Pteroceras longicalcareum

Pteroceras longicalcareum (Ames & Rolfe) Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 23(4): 193 (1972).

Pteroceras longicalcareum (Ames & Rolfe) Garay, Photo by Erik Legaspi 

its native range is Philippines.

Latin Name: 

Pteroceras longicalcareum (Ames & Rolfe) Garay

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Sarcochilus longicalcareus Ames & Rolfe

English Name:

The Long-Spur Pteroceras (refers to the midlobe of the labellum).

Description: 

With an erect stem becoming pendant with age carrying leathery, linear to oblong leaves that blooms in the later spring and summer on a pendulous, to 1 m long, many (100) flowered inflorescence.

Distribution:

Philippines.

Ecological:

At elevations sealevel to 1000 m as a medium sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the later spring and summer.

Flower size:

9.0 mm.

Cultivation:

Temperature: 

Warm (Day 27-29°C | Night 18-22°C)

Water: 

Wet/dry cycle, mist daily if mounted but allow full dryout

Humidity:

85% (60% min) 

Light: 

Medium-High

Typus:

Reference: 

theplantlist.org

https://www.ipni.org/n/655224-1

http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:655224-1

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

https://roehamptonorchids.ca/products/pteroceras-longicalcareum