Arpophyllum giganteum

Arpophyllum giganteum is native to Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Colombia and Venezuela. It is a medium to large sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte, which reaching up to 75 cm in height, with cylindric, unifoliate, laterally compressed, 17-35 cm long pseudobulbs enveloped by tubular, scarious bracts, with lanceolate to strap-shaped, lightly falcate, 28-65 cm long and 2.5-3.5 cm wide leaves. The Giant Arpophyllum blooms in the late winter through spring on a terminal, 40 cm long, racemose inflorescence arising on a newly maturing pseudobulb subtended by a spathaceously bract and carrying many spiraling flowers. The slightly cup-shaped, pinkish-purple flowers have quite fleshy petals of outer shrub. The lateral outer petals are slightly wider than the dorsal petal. These side flakes are completely separated up to the base. The inner whorls are less fleshy. The lip is deeply concave at the base. Her perils in the apical part are irregular. The spine has no base, it is slightly cylindrical to clavate. Plant for sale is flowering size, ready to flower in the season.