Stanhopea wardii

Stanhopea wardii

Profilo orchidea
Intermedia CITES Appendix II 🌸 Intensa Simpodiale
Sicuro per animali Fioritura: summer, autumn
RegnoPlantae
SottoregnoTracheobionta
SuperdivisioneSpermatophyta
DivisioneMagnoliophyta
ClasseLiliopsida
OrdineAsparagales
FamigliaOrchidaceae
SottofamigliaEpidendroideae
GenereStanhopea
SpecieStanhopea wardii
Central America to Colombia, Venezuela

A widespread species bearing several large golden-yellow flowers spotted with maroon and marked by two dark eyes on the hypochile, with a strong fragrance. Stanhopea wardii is grown in baskets to allow its downward-growing spikes to emerge.