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Odontoglossum galeottianum is an orchid species identified by A.Rich. in 1845. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Rhynchostele galeottiana.
ORIGIN: Found in Mexico in the states of Oaxaca and Guerrero in cool to cold cloud forests of pine and oak at altitudes up to 3000 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Miniature sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with dark green, brown spotted, ovate to roundish pseudobulbs enveloped in part basally by 1 to 2 leaf-bearing sheaths and carrying a single, apical, ovate to elliptic, acute leaf that flowers on a basal, arcuate to pendant, 2 3/4 to 4 [7 to 10 cm] long, racemose or paniculate, few flowered [1 to 4] inflorescence arising on a newly matured pseudobulb with a few fragrant, showy flowers occurring in the summer.
FLOWER SIZE: 2 1/2 to 2 3/4 inches [6 to 7 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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