Isochilus carnosiflorus

Isochilus carnosiflorus Lindl., Paxton's Mag. Bot. 11(129): 213 (1844).

Isochilus carnosiflorus Lindl., Photo by Raúl Vaz-Mac

its native range is S. Mexico to Central America.

Latin Name: 

Isochilus carnosiflorus Lindl.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Isochilus crassiflorus A.Rich. & Galeotti

Isochilus linearis var. carnosiflorus (Lindl.) Correll

English Name:

The Fleshy Flowered Isochilus.

Description: 

With thin stems completely enveloped by leaf bearing tubular acuminate sheaths and carrying linear-lanceolate, obliquely retuse apically, gradually narrows below into the clasping base and blooms on a terminal, few flowered inflorescence occuring in the fall and winter.

Distribution:

Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá.

Ecological:

At elevations of sealevel to 1900 m as a minaiture to small sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the fall and winter.

Flower size:

5.0 mm.

Cultivation:

Grow plants in cool to warm temperatures in partial shade. Plants should be grown in a mixture of fine bark with perlite. Plants can also be potted in New Zealand sphagnum moss or tree fern fibers. Keep the potting mix moist but not wet or damp. Water when the mix begins to dry. To induce blooming keep plants cool.

Typus:

Collector Team:

Ex Hort.Loddiges s.n.

Type Herbaria:

null K

Distribution Of Types:

Mexico (Northern America)

Reference: 

theplantlist.org

https://www.ipni.org/n/130421-2

http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:130421-2

http://www.orchidspecies.com/isocarnosiflorus.htm 

https://orchids.fandom.com/wiki/Isochilus_carnosiflorus