Stanhopea oculata Promenaea The flowers feature a dark

The flowers feature a dark lip

It has a stemless (acaulescent) growth habit

as its fleshy roots need constant hydration without becoming waterlogged

humid montane forests of Colombia

Stanhopea oculata Promenaea The flowers feature a darkA floriferous fragrant epiphyte from the cloud forests of Central America and northern South America, producing pendulous racemes with multiple flowers open simultaneously, each bearing two bold jet black ocellate spots on the hypochile the distinctive feature that gives the species its name, oculata, meaning "with eyes." It grows as a robust plant with large pleated leaves and pendulous inflorescences that emerge from the base of the pseudobulbs.