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Lepanthes deleastes

I got this plant from Andy's Orchids without a name as  Lepanthes sp in November 2017.  It was growing and flowering well, but it declined during our summer vacation in 2018.  I set up automatic misting since we were away for almost 1 month, but somehow, this plant wasn't getting enough water.  It was left with only 2 leaves or so, but it did recover fairly quickly (the photo of the whole plant is taken before this incident, but the plants are getting closer to the original size now).  I have been growing it at the cool-end of intermediate; max/min daily temperature of 29/18C (84/65F) in the summer and 21/13C (70/55F) in the winter.  In the summer time, it is less happy, but this species seems to be able to handle fairly warm condition (for Lepanthes ). There are so many species in this genus, so it is tedious to look for the identification, but I finally decided to spend a bit of time to find the identification of this plant.  I think it is Lepanthes deleastes . Th