This incredible miniature plant is quite rare. It comes from Ecuador and Peru and is only about 6 cm tall, but the flower is nearly 1.5 cm. As is often the case with Lepanthes, it bears its flowers on thin, wiry spikes, in this case about 6 cm long, but curving over so that the flower is usually facing the plant. The name of the flower refers to its fancied resemblance to the genus of birds which include the Whip-poor-wills and Goatsuckers.
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