Do you have a plant for sale or trade
which you cannot ship or do not want to bother shippping?
No problem.
Click here to make a local-only offer.
It's a free service to our members.
Stanhopea velata is an orchid species identified by C.Morren in 1847. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Stanhopea martiana.
ORIGIN: Found in Nayarit, Jalisco, Guerrero and Oaxaca states of Mexico as a medium sized, cool to hot growing lithophyte on rocks in open oak forests occurring around [750]1200 to 2100 meters in elevation.
DESCRIPTION: Found in Nayarit, Jalisco, Guerrero and Oaxaca states of Mexico as a medium sized, cool to hot growing lithophyte on rocks in open oak forests occurring around [750]1200 to 2100 meters in elevation with a few, clustered, ovoid, deeply rugose pseudobulbs enveloped partially below by scarious bracts that become fibrous with age and carrying a single, apical, elliptic, plicate, acuminate, erect, gradually narrows below in to the stout petiole and blooms in the late spring and summer on a pendant, often 2 flowered, to 8 + [20 cm] long inflorescence with ovate clasping bracts and narrower floral bracts and has waxy, large, fragrant flowers.
FLOWER SIZE: 4 1/2 inches [11.25 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Author is Ken Slump, posted almost 4 years ago
Suggestions for Choosing Plants Requiring Minimal Care
THIS SEEMS LIKE AN IDEAL TOPIC for an article. Many of us want to enjoy orchid flowers with a minimum of fuss and I have found that most ...
Read More
Beginners Start Here
Author is Ken Slump, posted almost 4 years ago
A 12-Step Plan for Becoming a Successful Orchid Grower
IF YOU ARE NEW TO THE ORCHID hobby and perhaps feel you are not enjoying the success with your plants that you had hoped for, read throug...
Read More
Water: The Most Important Nutrient
Author is Roy Tokunaga, posted over 4 years ago
We take water for granted. It falls out of the sky. It flows from the faucet. Oahu city water is considered good for growing Orchids. We use it without thought or concern.
If you study orch...
Read More