Lepanthes Elegant Escobar Orchidaceae Watering: Keep the central cup

Watering: Keep the central cup filled with water and maintain slightly moist soil

A primary hybrid of Cattleya violacea × Laelia splendida

Best grown in a small net pot with fine sphagnum moss or mounted on cork

It grows as a robust plant with large pleated leaves and a vigorous habit well suited to basket culture

Lepanthes Elegant Escobar Orchidaceae Watering: Keep the central cupA floriferous hybrid of Lths. elegantula Lths. escobariana. It produces successive flowers with a broad ovate lanceolate outline, fused sepals forming a continuous amber gold surface shading to purple brown at the center, prominent bilobed coral orange petals, and an elongated pendant pink mauve labellum. Light: Bright indirect light with 5070% shade cloth; avoid direct sun, which can scorch the delicate foliage. Temperature: 5572F (1322C); an