Platystele reflexa Scaphosepalum offer the plant protection and

offer the plant protection and nutrients derived from their waste

so avoid cutting old flower spikes unless they have completely dried up

A compact miniature species from the cloud forests of Ecuador

It is a variation or cultivar of the Stanhopea embreei orchid species known for its captivating and fragrant flowers

Use pure water and maintain careful moisture balance to support the sensitive epiphytic root system

Platystele reflexa Scaphosepalum offer the plant protection andA cloud forest, cool growing, small, caespitose epiphyte found at an elevation of 1300 to 1650 meters in Ecuador with an erect, stout ramicaul enveloped by 2 to 3 short, ribbrd imbricating sheaths with a single apical, erect, thickly coriaceous, epetiolate, narrowly ovoid, semiterete to fusiform, acute leaf that blooms on an erect, slender, . 92 to 1 [2. 3 to 2. 5 cm] long incl, racemose, successively many flowered inflorescence with hyaline bracts