Product information "Lycaste xanthocheila"
Name: | Lycaste xanthocheila, (Fowlie) Oakeley 2007 |
Synonyms: | Lycaste macrophylla subsp. xanthocheila, Fowlie. 1964 |
Etymology: | xanthocheila = with yellow lip |
Propagation: | seed |
Origin: | Guatemala, Costa Rica |
Habitat: | epiphytic in warm, humid forests, only rarely at altitudes above 800m. |
Notes: | Lycaste xanthocheila always produces its waxy, fragrant flowers when the new shoots appear. |