Makes a wonderful potted orchid. This terrestrial orchid displays light lavender and white flower petals reflexed back to reveal a rose purple lip. Easy to grow but requires very fast draining soil and moisture. Rhizomes spread rapidly, so give it plenty of room to grow. Soon losing their leaves flowers are produced singly or in pairs at the nodes of the stems.
Scent is very powerful and unforgettable.
Requires temperatures no lower than 50 degrees, indirect light and a well draining mix of orchid bark, kept dry during winter months. Beautiful pleated foliage accents this great ground orchid from the Philippines. Gorgeous white and purple flowers seem to be colored there own separate color per petal. Makes a great potted orchid our grow them in groups for mass plantings. Native almost to the neo tropics the range includes Mexico, Central America, West Indies, and Northern South America.