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Xylobium orchid

Xylobium sp

Description:

Large orchid plant and flower, grows as an epiphytic, I found this along a trail in Monteverde Reserve.

Habitat:

Cloud Forest

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3 Comments

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

Ok great. There are many spottings of orchids on Noah but not many of them are from the wild. I'm glad to see you add more from their natural habitat.

Jonathan Sequeira
Jonathan Sequeira 12 years ago

You are right, It looks similar to Lycaste , By the way I will add a Lycaste.

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

Cool. I've never heard of this genus before. It looks similar to Lycaste.

Jonathan Sequeira
Spotted by
Jonathan Sequeira

Puntarenas, Costa Rica

Spotted on Jul 16, 2010
Submitted on Jun 22, 2011

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