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Cyrtopodium longibulbosum, known as cana-cana, is a large pseudobulbous epiphytic orchid from the Amazon region of Ecuador, Peru and possibly Colombia, grown mainly by orchid specialists. It needs a warm, humid, bright spot with good air movement and a free-draining mount or pot.
Cyrtopodium longibulbosum, the cana-cana, of the Ecuadorian Amazon and adjacent Peru and possibly Colombia is the largest Orchid species in the Western Hemisphere with large clusters of pseudobulbs each up to 11 ft 6 in (3.51 meters) in length by about two inches (5.1 cm) in width, yet it remained unknown to science until 1993.
This orchid is exceeded in size only by Grammatophyllum speciosum, The Golden Orchid (Dendrobium discolor) and Bulbophyllum beccarii.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cyrtopodium longibulbosum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
