Anguloa clowesii Lindl.

Robust terrestrial. Pseudobulbs compressed-oblong, to 13 cm long. Leaves 2 or 3, obovate, to 80 cm long, to 25 cm wide. Flowers to 8 cm long, mostly lemon- or golden-yellow; spring to summer. Sepals and petals similar, elliptic, incurved. Labellum elliptic, 3-lobed towards tip, pale cream-green or yellow.

Colombia and Venezuela.

Source: Jeanes, J. (2005). Orchidaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 5. Flowering plants. Monocotyledons. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Lilianae
order      Asparagales
family       Orchidaceae
genus        Anguloa Ruiz & Pav.