Chiloschista viridiflava Seidenf.

 Chiloschista viridiflava Seidenf., Opera Bot. 95: 175 (1988) (1988).

Chiloschista viridiflava Seidenf., Photos by José Santos da Costa

Chiloschista viridiflava Seidenf., Photos by Shashidhar Sastry

Family:

Orchidaceae.

Synonym Name: 

No synonyms are recorded for this name.

English Name:

No synonyms are recorded for this name.

Description: 

The plant looks like a crown of fleshy roots which flowers on 6-inch long flower spikes covered with small yellow flowers with darker lovely light coloured border, they are also fragrant and smell like vanilla. A pendant several to many 20 flowered inflore

Distribution:

Nepal, Thailand.

Ecological:

Cool to hot growing epiphyte. 

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring.

Flower size:

1.3 cm.

Cultivation:

Plants are best grown hanged in baskets and on mounted and require moderate shade and warm temperatures. Plants should be grown in media that is well drained such as tree fern fibers (for small plants), several pieces of coarse fir bark, or sphagnum moss. Plants require high humidity. Plants should be dried out between waterings. During growing season in the summer increase watering frequency and reduce watering during the winter during rest periods. If the plants are mounted the roots must be watered regularly.

Type:

Ref:

orchidspecies.com

ipni.org

powo.science.kew.org 

orchids.fandom.com/wiki/Chiloschista_viridiflava

orchid-tree.com