A cultivar of an old hybrid of Vr. barilletii x intermedia that has become a very popular yet still uncommon plant in collections. The leaves start out light green with deep green to brownish tessellations covering both sides of the glossy leaves. As leaves mature, the colors darken a bit but the bold pattern stays vivid. The inflorescence is a purple, feather-like spike. Great for a large pot or for landscape.

A neat miniature, stoloniferous, clumping species that matures at less than 6 inches tall. Its gracefully curving, slightly speckled leaves form a bulbous base and a 10 inch flower spike with light red, white tipped bracts. Discovered near Parati in Rio de Janeiro state of Brazil and described in 1980, it is a native of low, wet rainforest where it grows as an epiphyte. An easy to grow yet rare collector item. Superior for terrariums.