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Orchid Species: Acianthera modestissima
(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)
Acianthera modestissima is an orchid species identified by (Rchb.f. & Warm.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase in 2001.
ORIGIN: Found in Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro states of Brazil at elevations of 1300 to 1400 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Mini-miniature sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with an erect ramicaul enveloped by 2 tubular sheaths and carrying a single, apical, horizontal to slightly inclined, ovate to narrowly ovate, conduplicate, olive-green to purple, acute and hook-shaped apcaily leaf that blooms in the summer on 1 to 2, .4 to .6 [1 to 1.5 cm] densely five flowered inflorescence arising through a spathe.
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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