Etymology: Lepanthes (from the Greek lepos = scale/bark and anthos = flower, referring to the scale-like sheaths adhering to the stems or the shape of the flowers); Ecuagenera Passion (the registered name of this hybrid, named after the leading orchid nursery Ecuagenera and the word Passion = passion); tentaculata = tentacle-like (Latin tentaculum, referring to the threadlike floral elements); saltatrix = dancer (Latin, referring to the dynamic, seemingly floating floral morphology).
Origin / Distribution: Cultivar. The parent species involved originate from the cool, humid montane cloud forests of the Neotropical region of South America (particularly Colombia and Ecuador).
Description & Notes: This exceptional registration (Lepanthes Ecuagenera Passion) combines two of the genus’s most delicate species. The parent Lepanthes tentaculata contributes its delicate, elongated, tentacle-like floral structures, while Lepanthes saltatrix lends a lively, almost floating floral presentation and intensely colored accents. The seedlings promise expressive miniature plants with elegant foliage and fascinating individual flowers that appear continuously directly on the upper surface of the leaves. Because this hybrid requires consistently high humidity, it is ideally suited after deflasking to cultivation in display cases, terrariums, or miniature bottle gardens on moist sphagnum moss.