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Cochleanthes flabelliformis is a species of genus Cochleanthes
Description[]
Plants bloom in the summer with a single 7.5 cm wide fragrant flower.
Distribution[]
Plants are found in shady forest of Jamaica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Colombia and Brazil at elevations of 800 to 1200
Culture[]
Keep plant at intermediate to warm temperatures with high humidity. Keep plant in shade to moderate light. Potting media should not be allowed to dry out. Keep moist but not soggy. Water about every five to seven days. Plants should be potted in a well drain mix with medium fir bark with some perlite. Plant is best grown in a basket Potting media should never be allowed to dry out.
Naming[]
Common Names: The Fan-Shaped Cochleanthes
Synonym[]
- Chondrorhyncha flabelliformis (Sw.) Alai 1962
- Cochleanthes fragrans Raf. 1836
- Cymbidium flabellifolium Griseb. 1864
- Cymbidium flabelliforme (Sw.) Sw 1799
- *Epidendrum flabelliforme Sw. 1788
- Eulophia cochlearis (Lindl.) Steud. 1840
- Eulophia cochleata Hort. 1838
- Huntleya imbricata Hort. ex Rchb.f 1852
- Pescatorea cochlearis Rolfe 1906
- Warszewiczella cochlearis [Lindley] Rchb.f 1852
- Warszewiczella cochleata [Lindley] Barb. Rodr. 1883
- Warczewiczella flabelliformis (Sw.) Cogn. 1909
- Warczewiczella gibeziae Rchb.f 1892
- Zygopetalum cochleare Lindley 1836
- Zygopetalum cochleatum Paxt 1838
- Zygopetalum conchaceum Hoffm.1863
- Zygopetalum flabelliforme (Sw.) Rchb. f. 1861
- Zygopetalum gibeziae N.E.Br. 1888