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Lophiaris bicallosa is an orchid species identified by (Lindl.) Braem in 1993. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Trichocentrum bicallosum.
ORIGIN: Found from Mexico to Panama in humid forests at elevations of 1500 to 2200 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Large sized, cool to cold growing, mule eared epiphyte with small pseudobulbs completely enveloped by several thin, dry sheaths and carrying a single [an occasional 2], apical, erect, rigid, very fleshy, leathery, oblong-elliptic, acute, keeled dorsally, v shaped in cross-section leaf that blooms in the fall and winter on a basal, 8 to 26+ [20 to 65+ cm] long, pendulous, few to many flowered inflorescence with thin, dry, to 1 [2.5 cm] long bracts along the entire length and carrying large, fragrant flowers.
FLOWER SIZE: 2 inches [5 cm]long by 1.6 inches [4 cm] wide
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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