Recently I inherited an Orchidarium full of miniature orchids that I have never grow before. Strange story, but a man who I met one or two times was diagnosed with terminal cancer and was in his final days. His brother found me via the internet and asked if I could save the orchids his brother had been growing in his apartment. I said that I would do my best and ended up with a neglected collection of miniatures. Probably 60 to 70 orchids with a few tillandsia plants mixed into the bunch. Anyway, to make a long story short, I got the Orchidarium home, cleaned it up, cleaned up all the plants, cleaned the fan and light and got the thing set up and working. Last night I noticed that a third plant had bloomed in there. It is a pleurothallis I believe. I've never grown orchids this small, so this was difficult to photograph too (please forgive the shot; it was the best out of several attempts.) Anyway, I spent a long time putting tags to plants in this setup. I still have an envelop of tags that are not associated with plants, but most I have been able to identify based on the foliage/ bloom. This is one of those that I have not been able to identify. Can you help?

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The plant is so small. I took a couple of other shots to try to show scale for those who grow these little orchids.

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Any help with the name of this plant would be much appreciated. Also, any recommendation of fertilizing these tiny guys would be helpful. I need to feed them soon since I suspect they haven't been fed in some time.

EDIT: I found the name of this one with the help of Nicki, Pavel, and Serama. See post Number 7 Restrepia trichoglossa
cheers,
BD