Stanhopea wardii

Description

2” pot. Mid-size South American species blooms in summer with wonderful yellow or cream-colored flowers with a dense scattering of dark maroon spots. The flowers are highly fragrant, smelling like chocolate-mint. The plant is attractive, with squat roundish ribbed pseudobulbs, each with a large, broad leaf at the top. Stanhopeas are tolerant of a wide range of temperatures. Flowers do not last as long as many orchid species, but they make up for it by producing many flowers in succession. Their flowers grow downward on short pendant spikes that typically exit from the bottom of a hanging basket or from a mount. Young seedlings.