Many stanhopea growers and collectors love to see images of stanhopea orchids growing in the wild.
Unfortunately, not many of these pictures available for obvious reasons - the flowering season is short and a chance to encounter flowering stanhopea in the wild is still just that - a chance.
Also, it seems rather difficult to find large specimens of stanhopeas in nature that we in the cultivated situations are familiar with - insects, animals, bad weather and other elements in stanhopeas habitats contribute to this. Here just a few images that I was able to find of flowering stanhopeas in their natural surroundings.
Thank you to Eduard Faria, Philip Davison, Luc Rubrecht and all others who was able to share these stunning images with all friends of stanhopea orchids around the world.
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| Stanhopea wardii |
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| Stanhopea panamensis |
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| Stanhopea cirrhata |
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| Stanhopea insignis |
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| Stanhopea hernandezii |
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