Epidendrum freireanum Dicranopygium Make sure to protect it

Make sure to protect it from direct midday sun to prevent the leaves from burning

to mimic its native rainforest environment

Watering: Water frequently during the active growing season

pouch-shaped lip with a waxy texture and prominent longitudinal venation — a distinctive marsupiiform structure that gives the species its name

It grows well mounted or in shallow pots with a moisture-retentive

Epidendrum freireanum Dicranopygium Make sure to protect itA reed stem orchid native to the cloud forests of Ecuador, producing lax racemes with well spaced flowers featuring reflexed, twisted lanceolate sepals, vestigial petals, and a very large trilobed lip with broad lateral lobes, a bilobed central lobe, and a prominent yellow callus. The open, butterfly like floral structure is architecturally striking and highly distinctive within the genus. Light: Bright indirect light with 5060% shade cloth; avoid