Lepanthes estrellensis Cyrtochilum Best grown mounted on cork

Best grown mounted on cork or in a well-draining bark-based mix

hinged lip at the center

water in morning to allow foliage to dry before evening

meaning it naturally grows in the ground

in a pot sized to the root system

Lepanthes estrellensis Cyrtochilum Best grown mounted on corkA highly ornamental and floriferous species from the cloud forests of Central America. It forms a dense clump of large orbicular ovate leaves with a finely papillose iridescent surface on striking dark stems, and produces multiple pectinate racemes on long peduncles with successive small flowers bearing translucent triangular sepals, bilobed petals, and a contrasting bilobed labellum with a yellow column at the center. Light: Bright indirect light