Restrepia contorta

Restrepia contorta is a tufted miniature epiphyte from Andean cloud forest. Its flowers are built around a broad synsepal, typically yellow to tan and marked with reddish spots or stripes, beneath a slender dorsal sepal and clubbed, antenna-like petals. Colour and markings vary from plant to plant.

What to expect

• Flowering: Single flowers produced one at a time from the base of the leaf; mature plants can flower over much of the year.
• Flowers: Spotted or striped synsepal with fine clubbed petals. Variable between plants.
• Plant: Compact and tufted, with leathery leaves on slender sheathed stems. No pseudobulbs.
• Breeding: Used as a parent in registered hybrids such as Restrepia Dannemarche.

Growing notes

• Temperature: Cool to intermediate, with a clear drop at night.
• Light: Shade to filtered light. No direct sun.
• Water: Keep evenly moist at all times.
• Humidity & air: High humidity with gentle, constant air movement.

Shipping & condition

Supplied at flowering size – either a mature plant or a division from a plant that has already flowered – grown on in the Dandenong Ranges. Plants are packed on Sunday and sent on Monday. Buds and flowers cannot be guaranteed at time of shipping due to seasonal and environmental factors.