Product information "Platystele hirtzii"
| Name: | Platystele hirtzii, Luer 1979 |
| Synonyms: | not known |
| Etymology: | hirtzii = Alexander Christian Hirtz (Quito, Ecuador, 1951) is an Ecuadorian mining engineer, botanist, orchidologist and amateur archaeologist. |
| Propagation: | seed, division |
| Origin: | Ecuador |
| Habitat: | epiphytic in Carchi province on moist, mossy trees in cloud forests at altitudes from 2000 to 2700 meters |
| Notes: | Pleurothallis hirtzii has 3-4cm long inflorescence stems that can produce several single flowers in succession. For Platystele the flowers are relatively large with 1cm. |
