Stanhopea reichenbachiana Rubiaceae veitchiana produces vibrant orange-red flowers

veitchiana produces vibrant orange-red flowers with distinctive tubular form and elongated sepals tapering into elegant tails

deeply veined lip

rounded sepals taper into slender

multi-flowered rachis at the leaf axil

or in a well-draining bark-based mix with good air circulation

Stanhopea reichenbachiana Rubiaceae veitchiana produces vibrant orange-red flowersA fragrant epiphyte from the cloud forests of South America, producing large, sculptural flowers with an upright hooded dorsal sepal, horizontally spreading lateral sepals, a globose hypochile with a single distinctive dark blotch, and a slender, elongated epichile an unusually clean and elegant floral structure for the genus. It grows as a robust plant with large pleated leaves and pendulous inflorescences that emerge from the base of the