Product information "Lepanthes calliope"
| Name: | Lepanthes calliope, Luer & Hirtz 1996 |
| Synonyms: | not known |
| Etymology: | calliope = Calliope is one of the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne. She is the muse of epic poetry, science, philosophy and string playing as well as the muse of epic and elegy. With Apollo she has the sons Orpheus and Linos. |
| Propagation: | seed |
| Origin: | Ecuador |
| Habitat: | epiphytic on thin, mossy branches, at altitudes from 1600 to 1800 m. |
| Notes: | The shoot axils grow vertically upwards, the flowers are located on the upper side of the leaves, but can also overhang. They are up to 5mm in size, yellow, and bloom successively one after another. |
