Alamania punicea
This is an amazing species. Very cold grower found alongside of Encyclia vitellina and Epidendrum longipetalum along the Gulf slope in Veracruz, Oaxaca, Puebla and Chiapas. It also exists at high elevations on the inland mountain range of the Pacific slope. As you can see from the pictures it is a miniature. The flowers remind us of Sophronitis cernua, which is a warm grower from Brazil. Weyman tried many times to hybridize this with warm growers, but never managed to flower an offspring. They are abundant where the forests still stand along the mountain tops. They thrive on small oaks atop windswept and cloud covered mountain peaks. It is a difficult plant to keep going and make bloom in cultivation. The map has been removed because, although it may occur in many states, its distribution is very restricted within them.