Encyclia argentinensis (R. Speg.) Hoehne 1952 Photo by © Ecuagenera

Another Flower? Photo by © Jay Pfahl

Flower as E saltense type

Lip Detail of Flower E saltense type Photo by © José Luis Panozo Añez

What was described as E goyazensis

What was described as E schmidtii Photos by © J A Fowlie

What was described as E burle-marxii Photos by © J A Fowlie

What was described as E confusa

What was described as E piracanjbensis

What was described as E pedra-azulensis

What was described as E meneziana Photos by © L C Menezes

Drawing

Drawing By © Campacci

Common Name or Meaning The Argentine Encyclia

Flower Size 1.5" [3.75 cm]

Found in Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina at elevations of 200 to 600 meters as a medium sized, hot to cool, strong growing species that likes bright light and has ovoid-oblongate to pyriform pseudobulbs that carry [usually] 2, long, coriaceous, narrowly-lanceolate, acute leaves and blooms in the spring on a terminal, 2 to 3 shortly branched, 16 to 42" [40 to 105 cm] long, few to several flowered inflorescence carrying fragrant flowers.

This is an exteremly variable species as can be seen by the number of Synonyms put forward by Lou Menezes and may ultimately turn out to be more than one species. The lumpers and splitters can have at it.

Synonyms Encyclia burle-marxii Pabst 1979; Encyclia confusa L.C.Menezes 1991; Encyclia goyazensis L.C.Menezes 1991; Encyclia meneziana J.González 1992; Encyclia pedra-azulensis L.C. Menezes 1992; Encyclia piracanjubensis L.C.Menezes 1991; Encyclia saltensis Hoehne 1938; Encyclia santos-dumontii L.C.Menezes 1992; Encyclia schmidtii L.C.Menezes 1991; *Epidendrum argentinense R. Speg. 1916;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 28: 135 Speg. 1916 as Epidendrum argentinense;

Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n.s., f.m., 1(1): 19 Hoehne 1938 as Epidendrum saltensis;

Iconografia de Orchidaceae Do Brasil Hoehne 1949 as E saltensis drawing fide;

*Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n.s., f.m., 2: 150 Hoehne 1952;

Orchidaceae Brasilensis Pabst & Dungs Vol 1 1975 drawing fide;

Bradea 2: 313 Pabst 1979 as Encyclia burle-marxii;

Bol. CAOB 3(3): 16 L C Menezes 1991 as E piracanjubensis;

Orchid Digest Vol 55 No 2 Menezes 1991 as E goyazensis photo fide;

Orchid Digest Vol 55 No 2 Menezes 1991 as E schmidtii photo fide;

Orchid Digest No 55 No 3 Menezes 1991 as E confusa photo fide;

Orchid Digest Vol 55 No 4 Menezes 1991 as E piracanjubensis photo fide;

Orchid Digest Vol 56 No 3 Menezes 1992 as E pedra-azulensis photo fide;

Orchid Digest Vol 56 No 4 Menezes 1992 drawing fide;

Orchid Digest Vol 56 No 4 Menezes 1992 as E burle-marxii photo fide;

Orchid Digest Vol 56 No 4 Menezes 1992 as E confusa drawing fide;

Orchid Digest Vol 56 No 4 Menezes 1992 as E pedra-azulensis photo fide;

Bol. CAOB 4(1): 39 J Gonzales 1992 as Encyclia meneziana;

Bol. CAOB 4(1): 12 Menezes 1992 as Encyclia santos-dumontii;

Orchid Digest Vol 57 No 1 1993 as E meneziana photo fide;

Cattleyas and Their Relatives Vol VI Withner 2000 photo good;

Cattleyas and Their Relatives Vol VI Withner 2000 as E burle-marxii photo good;

Cattleyas and Their Relatives Vol VI Withner 2000 as E confusa photo ok;

Cattleyas and Their Relatives Vol VI Withner 2000 as E goyazansis photo good;

Cattleyas and Their Relatives Vol VI Withner 2000 as E meneziana photo good;

Cattleyas and Their Relatives Vol VI Withner 2000 as E pedra-azulensis photo good;

Cattleyas and Their Relatives Vol VI Withner 2000 as E piracanjubensis;

Cattleyas and Their Relatives Vol VI Withner 2000 as E schmidtii photo good;

Icones Orchidacearum Brasilenses Vol I Plate 046 Castro & Campacci 2000 drawing ok;

Coletanea de Orquideas Brasileiras 1 Encyclias Campacci 2003 photo fide;

Coletanea de Orquideas Brasileiras 1 Encyclias Campacci 2003 as E santosdumontii photo fide;

Orchids of The Brazilian Central Plateau Menezes 2004 as E goyazensis photo fide;

Orchids of The Brazilian Central Plateau Menezes 2004 as E meneziana photo ok;

Orchids of The Brazilian Central Plateau Menezes 2004 as E goyazensis photo good;

AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 8 2006 photo fide;

Orquidário 21: 19 Menezes and Castro 2007 as Encyclia clovesiana;

Orchidees Du Bresil As Orchideas da Serra Do Castello Vol 3 Chiron & Bolsanello 2013 drawing/photo fide

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