Masdevallia norops Dendrobium and a distinctive lip or

and a distinctive lip or labellum that resembles the bill of a duck or platypus

This outstanding primary hybrid

While Pescatoria ecuadorana's strap-shaped leaves emerging from pseudobulbs are attractive

Humidity: 70–90% relative humidity

adding an element of whimsy to the diverse world of orchid cultivation

Masdevallia norops Dendrobium and a distinctive lip orMasdevallia norops is found in cloud forests at elevations of 1500 2800 meters of Ecuador and Peru. It is a cool to cold growing, miniature sized epiphyte with a slender, erect, blackish ramicaul enveloped basally by 2 to 3 tubular sheaths carrying a single apical, erect, coriaceous, petiolate, elliptical, subacute leaf that is cuneate basally into the slender, channeled petiole. It likes good light, but not direct light and can be grown in basket or