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Rhynchostele cordata

Botanic Family

Orchidaceae

Author

(Lindley) Soto Arenas & Salazar

Common Names

• Tigrillas (Veracruz)

Geographical Habitats

• Costa Rica
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Chiapas
• Oaxaca
• Puebla
• Veracruz - Mexico
• Nicaragua
• NW. Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• montane rain forest
• cloud forest

Flowering Times

• Nov-Mar (Mexico)

Fruiting Times

Epiphytic rhizomatous scandent orchid, leaves to 300mm x 50mm, racemes with floral bracts to 40mm, yellowish-green to whitish flowers with brown bands & blotches, sepals to 50mm x 12mm, petals to 40mm x 11mm, capsule 40mm x 13mm

Further References

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