Porroglossum sororcula

Porroglossum is a genus of miniature orchids from the Americas closely related to Masdevallia. 

Our most unusual porroglossum is Porroglossum sororcula with tiny (4mm across) balloon like little flowers on thin stems.

The flowers remind us of upside down trisetella flowers (see trisetella cordeliae below) as the flowers of this Porroglossum are non-resupinate (the column is downwards not upwards)

As you can see, Porroglossum sororcula has attractive little leaves with dramatic patterning on the newest leaves. The species is endemic to Ecuador and though we cant find accurate habitat data we find that plants prefer to grow warm (min 17C) suggesting a native habitat of warm wet forests.