<p><i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Arachnis_longisepala" title="Arachnis longisepala">Arachnis longisepala</a></i>, cultivated, Wertheim Conservatory, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA.
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This rare species was discovered and named in the early 1980s from Sabah, Borneo.  It was originally described as A. calcarata ssp. longisepala, but the following year it was elevated to species rank. This is the first flowering of this plant, which is growing on a branch with the more vigorous Aerides odorata.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/12017190@N06">scott.zona</a> from Miami, Florida, USA
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<p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/scottzona/7514389318/">Arachnis longisepala 08</a>
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