Stanhopea saccata

Common Name - The Sack-Shaped Stanhopea

A robust member of the genus ,with bizarre twisted lateral protuberances on a whitish yellow lip. Its proportions make this plant rather unsuitable for amateur cultivators ' small greenhouses . The sparsely flowered , spreading inflorescence bear occationally 1,but more oftern 2-4 flowers with yellow tepals and a whitish lip . The tip of the lip of Stanhopea saccata is adorned with delicate dots . Grow Stanhopea saccata species ' as you would Stanhopea martiana. The plant blooms in the summer and is still quite widespread in the humid rain forests of the northern part of the South America including Mexico.

Synonyms

Stanhopea elegantula Rolfe 1910; Stanhopea saccata var. pallida hort.