Lycaste aromatica, common name the sweet scented lycaste, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Lycaste of the family Orchidaceae.
Description Lycaste aromatica has ovate pseudobulbs, deciduous lanceolate leaves and erect flowered spikes about long. Flower are yellow-orange and fragrant, about wide. The flowering period extends from late spring through summer. It is a terrestrial orchid growing on mossy branches (epiphyte).
Distribution This plant is native to Central America and it is present in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador.
Habitat Lycaste aromatica grows on branches with moss, in damp limestone cliffs and in tropical semi-deciduous forests or warm oak forests along streams. It prefers diffused bright light in moist and cool to warm climate, at an altitude of above sea level.
Synonyms Maxillaria aromatica Graham (basionym) Colax aromaticus (Graham) Spreng. Lycaste aromatica var. bartleyi Lycaste aromatica var. hartleyorum Lycaste aromatica var. majus auct 1926 Lycaste aromatica var. retroflexa Oakeley 2001 Lycaste consobrina Rchb.f. 1852 Lycaste suaveolens Summerh. 1931 Maxillaria consobrina Beer ex Schltr.? Lycaste aromatica in The Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia
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References
Dr. Henry F. Oakeley, 2008 : Lycaste, Ida and Anguloa: The Essential Guide