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Chondrorhyncha chestertonii is an orchid species identified by Rchb.f. in 1879. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Chondroscaphe chestertonii.
ORIGIN: This species is from Colombia, Ecuador and Peru in extremely wet montane forests at elevations around 1400 to 1500 meters.
DESCRIPTION: This species is from Colombia, Ecuador and Peru in extremely wet montane forests at elevations around 1400 to 1500 meters and is a cool growing epiphytic orchid with no psaeudobulbs and a fan-shaped group of basally overlapping, strap shaped leaves that are keeled below that blooms in the winter in situ on a shorter 3 [7.5 cm] horizontal to somewhat pendant stalk arising from the leaf axils or the base of the leaf fan with a solitary, waxy to fleshy flower that is highly scented and held below the leaves and is best grown in a basket to accommodate the pendant inflorescence.
FLOWER SIZE: 4 inches [8 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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