Stanhopea bueraremensis (?)
This Stan I showed flowering last year as a "false guttulata" (It was sold as Stan guttulata, but has proved another Stan). After one year, it seems that my disappointment can turn into joy: some friends found a Stanhopea very similar to this in nature, and perhaps this is the seventh species (or natural hybrid) described for Brazil. I'll need to compare the flowers ('pickled') to confirm the ID. This Stanhopea is very vigorous, producing large flowers in relation to its size, but in small number by spike (two or three only). On the other hand, it produces many spikes, in sequence, one after another. The smell is not properly unpleasant, but definitely remember something synthetic (plastic or rubber)
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