Sobralia xantholeuca

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

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Yellow flowers; from Chiapas, Mex. and Guatemala^wp.

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 The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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