Orchid Species: Latourorchis macrophylla

ORIGIN: A widespread, medium to large sized, hot to cool growing species from Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Moluccas, the Philippines, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Santa Cruz, Vanuatu and the Caroline Islands that is usually epiphytic in hot coastal primary forest jungles to cool montane forests on tree trunks halfway up the bole from sea-level to 1700 meters in elevation.

DESCRIPTION: A widespread, medium to large sized, hot to cool growing species from Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Moluccas, the Philippines, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Santa Cruz, Vanuatu and the Caroline Islands that is usually epiphytic in hot coastal primary forest jungles to cool montane forests on tree trunks halfway up the bole from sea-level to 1700 meters in elevation. This species has ribbed, slightly flattened, slender basally and thicker in the upper 60% stems carrying 2 to 4, large, persistent leaves that are held near the apex. They bloom from spring until late summer on an erect, to 6 to 16 [15 to 40 cm] long, usually many [15 to 25] flowered raceme with heavy textured, color variable flowers and require even water and fertilizer year round. They have an axillary, apical, erect or curved inflorescence that arises from the leaf axils at the apex of the leafed canes with flowers that have a delicate fragrance and are long-lasting.

FLOWER SIZE: To 2 inches [to 5 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).