Prosthechea spondiana (Rchb.f.) W.E.Higgins (1998) is accepted species by POWO, Kew. The native range of this species is Cuba, Jamaica, Central America. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

This species has synonym as Encyclia spondiada Dressler (1971).

Previous Awards:

There is only one AOS award for this species  under name Encyclia spondiada - Encyclia spondiada 'Gabriel' CHM/AOS, Mar 14, 1985, Costa Rica Orchid Society Show San Jose, Costa Rica.

There is no images of the awarded plant!

Description:

Our candidate has 35 flowers and 12 buds on 11 inflorescences up to 10-cm. Plant is 70-cm wide and 25-cm tall and grown in -cm basket in the bark mix. Leaves are 20-cm long by 3-cm wide, pseudobulds 9-cm long.

Flower Measurements:

NS H - 3.5 cm;                   NS V - 3.4 cm;

Dorsal Sep. W - 2.1 cm;    Dorsal Sep. L - 0.5 cm;

Petal W - 1.9 cm;               Petals L - 0.9 cm;

Lat/Synsepal W - 2.0 cm; Lat/Synsepal L - 0.5 cm;

Lip/Pouch W - 1.6 cm;      Lip/Pouch L - 1.7 cm.