this species looks healthy

intergenus taxonomy: 53% sobralia macrophylla, 43% habenaria, 4% homo

available data: ultra rare hybrid

always found growing on top of another plant, stumps or old fence posts

existing in wet forests from sea level to about 8,800 ft from mexico to tropical south america

range in color from pure white to yellow, green, pink, purple, red, brown, and even a blue violet

petals are primitively zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical), although may appear random

critically threatened by habitat loss

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