Encyclia capartiana ( L.Linden ) Fowlie & D.Duveen 1992
Photo by Denis Duveen
Photo by Patricia Harding
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Common Name Capart's Encyclia [French Orchid Enthusiast later 1800's]
Flower Size
Found in Pernambuco state of Brazil and is often cited as a synonym of Encyclia osmantha but differs in it's elongated, pyriform, dark green pseudobulbs and it's fall occuring 6 to 10' [180 to 300 cm] long, branched, with 3 to 5 flowers on each branch, to 90 flowered inflorescence carrying large, sweetly fragrant flowers.
Now said by Kew to be a synonym of
E advena, I have left them separate for now
It is found in association with Cattleya labiata.
Synonyms *Epidendrum capartianum L.Lind. 1891; Epidendrum godseffianum Rolfe 1892;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Lindenia 7: 93 L Linden 1891 as Epidendrum cappartianum;
Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 11: 136 Rolfe 1892 as Epidendrum godseffianum
Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 as Epidendrum capartianum drawing ok;
*Orchid Digest Vol 56 No 4 1992 photo fide
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