Encyclia gracilis (Lindl.) Schltr 1915 Photo courtesy of Andy's Orchids Copyright © 2002 All rights reserved.

Common Name The Graceful Encyclia

Found in the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos at low elevations as a hot to warm growing lithophyte or terrestrial with 3 to 4 leaves that blooms on an erect, 3" and more [1 meter] long, paniculate inflorescence with many sweetly fragrant flowers.

Synonyms *Epidendrum gracile Lindl. 1836; Epidendrum helleri Fenzl ex Hemsl. 1883; Doxosma gracilis Raf. 1836