Lepanthopsis melanantha, common name tiny orchid, is a very small epiphytic species of orchid. It is native to southern Florida and the Greater Antilles (Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico). In Florida, it is known only from the Fahkahatchee Swamp in Collier County.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesFlora of North America v 26 p 616, Lepanthopsis melanantha (Reichenbach f.) Ames, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 1: 19. 1933. Biota of North America Program, county map distributionAcevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
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External links US Department of Agriculture Plants Profile Institute for Regional Conservation, Floristic Inventory of South Florida Database Online, Lepanthopsis melanantha, tiny orchid Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz, Lepanthopsis melanantha