One of the pleasures of traveling is finding things that are that surprise and delight with their mystery. I had one of these experiences with this orchid. This plant is the first Xylobium that I had ever seen. When I saw this plant I was stumped as to what genera it could belong to, something that doesn’t often happens to me. After checking a few books I concluded that it was probably a Xylobium. I posted a photo in the Orchid Source Forum and in a short time one of the members had identified it as Xylobium leonthoglossum. This plant was growing as a terrestrial on a bed on the orchid house of the Quito Botanical Gardens, Ecuador. The flowers are relatively small, I didn’t measure them exactly, but because they are presented in a group, they are quite eye catching with their soft pink color. These plants are sometimes kept by specialist growers but they are rare in cultivation. In fact I have never seen one exhibited in Puerto Rico.
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