Cochleanthes wailesiana (Lindl.) R.E. Schult. & Garay 1959 Photo courtesy of Jean Claude George

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Common Name or Meaning Wailes Cochleanthes [English Orchid Enthusiast 1800's]

Flower Size 2 1/2" [6.25 cm]

Found in Brazil as a warm to cool growing epiphyte with ligulate-lanceolate, acute leaves that are canoe-shaped and articulate to the leaf sheaths below and held in a fan that blooms in the spring and summer on an axillary, 5" [12.5 cm] long, erect scape with a single, heavily textured, fragrant flower.

Synonyms Chondrorhyncha wailesiana (Lindl.) A.D.Hawkes 1965; Warrea digitata Lem. 1856; *Warrea wailesiana Lindl. 1849; Warczewiczella digitata Barb. Rodr. 1883; Warczewiczella wailesiana (Rchb. f.) E. Morren 1878; Zygopetalum wailesianum (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1863

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;