RHH's photos with the keyword: trinidad

Gongora flowers are non-resupinate, that is, they hold the lip uppermost and do not twist around 180 degrees before opening. In Gongora flowers the pollinating insect, a male Euglossa bee, is attracted by the strong fragrance and is described as "gnawing" or "brushing" the projections on the lip of the flower while hanging on the lip. The pollinia are picked up or deposited as the bee drops off the lip onto the column below it in resuming flight. This species is from Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana and Trinidad.

From Trinidad and Tobago, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Brazil.

From Mexico to Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad.

This was purchased as Stenia calceolaris but proved on blooming to have been wrongly identified. Both that species and this are found in Ecuador, but this has a much wider distribution and is found also in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru and Brazil. And while I would have preferred what I ordered, am happy enough with this species and its attractive flowers. The plant grows to 12 cm and produces a fan of leaves that are rather attractive in their own right. The flowers are 6 cm, huge for the size of the plant, and are produced singly on semi-pendant spikes. The plant is considered warm to hot growing but it does fine for me in cool to intermediate conditions and is grown in live sphagnum in a net pot (the decorative pot is only for photos). orchidsinbloom-ron.blogspot.com/2012/07/stenia-pallida.html

Posted another shot of this not long ago. Here's a side view of the flowers. Quite common throughout Central and South America. More information and photos here: orchidsinbloom-ron.blogspot.com/2012/07/stenia-pallida.html