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ORIGIN: Found in Costa Rica at elevations of 2400 to 2700 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Medium sized, cold growing epiphyte with an erect, simple, cane-like, terete basally, laterally compressed towards the apex, arcuate stem enveloped completely by tubular, somewhat inflated apically, scarious sheaths, arising from an intermediate internode of the previous stem, carrying 2 to 4, at the apex of the newer stems, coriaceous, elliptic-ovate, acute, retuse, margin spreading and entire leaves that blooms in the mid winter to early summer on a terminal, occurring only once, distichous, racemose, sinuous, nutant, 3.4 to 6.4 [8.5 to 16 cm] long, lax, few flowered inflorescence with the peduncle completely enveloped by a tubular, oblong, acute, conduplicate bract and with almost as long as the ovary, ovate, acute, conduplicate, amplexicaul, deciduous floral bracts and carrying 4 to 8, simultaneously opening, resupinate, green tinged with wine red to purple flowers.
FLOWER SIZE: 1.6 inches [4 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).