{"id":4231,"date":"2010-07-24T13:49:15","date_gmt":"2010-07-24T21:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=4231"},"modified":"2011-03-21T07:41:40","modified_gmt":"2011-03-21T15:41:40","slug":"little-purple-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/24\/little-purple-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Purple Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"

This tiny orchid’s name is bigger than the plant itself. Lepanthopsis astrophora is a Masdevallia<\/a> relative, and it’s easier to grow than it is to pronounce. Its species name translates from the Latin as “producing stars,” and since this orchid can bloom for months at a time, it certainly earns the moniker.<\/p>\n

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It helps to have Dave’s macro lens, or a magnifying glass, to really appreciate these tiny stars. Each blossom is just a speck of color, only 3\/16 inch (5 mm) tall, but still a fully formed flower. This mini can produce dozens of blooms at a time, so it’s easy to enjoy the mass of purple flowers even without a lens.<\/p>\n

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Native to coastal rainforests in Venezuela and Colombia, these orchids need daily water<\/a>, constant high humidity, and good air movement<\/a>. Small plants can dry out quickly in high temps<\/a> or high winds, and Lepanthopsis has thin roots and no pseudobulbs<\/a>. It may require daily attention, but I find it’s worth the trouble to have my own collection of little purple stars.<\/p>\n

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This tiny orchid’s name is bigger than the plant itself. Lepanthopsis astrophora is a Masdevallia relative, and it’s easier to grow than it is to pronounce. Its species name translates from the Latin as “producing stars,” and since this orchid can bloom for months at a time, it certainly earns the moniker. It helps to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-intermediate-growers","category-mini-orchids","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4231"}],"version-history":[{"count":42,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4284,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4231\/revisions\/4284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}