Sudamerlycaste locusta

"Sudamerlycaste locusta (Rchb.f.) Archila is endemic to Peru. It is a mountain species, it is at an altitude of 2000-3000 m and grows on the limestone rocks or on the trunks of trees along the rivers" 

Sudamerlycaste locusta (Rchb.f.) Archila, Revista Guatemalensis 5(3): 82 (2002).

Sudamerlycaste locusta (Rchb.f.) Archila, Photo by Milan VážkaPierko Lincasac

its native range is Peru.

Latin Name: 

Sudamerlycaste locusta (Rchb.f.) Archila

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Ida locusta (Rchb.f.) A.Ryan & Oakeley

Ida locusta var. minor Oakeley

Lycaste locusta Rchb.f.

English Name:

The Locust Green Sudamerlycaste.

Description: 

With oblong-ovoid, sulcate pseudobulbs carrying 2 to 3, long petiolate, plicate, elliptic-lanceolate leaves that blooms in the spring in cultivation and the fall in situ on a several at once, erect, to 17.5 cm long, inflorescence with pendant, apple scented, waxy flowers and is found in wet montane forests with a distinct drier winter.

Distribution:

Peru.

Ecological:

Large sized, warm to cool growing lithophyte found along railway embankments and on limestone rocks or epiphyte with the pseudobulbs protected by leaves or grass and the flowers and leaves held in full sun around 2000 to 3000 m in altitude.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring.

Flower size:

11.5 cm.

Cultivation:

Likes water and medium light.

Temperature: Intermediate-Warm

Light Level: Medium-High

Typus:

Oakeley, H.F. [s.n.], Peru K000396224 Unknown type material

Oakeley, H.F. [s.n.], Peru K000396222 Unknown type material

Reference: 

theplantlist.org

https://www.ipni.org/n/77096747-1

http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77096747-1

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

https://travaldo.blogspot.com/2018/05/sudamerlycaste-locusta-care-and-culture.html

https://www.orchids.org/grexes/sudamerlycaste-locusta

https://www.orchidweb.com/orchids/other-orchids/species/lycaste-ida-locusta