Epidendrum escobarianum Garay
 

Charming hanging Epi from Colombia. The heart-shaped lips are very interesting. The flowers are born in pairs more or less in the same way Prosthechea (or Encyclia) baculus does, with the flowers facing oposite sides.
When the new growths are still young the leaves present beautiful purple stains, which then go fading as the growth reaches maturity.

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beautiful, plant and flowers...nice lip! good growing as usual!!

Wow, really cool plant. It looks really nice hanging like that :cheer:

Nice one Mauro. I love the colours!!

That is interesting. The flowers and purple leaves kind of blend together. :) Neat.

Those plants look very waxy and thick. I'm guessing they like drier conditions? Either way, it looks great! How do they smell?

a fantastic Epi... Congrats, Mauro!!

Thank you all for the comments!!:D

Not that much, Steve. The lip is a little waxy but the rest of the flower is a little fragile. No perfume!

Mauro, how do you grow this one?--temperature, light level, growing medium and watering... Thanks!

I've never seen anything like this before...
Very interesting :scratchhead: lol


Great growing Mauro ;)