Hofmeisterella
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| Hofmeisterella eumicroscopica (Rchb. f.) Rchb. f. (1852) |
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Hofmeisterella eumicroscopica (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. in W.G. Walpers (1852) is a rare species of orchids and the only species in the genus Hofmeisterella.
It was named Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach for W. Hoffmeister, a German botany professor. This miniature, epiphytic orchid occurs in cool to cold habitats of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru in mountainous rain forests at heights between 1600 and 2400 m. This is a stemless plant with fleshy, terete leaves. The axillary inflorescence is erect to arcuate. It gives rise to few to several, successively flowering, relatively large, yellow flowers with a purple shine at their base.
