Product information "Restrepia howei"
| Name: | Restrepia howei, Luer 2005 |
| Synonyms: | not known |
| Etymology: | howei = Colin Howe, English orchid enthusiast specialising in the genus Restrepia. |
| Propagation: | divisions |
| Origin: | Ecuador |
| Habitat: | epiphytic species from cloud forests of the Andes, no data available |
| Notes: | Restrepia howei is unique in having no recorded locations. A single plant of Restrepia howei was discovered in a collection of imported plants from Ecuador (Howe, 2006) and nothing further is known of its distribution or occurrence in the wild. This one plant has only been vegetatively propagated by leaf offsets, or ‘keikis’, thereby producing genetically identical offspring. |
