Stanhopea connata

Stanhopea connata is found from Colombia, Ecuador and Peru at altitudes of 1000 to 2000 meters often growing on branches over water as a small to medium sized, cool growing epiphyte with a short rhizome, pyriform, sulcate, dark green pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, large, broadly elliptic, plicate, acute leaf that gradually narrows below into the elongate, channeled petiole and blooms in the late winter and early spring on a pendant, 10 cm long, inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb and enveloped completely by chartaceous sheaths with 2 to 5, fragrant flowers.