Porroglossum dalstroemii is endemic to mossy cloud forest of southern Ecuador (Province of Morona-Santiago ), altitude around 1800m (Luer 1987). It is a cute minituare species with its leaf about 4-5cm long. The flowers are small and not showy, but the sepals are all fused together and the shape is interesting. I received my plant in December 2014 from Andy's Orchids, and it seems to be almost always in bloom. It is an easy grower under my condition. I'm 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. It seems to be ok in a fairly shady condition (PPFD of 55 ยต mol m -2 s -1 ).. The flowers are upside-down compared to a typical orchid species, and the lip is located at the top side and the dorsal sepal is at the bottom. This is called non-resupinate flowers ( link to Wikipedia about resupination). It is interesting that you can see that the...
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