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Prosthechea baculus

Botanic Family

Orchidaceae

Author

(Reichenbach f.) W.E. Higgins

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Chiapas
• Oaxaca
• Veracruz - Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Montane rain forest

Flowering Times

• Apr-Jul (Mexico)

Fruiting Times

Large epiphytic scandent rhizomatous orchid, coriaceous leaves to 300mm x 35mm, racemes to 90mm with floral bracts to 4mm x 6mm, fragrant white flowers lightly suffused purple on margins & with purple lines on lip, sepals to 57mm x 11mm, petals to 45mm x 14mm, trigonal capsule to 50mm x 20mm. Flowers reputedly pollinated by tarantula hawk wasp.

Further References

• Icon. Orch.
• The Plant List 2
• Kew