Appendage orchid Chacao Anacheilium

Appearance

It is a medium-sized orchid, with epiphytic or occasionally terrestrial habits, creeping rhizome; pseudobulbsloosely grouped, spindle-shaped to ovoid, 10 cm long and 2 cm wide, compressed, pale green to whitish, when young lined with scarious fading sheaths, 2-foliate, rarely 3-foliate. Leaves are 35 cm long and 5 cm wide, apex obtuse or retuse, leathery, often clear, whitish- or yellow-green. Inflorescence 4–10 cm long, spathe up to 3 cm long, with 3–8 green to green-whitish flowers, the lip with 3 short central stripes and on each side from the center 5 long purple stripes in a longitudinal direction, the column with 2 purple lines on dorsal base; Sepals 20 mm long, edges curved, dorsal 5 mm wide, lateral 7 mm wide; petals 17 mm long and 7 mm wide; labellum orbicular, concave, 15 mm long and 14 mm wide, simple, apex shortly apiculate, disk with a callus 6 mm long and 3 mm wide, white at the base, pubescent; column 7 mm long, apically 3-lobed, lateral wolves longer and sharper than medium wolf; ovary 20 mm long, pedicellate.

Naming

Synonyms: Encyclia chacoensis, Epidendrum chacaoense, Anacheilium chacaoense

Distribution

Found in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela.

Habitat

Found in oak or lithophyte forests in open forests and deciduous forests at elevations from sea level to 1200 meters .

Uses

Ornamental.