Coryanthes bicalcarata Schltr. 1921 Photo courtesy of Jay Pfahl.

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Common Name The Two-Spurred Coryanthes

Flower Size 4" [10 cm]

A medium sized, warm to hot growing northeastern Peruvian epiphytic species with ribbed, conical-ovoid pseudobulbs carrying 2, apical, plicate leaves that has a highly scented, large, waxy, short lived flower and blooms on a basal, bracteate, 6 to 7" [15 to 18 cm] long, pendant, racemose, 1 to 2 flowered inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; IDed by Eric Christenson; *Die Orchideen der Sudamerikanischen Kordillerenstaaten IV Peru Schlechter 1921; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VI Hoehne 1942; Orchid Digest Vol 42 No 1 1978 photo ok

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