Epidendrum
Thursday, 9/9/21 at 1:24 AM
Updated: 9/11/21 at 1:25 AM
Updated: 9/11/21 at 1:25 AM
Epidendrum 'Thomas Ott', a primary hybrid between Epi. pseudepidendrum and melanoporphyreum. The former has a rather bright orange lip and grows at lower elevation in Costa Rica and Panama, the latter is dark purple and grows at higher elevations in Peru. I like this plant primarily for its foliage, and find the pink-and-yellow of the flower's lip a little off-putting. But you can't tell when it hasn't fully opened!
Here's a picture from one year ago (October 15, 2020).
And here's a current close-up of the lip (September 11, 2021).