Lepanthopsis

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Lepanthopsis
Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Pleurothallidinae
Genus: Lepanthopsis
(Cogn.) Ames

Species
*Lepanthopsis abbreviata

Lepanthopsis is a genus of orchids with about 38 species, mostly distributed in the Andes and the Caribbean. Lepanthopsis orchids are very small, often with flowers measuring less than 1 centimeter across.