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Lycaste macrophylla is a plant belonging to the orchid genus Lycaste.
Distribution[]
Plants are found growing in the wet montane forest of Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Venezuela at elevations of 400 to 2400 meters
Description[]
Plant blooms from summer to fall with up to five 11 cm wide flowers.
Culture[]
Grow in diffused bright light and keep in cool to warm temperatures. Keep humidity from 40 to 70%. Water regularly during growing season. The potting media should be a little moist in between waterings. To prevent rot, avoid allowing the leaves to become wet. Reduce watering during the winter. Pot plants in 75% fine bark and 25% perlite or in full sphagnum moss.
Varieties[]
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Lycaste macrophylla variant | petals are pink and sepals are brown, lip is pink |
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Lycaste macrophylla variant | petals are white with pink spots and sepals are brown, lip is white with pink spotspink |
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Lycaste macrophylla variant | petals are white and sepals are green brown, lip is white |
Naming[]
Common Name:The Large Leaf Lycaste
Synonyms[]
- Lycaste filomenoi Schltr. 1921
- Lycaste macrophylla subsp. desboisiana (Cogn.) Fowlie 1964
- Lycaste macrophylla subsp. filomenoi (Schltr.) Fowlie 1964
- Lycaste macrophylla subsp. neglecta (Schltr.) Fowlie 1970
- Lycaste macrophylla subsp. panamanensis Fowlie 1964
- Lycaste macrophylla subsp. plana (Lindl.) Fowlie 1964
- Lycaste macrophylla subsp. viridescens Oakeley 1991
- Lycaste macrophylla var alba Oakley 2008
- Lycaste macrophylla var. desboisiana Cogn. 1897
- Lycaste macrophylla var. measuresianum Sander 1901
- Lycaste macrophylla var. plana (Lindl.) Oakeley 2007
- Lycaste neglecta Schltr. 1929; Lycaste plana Lindl. 1842
- *Maxillaria macrophylla Poepp. & Endl. 1836
- Maxillaria phyllomega Steud. 1841