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Orchid Species: Lemboglossum bictoniense

Kew currently accepted name is Rhynchostele bictoniensis

Lemboglossum bictoniense is an orchid species identified by (Bateman) Halb. ex Soto Arenas in 1988. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Rhynchostele bictoniensis.
Genus
Lemboglossum (Lem.)
Grex
bictoniense
Parents
Species
Author
(Bateman) Halb. ex Soto Arenas
Year
1988
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ORIGIN: Found in Hidalgo, Veracruz, Pueble, Oaxaca an Chiapas states of Mexico as a large sized species and the third photo is of one in situ on the roadside between Tuxtla Gutierrez and San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas. This large, cold to cool growing epiphytic or terrestrial species is found on trees in humid forests, on rock on cliffs and terrestrially, at 2000 to 3200 meters in altitude in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Panama.

DESCRIPTION: A large sized species with elliptic, laterally compressed pseudobulbs subtended by 2 to 3, conduplicate, foliaceous bracts and carrying apically a single, elliptic-lanceolate, conduplicate leaf and it blooms on a erect, basal, to 1' [30cm] long, simple or few branched inflorescence arising on a newly formed pseudobulb with narrowly elliptic-lanceolate bracts in the winter and spring. It requires medium shade, even watering and humidity while in growth, and a cold, drier winter.

FLOWER SIZE: To 1 1/2 inches [to 3.75 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Rhynchostele Rst bictoniensis 1993 (Bateman) Soto Arenas & Salazar
Add+ Amparoa Amp bictoniensis 2009 (Bateman) Archila
Add+ Cyrtochilum Cyr bictoniense 1838 Bateman
Add+ Rhynchostele Rst bictoniensis f. alba
Add+ Odontoglossum Odm bictoniense 1840 (Bateman) Lindl.
Add+ Rhynchostele Rst bictoniense
Add+ Zygopetalum Z africanum 1840 Hook.
Most awarded/recent cultivars: Odm. bictoniense 'Skyrocket' (2 awards in 1984) Rst. bictoniensis h.f. alba 'Eckhard' (2016) Rst. bictoniense 'Hilda' (2016) Rst. bictoniensis 'Longbow' (2015) Rst. bictoniensis 'Anja' (2014) Rst. bictoniensis 'Kay' (2014) Rst. bictoniensis 'Asendorf' (2014) Rst. bictoniense 'Niep' (2014) Rst. bictoniensis 'Hilda' (2012) Rst. bictoniensis 'Flamingo' (2009) Lem. bictoniense 'Shane Shine' (2000) Lem. bictoniense 'Jim Flattery' (1999) Lem. bictoniense 'Orchid Man' (1998) Lem. bictoniense h.f. alba 'Cardinal's Roost' (1997) Odm. bictoniense h.f. album 'San Damiano' (1997) Lem. bictoniense 'Husk Honey' (1995) Lem. bictoniense 'Marissa Palermo' (1995) Odm. bictoniense 'Cerne Giant' (1994) Odm. bictoniense h.f. album 'Orchid Man' (1994) Odm. bictoniense 'Dora Perez Balladares' (1994)
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