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Lycaste jarae is an orchid species identified by D.E.Benn. & Christenson in 1996. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Sudamerlycaste peruviana.
ORIGIN: Found in Colombia and Venezuela in humid wet forests at elevations of 1600 to 1700 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Medium sized warm to cool growing epiphyte with ovoid, compressed, slightly rugose, longitudinally ribbed pseudobulbs subtended by several scarious nonfoliaceous sheaths and having 2 apical, plicate, elliptical-lanceolate leaves that are cuneate into the petiole and has an erect, inflorescence arising from a mature pseudobulb and having 2 tubular, acuminate bracts and a single floral bract that is 10 [25 cm] long and has a single, waxy, nodding, fragrant flower occurring in the spring and summer.
FLOWER SIZE: 4 inches [10 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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