Encyclia dichroma (Lindl.) Schltr. 1914
Photo by © Jay Pfahl
Photo by © Lourens Grobler
Drawing By © Marco Campacci
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Common Name The Two-Colored Encyclia
Flower Size 1 1/2" [3.75 cm]
Found in Minas Gerais, Alagoas, Sergipe and Pernambuco states of Brazil and Surinam as a medium sized, hot to warm growing lithophyte or epiphyte near the coast on low bushes at elevations around 280 to 900 meters on rock outcroppings or an epiphyte low on small Velozia bushes along rivers and streams with roots going into sand with conic, elongate pseudobulbs enveloped basally by evanescent sheaths and carries 2, apical, coriaceous, smooth, oblong-lanceolate, acute, cymbidiform leaves and blooms in the spring and again in the fall in Brazil on an erect, terminal, 12 to 16" [30 to 40 cm] long, racemose inflorescence with lanceolate, stem clasping bracts and carrying simultaneously opening flowers with no discernable scent.
"Similar to Encyclia jenischiana but differs in the shorter rhizome, growing in sand grouns, rounded eptals and simultaneous blooming vs in E jeneschiana a longer rhizome, growing on rocks, spatulate petals adn sequential blooming.
Synonyms Encyclia dichroma var. alba L.C.Menezes 2004; Encyclia dichroma subsp. biflora Fowlie 1992; Encyclia ortgiesii (Regel) Schltr. 1920; Epidendrum biflorum Barb. Rodr. 1877; Epidendrum braziliense Hawkes 1956; *Epidendrum dichromum Lindl. 1843; Epidendrum dichromum var. biflorum Cogn. 1898;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Edwards's Bot. Reg. 29(Misc.): 78 Lindley 1843 as Epidendrum dichromum;
Portef. Hort. 2: 266 F Gerard 1848 as Epidendrum roseum;
Gard. Chron. 1866: 218 Rchb.f 1866 as Epidendrum dichromum var striatum;
Ill. Hort. 16: t. 592 Lem 1869 as Epidendrum consipcuum;
Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 11: 473 Regel 1891 as Epdendrum ortgiesii;
*Orchideen Beschreib. Kult. Zücht.: 209 Schlechter 1914;
Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915;
Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 as Epidendrum dichromum drawing fide;
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 7: 254 Schlechter 1920 as E ortgiesii;
Rodriguésia 1(2): 28 Porto & Brade 1935 as Encyclia conspicua;
Iconografia de Orchidaceae Do Brasil Hoehne 1949 drawing fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 31 No 3 1962;
Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as Epidendrum dichromum;
AOS Bulletin Vol 36 #1 1967 as Epidendrum dichromum photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 36 #11 1967 as Epidendrum dichromum photo fide;
Orchidaceae Brasilenses Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing fide;
Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 10 576 - 632 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 53 No 3 1984 photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 55 No 4 1991 photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 56 No 3 1992 photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 56 No 4 1992 photo fide;
Orchids of Brazil McQueen 1993 photo fide;
Botanicas Orchids Laurel Glen 2002 photo fide;
Cattleyas and Their Relatives Vol VI Withner 2000/drawing photo fide;
Icones Orchidacearum Brasilenses Vol I Plate 001 Castro & Campacci 2000 drawing ok;
Coletanea de Orquideas Brasileiras 1 Encyclias Campacci 2003 photo fide;
Bol. CAOB 54: 35 L C Menezes 2004 as E dichroma var alba
Orquideas da Chapada Diamantina Britto & Cribb 2005 photo/drawing fide;
Le Petit Larousse des Orquidees Lecoufle, Bartholemy and Schmidt 2013 photo fide;
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