Stanhopea nigripes Cochleanthes pendant stems

pendant stems

Plant Characteristics: Features robust pseudobulbs with thick

Use a coarse

Requires 10-15°F day-night differential for best flowering

Stanhopea nigripes Cochleanthes pendant stemsA fragrant epiphyte from the cloud forests of South America, producing large pendulous flowers with a broad hooded dorsal sepal, spreading lateral sepals, and a sculptural lip featuring a prominent black ocellate spot on the hypochile the defining feature referenced in the species name nigripes, meaning "black footed." It grows as a robust plant with large pleated leaves and pendulous inflorescences that emerge from the base of the pseudobulbs. Light: