Epidendrum gnomoides Cyrtidiorchis allowing the top layer of

allowing the top layer of the substrate (about 50%) to dry out between waterings

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and a small trilobed lip with a prominent column

velvety inflorescence texture is highly unusual within the genus and makes it an immediately recognizable collector's species

Epidendrum gnomoides Cyrtidiorchis allowing the top layer ofA branching sympodial orchid from the Andean cloud forests of South America, with slender, knotted stems, broad glossy ovate leaves, and waxy flowers emerging from the nodes between the leaves. Each flower features broad ovate sepals, rounded petals, and a trilobed lip with wide lateral lobes and a broad emarginate central lobe. Light: Bright indirect light with 5060% shade cloth; avoid direct midday sun, which can scorch the broad foliage.