Andreettaea claviculata

This delightful miniature species is endemic to Ecuador. Andreettaea claviculata is a tiny plant with leaves 1cm long  but the flowers are comparitively very large and dramatic.

The species grows in wet forest at 2200-2400m and in cultivation enjoys a damp shady spot low down in our Cloud Forest greenhouse (min 12C). As you can see our stock plant is mounted but we would expect plants to also thrive in small pots or baskets.

The flowers are long lasting and tougher than they look. We are excited to see how it develops as it is very floriferous and a specimen plant will be a sight to behold.

This species was first described in the 1980's as Pleurothallis claviculata and spent time as Specklinia claviculata before molecular analysis moved it to its current home in Andreettaea