Encyclia aspera (Lindl.) Schltr. 1918
Photo by © Glen Ladnier
Photo by © Jay Pfahl
Drawing By © Lisa Megahee/Dodson
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Common Name Rough-Stalked Encyclia
Flower Size 1.04" [2.6 cm]
Found in Bolivar and Caqueta departments of Colombia, Ecuador and Tumbes departemtn of Peru in tropical moist and dry forests at elevations of 20 to 800 meters as a medium sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with onion-shaped pseudobulbs carrying 2 to 3 apical, strap-shaped conduplicate below into the petiole-like base leaves that blooms in the late winter and spring on a reddish, rough, 42" [105 cm] long, fractiflex, racemose or paniculate inflorescence with much shorter than the pedicellate ovary floral bracts and carrying raspberry or cherry scented flowers.
Distinguished by the asperous ovary and the gereenish yellow flowers.
This species responds best to a cork mount, given partial sun, high humidity and even watering and fertilizing.
Synonyms Epidendrum asperirachis (Garay) A.D. Hawkes 1957; *Epidendrum asperum Lindl. 1834; Encyclia asperirachis Garay 1953; Encyclia trachypus Schltr. 1916
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
J. Bot. (Hooker) 1: 6 Lindley 1834 as Epidendrum asperum;
Bonplandia Rchb.f 1856 as Epidendrum asperum;
Otia Botanica Hamburgensia Rchb.f 1878 as Epidendrum asperum;
Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 471 Schlechter 1918;
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 14: 393 Schlechter 1916 as Encyclia trachypus;
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 7: 253 Schlechter 1920;
The Genus Epidendrum Ames 1936 as Epidendrum asperum;
Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 47: 219 Garay 1953 as Encyclia aperirachis;
Orquídea (Rio de Janeiro) 18: 168 A D Hawkes 1957 as Epidendrum asperirachis;
The Genus Encyclia in Mexico Dressler & Pollard 1974 as Excluded species;
Icones Planetarum Tropicarum Plate 066 Dodson 1980 drawing good;
Cattleyas and Their Relatives Vol VI Withner 2000 photo fide;
Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 2 Dodson 2001 drawing/photo fide;
Orchid Species of Peru Zelenko Bermudez 2009 photo fide;
Flora of Ecuador No 87 225[3] Orchidaceae Dodson & Luer 2010 drawing good;
Flora of Ecuador No 87 225[3] Orchidaceae Dodson & Luer 2010 as E trachypus;
Las Orquideas del Peru Izerskyy & Bezverhov 2011 photo fide;
An Illustrated Field Guide to the Orchids of the Yotoco Forest Reserve Colombia Kolanowska, Escobar, Sanchez & Szlachetko 2011 drawing hmm/ photo plant only;
Orchids of the Department of Valle de Cauca Colombia Vol 2 Kolanowska, Hagsater etal 2014 drawing/photo fide;
Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol IV:459 Szlatchetko & Kolanowska 2023 drawing/photo fide;
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