A hot growing epiphyte or occasional lithophyte that occurs in hot damp tropical woods on the east side of Madagascar as well as eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands at elevations below 400 meters.
This orchid needs Cattleya like light levels to stimulate blooming which occurs in the fall and early winter on long, many flowered racemes that can be as long or longer than the leaves. Flowers are fragrant at dawn and dusk. Generally blooms from around Halloween to Thanksgiving or later here in SW Florida
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