Product information "Restrepia mendozae"
Name: | Restrepia mendozae, Luer 1996 |
Synonyms: | not known |
Etymology: | mendozae = Hartman Mendoza de Vilcabamba (fl. 1993), Ecuadorian orchidist |
Propagation: | divisions |
Origin: | Ecuador |
Habitat: | epiphytic species from cloud forests in the Cordillera del Condor at altitudes of around 1500m |
Notes: | Restrepia mendozae is clearly larger as a plant than most other Restrepia, and its growth is generally upright. It also produces only very few keikis and is therefore rare and much more difficult to propagate. |