''Sobralia altissima'' (Common name ''Inquil'') is a species of

orchid Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowerin ...

endemic to Huancavelica Department,

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. It holds the record for tallest cane-like (ie non-vining) orchid species, with stems up to 13.4 m (44 feet) tall. with the self-supporting canes not over two inches (five centimeters) thick. This is the most tree-like orchid to be discovered to date. The six-inch (fifteen centimeter) wide purple flowers have white tips on their petals.Orchids Volume 68 Issue 11 (November 1999) pp. 1102-1111 The species was discovered in 1999 by Benjamin Collantes and Marco Leon.

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altissima Flora of Peru {{Epidendroideae-stub Terrestrial orchids