Coryanthes trifoliata

Coryanthes trifoliata C.Schweinf., Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 12: 276, tab (1944).

Coryanthes trifoliata C.Schweinf., Photo by Edrei Quek  

its native range is Peru (Loreto).

Latin Name: 

Coryanthes trifoliata C.Schweinf.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

No synonyms are recorded for this name.

English Name:

The Three-Leafed Coryanthes.

Description: 

With narrowly pyriform-cylindric, ribbed pseudobulbs carrying 3, apical, plicate, narrowly elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate leaves gradually narrowing below into the long slender, channeled petiole that blooms in the summer on a lightly arcuate then pendant, to 33 cm long, 1 to 2 flowered inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb and carrying 6 small, tubular, mostly remote sheaths and carrying heavily scented flowers.

Distribution:

Peru.

Ecological:

Around 100 to 1000 m in elevation as a medium sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the summer.

Flower size:

7.5 cm.

Cultivation:

Plants are usually grown in wooden baskets in partial shade. Use a well drain potting media such as medium fir bark with perlite, tree fern fibers, or sphagnum moss. Keep area humid and grow in intermediate temperatures. Keep mix moist but not dry.

Type Information:

Distribution Of Types

Loreto (Peru, Western South America, Southern America)

Reference: 

theplantlist.org

https://www.ipni.org/n/66341-2

http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:66341-2

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

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