Prostechea baculus x Prostechea cochleata

Description

2” pot. P baculum, also known as Anacheilium baculus, is a species native to Mexico and Central and South America blooms in summer and fall with white cockleshell-type flowers that have broad petals and sepals and purplish stripes on the lip. P cochleata is the more common cockleshell orchid, with long, narrow greenish petals and sepals and a tan lip striped with rust-red. Both species have the lip facing upward. This primary cross should have flowers that are more full than those of P cochleata. Photo shows P cochleata. Young seedlings.