Bolusiella maudiae

[naoki]

I got this from Afri Orchids of South Africa in Spring 2018. It is the first bloom for me (Nov 23, 2018).

It is a small genus and here is the artificial key (link). According to this page, the lateral sepal should have a basal pouch-like outgrowth. I'm not completely sure what this means (I need to dissect the flower next time), but I think that B. maudiae seems to be the match (I'm not 100% sure, though). Gilles has one posted here, and they look somewhat similar.

I appreciate any information about the ID.

It is a tiny plant, the thick leaf is about 2.5cm (1") long. The flowers are tiny, too, so I had to crop quite a bit.

I'm growing it at the cool-end of intermediate; max/min daily temperature of 29/18C (84/65F) in the summer and 21/13C (70/55F) in the winter.

I tried to use Google Photos for sharing, but they aren't too friendly with embedding in forums, so the photos might disappear in the future. I'll stop using Google Photos until they make it better, but the photos of this thread can be found in my Shared album of Orchids from Google Photos.

 

[JeanLux]

Wow, soo tiny beauties!!!! Jean

 

[Ozpaph]

that is tiny

 

[NYEric]

Nice. Thanks for sharing. I have a lot of small flowered species, Oberonia, Platysteles, Lepanthes, etc., but I don't have a means to photograph them.