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Origin |
Costa Rica, Guatamela,
Mexico, Panama |
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Plant description |
Pendent, terete leaves,
40-80 cm long, up to 2cm wide with short secondary stem 2-7 cm.
The rhizome creeps and produces alternately leaf growth and then
flower growth, similar to the habit of C. walkeriana. |
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Growing |
Very little known in
cultivation. The plant has been described as growing in moist
foothill forest of Costa Rica, apparently, their central distribution
point. |
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Blooming Season |
Said to be from May to
July in Northern hemisphere. |
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Flower size and shape |
Sepals and petals are
up to 8 cm long, and lip is up to 6 cm long and 4 cm wide. |
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Colors and fragrance |
The petals and sepals
are greenish, sometimes purple stained or flushed on the outside
surface of the sepals, and the lip is white. The flowers are
very fragrant at night. Its fragrance is similar to B. cucullata,
but sweeter and stronger. My plant has 4 noticeable veins on
the lip, and the back side of the petals and sepals are reddish
white. |
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Comments |
Easily identify by the
growing habit. All my specimen were collected from Panama. |
B. acaulis. side view
B.
acaulis. side view