Stanhopea tigrina var nigroviolacea (No 3)
Found in Mexico around 600 to 1700 metres.
Stanhopea tigrina, the gateway drug for the stanhopea addiction. Every collector I know has a story about where and how they got their first Stanhopea, and 99% of the time it will be a tigrina.
For me the first tigrina was a piece from mum, and she got her original piece from my grandmother. I'm pretty sure that my grandmother got her first piece from her father. Potentially a clone that has been in Australia 80+ years
Tigrina grows like a weed in Sydney. Flowering every year, normally around late December or early January.
The Stanhopea Guy
