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Yellow flowers; from Chiapas, Mex. and Guatemala{{wp}}.
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Sobralia xantholeuca, Reichb. f. Sts. about 2 ft. high, tufted: lvs. spreading and drooping, lanceolate, 6-7 in. long, with speckled sheaths: fls. solitary, lemon-yellow, with a deeper shade on the lip; sepals linear-lanceolate, spreading and recurved; petals similar but shorter; blade of the labellum orbicular, crisp, and undulate, margin crenate. Guatemala.—A species with fls. about as large as S. macrantha, but plants of more compact habit. Var. superba, Hort. Fls. deeply shaded with deep cream-yellow; throat marked with orange-brown.
Sobralia xantholeuca, Reichb. f. Sts. about 2 ft. high, tufted: lvs. spreading and drooping, lanceolate, 6-7 in. long, with speckled sheaths: fls. solitary, lemon-yellow, with a deeper shade on the lip; sepals linear-lanceolate, spreading and recurved; petals similar but shorter; blade of the labellum orbicular, crisp, and undulate, margin crenate. Guatemala. B.M. 7332. R.H. 1890: 12. G.C. III. 5:9. Gn. 22:508. C.O. 2.—A species with fls. about as large as S. macrantha, but plants of more compact habit. Var. superba, Hort. Fls. deeply shaded with deep cream-yellow; throat marked with orange-brown.
 
 
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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Sobralia xantholeuca - Curtis' 120 (Ser. 3 no. 50) pl 7332 (1894).jpg


Plant Characteristics
Habit   orchid

Height: 1 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 1. to 5 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 5.
Width: 1 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 1. to 4 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 4.
Lifespan: perennial
Cultivation
Exposure: sun, part-sun
Features: flowers
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Flower features: orange, yellow
Scientific Names

Orchidaceae >

Sobralia >

xantholeuca >


Yellow flowers; from Chiapas, Mex. and Guatemalawp.


Read about Sobralia xantholeuca in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Sobralia xantholeuca, Reichb. f. Sts. about 2 ft. high, tufted: lvs. spreading and drooping, lanceolate, 6-7 in. long, with speckled sheaths: fls. solitary, lemon-yellow, with a deeper shade on the lip; sepals linear-lanceolate, spreading and recurved; petals similar but shorter; blade of the labellum orbicular, crisp, and undulate, margin crenate. Guatemala.—A species with fls. about as large as S. macrantha, but plants of more compact habit. Var. superba, Hort. Fls. deeply shaded with deep cream-yellow; throat marked with orange-brown. CH


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Cultivation

Propagation

Pests and diseases

Varieties

Gallery

References


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