#prosthechea

There were actually quite a lot of people there today, which is lovely. There were even some under 70's people there! I may not be the youngest person that goes there anymore.

Anancheilium chimborazoense

Prosthechea chimborazoensis is an orchid whose native range is form Costa Rica to Ecuador. #Prosthecheachimborazoensis #Prosthechea #chimborazoensis #orchid #CUgreenhouse #botany (at CU Greenhouse) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpfxrDuOEFZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Orchid of Peru: The thick-lipped crassilabium, Anacheilium crassilabium syn. Prosthechea crassilabia. Machu Picchu, 2430m.

Prosthechea cochleata 

Prosthechea cochleata no meu jardim. #orchids #orquídeas #flores #flowers #garden #jardim #jardinar #jardins #gardening #jardinagem #fleurs #botany #botanica #exoticplants #prosthechea (em Lisbon, Portugal) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz7blrFgES0VWqSBcnprp0RVTxwgd3AtHqDIIM0/?igshid=1t69jrry0ugrw

Prosthechea chimborazoensis is an orchid Found from Panama to Ecuador and Venezuela.

I’ll have to take some better photos but this is the clamshell orchid. The sample plant was a beautiful black lipped clamshell orchid with greenish white tendrils. Reminiscent of a squid. $25 at the Krull-Smith show. First of its species in my collection!