Platystele reflexa Sophronitis specifically found in regions of

specifically found in regions of Colombia

This 'dark' form is particularly prized by collectors for its deeper pigmentation and the extraordinarily long tails characteristic of the species

displaying the delicate fringed lip characteristic of the species

including countries like Colombia

a distinguished orchid enthusiast

Platystele reflexa Sophronitis specifically found in regions ofA cloud forest, cool growing, small, caespitose epiphyte found at an elevation of 1300 to 1650 meters in Ecuador with an erect, stout ramicaul enveloped by 2 to 3 short, ribbrd imbricating sheaths with a single apical, erect, thickly coriaceous, epetiolate, narrowly ovoid, semiterete to fusiform, acute leaf that blooms on an erect, slender, . 92 to 1 [2. 3 to 2. 5 cm] long incl, racemose, successively many flowered inflorescence with hyaline bracts