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{{SPlantbox
| color = lightgreen
|familia=Orchidaceae
| name = ''Restrepia''
|genus=Restrepia
| image = Restrepia antennifera Orchi 02.jpg
|habit=orchid
| image_width = 250px
|Min ht metric=cm
| image_caption = Antennae-carrying Restrepia<br />(''Restrepia antennifera'')
|Temp Metric=°F
|image=Restrepia antennifera Orchi 02.jpg
|image_width=180
|image_caption=Restrepia antennifera
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'''''Restrepia''''', abbreviated '''Rstp''' in horticultural trade, is a small [[genus]] of 49 [[orchid]]s in the orchid family ([[Orchidaceae]]), closely related to ''[[Pleurothallis]]''. Named in honor of Don [[Jose Restrepo]], it tends to be more showy than most other [[Pleurothallidinae|Pleurothallids]]. They are found primarily at higher altitudes in the cool, damp montane forests of the [[Andes]] and [[Venezuela]], with some into [[Central America]] up to southern [[Mexico]].
These tiny [[epiphyte|epiphytic]] and rarely [[lithophyte|lithophytic]] orchids lack [[pseudobulb]]s. The erect, thick, leathery leaf is elliptic-ovate in shape. The aerial [[root]]s seem like fine hairs.
These tiny [[epiphyte|epiphytic]] and rarely [[lithophyte|lithophytic]] orchids lack [[pseudobulb]]s. The erect, thick, leathery leaf is elliptic-ovate in shape. The aerial [[root]]s seem like fine hairs.
Several species, such as ''[[Restrepia muscifera]]'', are very variable in size, shape and color. No two populations are the same.
Several species, such as ''[[Restrepia muscifera]]'', are very variable in size, shape and color. No two populations are the same.
== Species ==
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The representative species is ''Restrepia antennifera''.
Restrepia (Joseph Emanuel Restrep, a student of natural history in the tropics). Orchidaceae. Very interesting little plants, allied to Masdevallia and not unlike that genus in habit and appearance.
Stems tufted on creeping rhizomes, each bearing a single lf. and clothed below with scales; fl.-sts. appear from the axil of the lvs.: perennial, producing fls. for several years in succession: dorsal sepal free, ending in a filiform, clavate tail; lateral sepals united into a broad blade, bifid only at the apex; petals like the dorsal sepal, but smaller; labellum oblong or ovate, often with 2 small teeth near the base.—About 40 species, from Brazil to Mex., few of which are cult, for their curious fls. They are easily grown at a temperature suited for cool odontoglossums (40-55°). They thrive well planted in a mixture of peat and sphagnum in baskets, which are usually suspended near the glass. They have no definite resting period, but do not require so large a quantity of water in winter as during their most active growth. Pot moderately firm, and rest in a coolhouse.
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==Cultivation==
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===Propagation===
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===Pests and diseases===
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==Species==
The type species is ''Restrepia antennifera''.
Three subgenera are recognized.
Three subgenera are recognized.
*''[[Restrepia wageneri]]'' (NW. Venezuela).
*''[[Restrepia wageneri]]'' (NW. Venezuela).
== Gallery ==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:Restrepia antennifera Orchi 02.jpg|''[[Restrepia antennifera]]''
Image:Restrepia antennifera Orchi 02.jpg|''[[Restrepia antennifera]]''
Image:Restrepia aspasicensium Orchi 01.jpg|''Restrepia aspasicensium''
Image:Restrepia aspasicensium Orchi 01.jpg|''Restrepia aspasicensium''
Image:Restrepia brachypus Orchi 01.jpg|''Restrepia brachypus''
Image:Restrepia brachypus Orchi 01.jpg|''Restrepia brachypus''
Image:Restrepia contorta Orchi 02.jpg|''Restrepia contorta''
Image:Restrepia contorta Orchi 02.jpg|''Restrepia contorta''
Image:Restrepia cuprea Orchi 01.jpg|''Restrepia cuprea''
Image:Restrepia cuprea Orchi 01.jpg|''Restrepia cuprea''
Image:Restrepia wageneri Orchi 01.jpg|''Restrepia wageneri''
Image:Restrepia wageneri Orchi 01.jpg|''Restrepia wageneri''
</gallery>
</gallery>
== External link ==
==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
*[http://home.tiscali.be/patcloes1/restrepia.htm?restrepia.htm= Photos of Restrepia orchids]
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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