Xylobium elongatum

Common Name - The Elongate Xylobium

Xylobium elongatum orchids are a small (30 species )genus and are much desired germs of orchid collections . Flowers of the species xylobium elongatum resemble those of Lycaste orchids in morphology and shape ,but they are no match for them in color and size. The species Xylobium elongatum is a little exception to this - its greenish and relatively large flowers sport a showy red-dotted tongue -shaped lip. A sparse ,short ,overhanging flower raceme grows (as with all the other Xylobium orchids) from the base of the 2-3.2 in/5-8 cm long pseudobulbs that are foliaged at the top. Xylobium elongatum is an epiphytic ,occasionally also terrestrial species that should be grown in a suspended flowerpot for best results . Xylobium elongatum plants which comes from the Colombian and Ecuadorian Andes have no special requirements . but it is advised to reduce temperature and watering a little during winter.

Synonyms *Maxillaria elongata Lindl. & Paxton 1852-3