Prosthechea cochleata

Prosthechea cochleata (L.) W.E.Higgins, Phytologia 82: 377 (1997 publ. 1998).

Synonyms: Encyclia cochleata (L.) Dressler, Brittonia 13: 264 (1961).
Epidendrum cochleatum L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 1351 (1763).
Anacheilium cochleatum (L.) Hoffmanns., Linnaea 16(Litt.): 229 (1842).

Distribution: Florida, Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatamala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, French Guyana, Guyana, Surinam, Venezuela

Above - flower viewed from behind - almost black!

Above - Two flowers.

Below - flower viewed from front