Restrepia seketii

Restrepia seketii Luer & Escobar

This is a very rare and unique Restrepia taxon. It is presently known to only occur in the very north eastern tip of Colombia. It is extremely rare in cultivation and in the wild, and I had only ever seen the one clone(pictured) in the flesh until just very recently.

A single pickled flower from of a batch of Restrepia blooms sent to me by Dr Geoff Stocker, proved to be this species, it was however apparently of Peruvian origin. It was a slightly different colour, same shape and size, except it had a minutely but clearly fimbriate lip. Although this is indeed a deviation to my clone and the type drawing in Luer & Escobars excellent monograph on Restrepia(Icones Pleurothallidinarum XIII), it is without doubt a form of R. seketii.