Myrmecophila tibicinis

Myrmecophila tibicinis (Bateman ex Lindl.) Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 25: 51 (1917).

Synonyms:
Homotypic Synonyms:
* Epidendrum tibicinis Bateman ex Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 24(Misc.): 8 (1838).
Schomburgkia tibicinis (Bateman ex Lindl.) Bateman, Orchid. Mexico Guatemala: t. 30 (1841).
Cattleya tibicinis (Bateman ex Lindl.) Beer, Prakt. Stud. Orchid.: 215 (1854).
Bletia tibicinis (Bateman ex Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 429 (1862).
Laelia tibicinis (Bateman ex Lindl.) L.O.Williams, Darwiniana 5: 77 (1941).
Heterotypic Synonyms:
Schomburgkia campecheana Kraenzl., Gard. Chron. 1903(2): 381 (1903).
Schomburgkia brysiana var. intermedia H.G.Jones, Bol. Soc. Brot., II, 46: 244 (1972 publ. 1973).
Schomburgkia intermedia (H.G.Jones) Withner, Cattleyas & Relatives 3: 22 (1993).

Distribution: Mexico Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala Honduras, Venezuela

A fabulous plant which must be grown in maximum sunlight to grow and flower well. Spikes are extraordinarily long (up to 2m) with the most fabulously detailed flowers openening progressively.