Papilionathe teres
SPECIES
A giant sized, terete leafed, vandanaceous, monopodial, hot growing epiphyte that occurs in the Chinese Himalayas, Assam, Bangladesh, eastern Himalayas, India, Nepal, Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam in full sun with a branching, terete, very long stem carrying straight, suberect or curved, terete leaves that blooms at most any time of the year but most often in the late spring and early summer, on a 6 to 12" [15 to 30 cm] long, axillary, racemose inflorescence carrying a few to several [3 to 6] loosely arranged, large, showy, fragrant flowers