Encyclia fimbriata C.A.Bastos, Van den Berg & Meneguzzo 2012

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Common Name The Fringed Encyclia [refers to the lip apex]

Flower Size 1.6" [4 cm]

Found in Bahia state of Brazil in wet montane forests at elevations of 850 to 990 meters as a small sized, warm growing epiphyte with erect, clustered, elongate, ovoid pseudobulbs enveloped basally by evanescent, scarious sheaths and carrying 3, narrowly lanceolate leaves that blooms in the summer on 1 to 2, terminal, erect, weakly branched, peduncle to 21.6" [to 54 cm] long, rachis to 12" [30 cm] long, to 7 flowered inflorescence with deltoid floral bracts.

"Floral morphology of Encyclia fimbriata indicates affinities with Encyclia fowliei , endemic to southern Bahia and also an epiphyte in Atlantic Forest (Fowlie & Duveen 1992, Barros et al. 2010). Similarities include the tan-olive color of the petals and sepals, ovate sepals and spathulate petals, as well as the gently wavy margins of the latter. Nevertheless, the much larger lip of E. fimbriata, horn-like teeth of the clinandrium and protruding rostellum are reminiscent of #Encyclia euosma . The wavy midlobe of Encyclia bragancae and horn-like teeth of the clinandrium also suggest a relationship between E. fimbriata and the last. Encyclia fimbriata can be separated from similar species by several features of its floral morphology and distribution." C.A.Bastos, Van den Berg & Meneguzzo 2012

Synonyms Encyclia vazzoleri V.P.Castro & Vazzoler 2012

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

Icon. Orchid. Brasil. 3: t. 250 V.P.Castro & Vazzoler 2012 as Encyclia vazzoleri no holotype inicated.

* Phytotaxa 40:26-40 C.A.Bastos, Van den Berg & Meneguzzo 2012 drawing fide

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