{"id":92,"date":"2008-05-17T13:21:30","date_gmt":"2008-05-17T21:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/17\/orchid-of-the-day-lepanthopsis\/"},"modified":"2010-01-23T10:49:34","modified_gmt":"2010-01-23T18:49:34","slug":"orchid-of-the-day-lepanthopsis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/17\/orchid-of-the-day-lepanthopsis\/","title":{"rendered":"Orchid of the Day: Lepanthopsis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tiny Lepanthopsis astrophora has a name that&#8217;s bigger than the plant itself. I bought this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/identify\/orchids\/masdevallia.html\">Masdevallia<\/a> relative at a sale at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orchids.org\/\">OrchidMania<\/a> last year, and it&#8217;s been in constant bloom for a year. The flowers only last a few days each, but there&#8217;s a constant resupply.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lepanthopsis astrophora flowers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/lepanthopsis_astrophora_1_640px.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/lepanthopsis_astrophora_1_640px.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Lepanthopsis astrophora flowers\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Lepanthopsis astrophora flower\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/lepanthopsis_astrophora_3_640px.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/lepanthopsis_astrophora_3_640px.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Lepanthopsis astrophora flower\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If they look small in the pictures, they are! Each flower is just a speck of color, only 1\/7 inch (4 mm) tall. The whole plant is just 2.5 inches (6.4 cm) across. Dave took these photos with a macro lens.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lepanthopsis astrophora flowers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/lepanthopsis_astrophora_5_640px.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/lepanthopsis_astrophora_5_640px.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Lepanthopsis astrophora flowers\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Lepanthopsis astrophora flowers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/lepanthopsis_astrophora_2_640px.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/lepanthopsis_astrophora_2_640px.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Lepanthopsis astrophora flowers\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Found in coastal rainforests in Venezuela and Colombia, these orchids need daily water and constant high humidity.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lepanthopsis astrophora flowers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/lepanthopsis_astrophora_4_640px.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/lepanthopsis_astrophora_4_640px.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Lepanthopsis astrophora flowers\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tiny Lepanthopsis astrophora has a name that&#8217;s bigger than the plant itself. I bought this Masdevallia relative at a sale at OrchidMania last year, and it&#8217;s been in constant bloom for a year. The flowers only last a few days each, but there&#8217;s a constant resupply. If they look small in the pictures, they are! 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