Peristeria Elata-- Dove Orchids

Holy Ghost orchid is a large sized, warm to hot growing terrestrial or lithophytic orchid with ovoid or conical, up to 12 cm long, elongated pseudobulbs that are enveloped basally by imbricate, papery sheaths with the upper 2 being leaf bearing. The leaves are 3 to 5, up to 1 m long and 15 cm wide, apical, plicate, broadly lanceolate to elliptic, acute or acuminate, gradually narrowing below into the conduplicate short petiolate base.