Sobralia xantholeuca

Sobralia xantholeuca subsp. var.
	Habit: orchid Height: ⇕ to Width: ⇔ to 1ft5ft 1ft4ft Height: ⇕ 1 ft to 5 ft Width: ⇔ 1 ft to 4 ft Lifespan: ⌛ perennial Origin: ✈ Poisonous: ☠ Bloom: ❀	Exposure: ☼ sun, part-sun Water: ◍ Features: ✓ flowers Hidden fields, interally pass variables to right place Minimum Temp: ☃ °Fwarning.png"°F" is not a number. USDA Zones: 10 to 12 Sunset Zones: Flower features: ❀ orange, yellow
	Orchidaceae > Sobralia xantholeuca var. ,

Yellow flowers; from Chiapas, Mex. and Guatemala^wp.

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Sobralia xantholeuca, Reichb. f. Sts. about 2 ft. high, tufted: lvs. spreading and drooping, lanceolate, 6-7 in. long, with speckled sheaths: fls. solitary, lemon-yellow, with a deeper shade on the lip; sepals linear-lanceolate, spreading and recurved; petals similar but shorter; blade of the labellum orbicular, crisp, and undulate, margin crenate. Guatemala.—A species with fls. about as large as S. macrantha, but plants of more compact habit. Var. superba, Hort. Fls. deeply shaded with deep cream-yellow; throat marked with orange-brown. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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