!Galeandra baueri Lindley 1832 Photo courtesy of © Lourens Grobler

Flower closeup Photo courtesy of Jay Pfahl

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Common Name Bauer's Galeandra [Austrian Botanical Painter 1800's]

Flower Size 3" [7.5 cm]

This is a medium sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte found on trees in pine lands and in open forests usually on palms and found at elevations of 800 to 1200 meters in altitude. They can grow into large clumps and are found in Mexico through Panama and Colombia as well as Surinam, with closely spaced on the rhizome, fusiform, elongate, 10" [25 cm] psuedobulbs enveloped by several, imbricating, scarious sheaths with 8 or so leaves, linear-lanceolate, pointed, basally clasping, coriaceous yet flexible with prominent veining. It has an apical, curving, often branched, to 12" [30 cm] long, lax, pendulous inflorescence arising on a newly matured pseudobulb with a few long-lasting, fragrant, funnel shaped flowers that open in succession in the spring through early summer. They need bright light and regular frequent waterings and fertilizer through the growth season but with the yellowing of the deciduous leaves in the fall it should be lessened until new growth appears in the late winter to early spring.

Synonyms Galeandra batemani Rolfe 1892; Galeandra cristata Lindley 1844; Galeandra funckiana Lindl. ex Rchb.f 1881; Galeandra funckii Lindl. ex Rchb.f. 1856

References W3 Tropicos Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora de Venezuela Foldats Volumen XV Part 3 1970; AOS Bulletin Vol 47 No 9 1978 drawing Icones Planetarum Tropicarum plate 1435 Atwood 1992

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