r...

A miniature species native to the cloud forests of southern Ecuador, named after the Nangaritza River valley. Solitary flowers emerge directly on a...

A compact, caespitose epiphyte from Andean cloud forests, bearing dense, brush-like clusters of tiny flowers with a strongly hooded dorsal sepal, c...

A small epiphyte native to the cloud forests of Ecuador, with free, elongated lateral sepals that curve outward and downward with a dense papillose...

A small epiphyte endemic to the cloud forests of Ecuador, producing solitary flowers directly on the surface of the elongated, fleshy leaf. The lar...

A small epiphyte endemic to the cloud forests of Ecuador, bearing solitary flowers directly on the surface of the glaucous, fleshy leaf. The erect ...

A miniature epiphyte endemic to the cloud forests of Ecuador, prized as much for its foliage as its flowers. The paired, broadly oval leaves are th...

A small epiphyte from Andean cloud forests, producing a striking umbellate inflorescence of campanulate flowers arranged in a radiating burst from ...

A small epiphyte endemic to the cloud forests of Ecuador, bearing solitary flowers on erect peduncles from the base of the oval leaf. The oversized...

A small epiphyte endemic to the cloud forests of Ecuador, producing flowers directly on the surface of a long, terete leaf. The large, membranous, ...

A small epiphyte endemic to the cloud forests of Ecuador, where the flower hides deep within the groove of the large, arching leaf — true to its na...

The yellow color form of Pths. volans, endemic to the cloud forests of Ecuador. It shares the same compact, globose pendant flower structure as the...

A small epiphyte from Andean cloud forests, producing flowers of a striking cruciform silhouette. The exceptionally long, horizontal lateral sepals...

A small creeping epiphyte from the cloud forests of Ecuador, with a compact, branching habit quite distinct from its relatives. Flowers emerge from...

A small epiphyte endemic to the cloud forests of Ecuador, producing clusters of tiny flowers at the base of a large, oval leaf. The elongated, claw...