Mormodes fractiflexa Rchb. f. 1872 Photo courtesy of Jay Pfahl

Common Name The Rolled Inward Mormodes

Flower Size

Fascinating flowers that arrive in the winter and have a nice scent, are on an ascending inflorescence that arise from the mid section of a mature pseudobulb and comes from Costa Rica. A deciduous plant that likes water with 2" new growth, and then water much less after the leaf fall, blooms on a leafless plant in the winter.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 64 No 7 1995 photo;

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