This FROZE in a cold snap. bummer The Notched Dimerandra Found from Mexico south to Northern South America and Brazil at elevations of 500 to 800 meters as a medium sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with cylindric, furrowed stems enveloped by numerous, basally clasping and conduplicate, distichous, articulate, elliptic-lanceolate, coriaceous, apically unequally bilobed leaves that blooms on a terminal, fasciculate, sessile, 1 to 1 1/4" [2.5 to 3 cm] long, successively flowering, racemose inflorescence occuring in the summer and fall . There is much discussion that all Dimerandra species are this one. This species is often found in conjunction with ants and may benefit from their presence. The epiphytic orchid, Dimerandra emarginata, occurs in habitats characterized by high light intensities and very variable water supply. DIFFERENT DESCRIPTION!!! DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS Dimerandra orchids (a total of 8 species )are largish clustered epiphytes of a reed-like appearance. The species D. emarginata has a high (up to 16 in /40 cm ),fleshy shoot covered with two raws of rather firms ,4 -in/ 10 -cm -long leaves tapering off in to a sharp tip. short spikes bearing one flower appear in tufts on the ends of the shoots-they bloom one by one and produce showy pink -and- purple flowers . Each flowers is embellished with a back-ward turned ,fan-shaped lip colored in a darker shade of purple . The center of the flower is highlighted with a white base of the lip . The species' proportions prevent it from becoming idel for cultivation ,but its beautiful flowers guarantee a certain degree of popularity . The plants can be kept both as epiphytes and in a permeable mix in flowerpots or baskets. In order to develop well ,the plant needs semi-shade ,high air -humidty and a brief winter rest . Flowers appear irregularly ,most often between the fall and spring. The plant inhabits a large geographical area between Mexico and Ecuador.