Encyclia flabellifera Hoehne & Schlechter 1926
Photos by © Denis Duveen
Photos by © E Schnurr
Photo by © Dale and Deni Borders.
Drawing By © Hoehne
Common Name The Fan-Carrying Encyclia [refers to the conduplicate lip and it's similarity to a ladies folding fan]
Flower Size 1.6" [4 cm]
Found in Espirito Santo and Sao Paulo states of Brazil with a thick woody rhizome giving rise to pear-shaped pseudobulbs carrying 2 to 3, apical, strap-shaped, dark green, deeply keeled leaves that blooms in the early spring on a terminal, erect, stiff, slightly pendulous, paniculate, longer than the leaf, to 22" [55 cm] long, several to 35 flowered inflorescence carrying highly fragrant, stiff flowers.
It is said to be a synonym of Encyclia euosma or Encyclia ionosma but these 3 species are quite different if they are determined correctly. Some sources give this name as a synonym of E euosma, others E ionosma and still others cite all three as valid so I have kept them separate for now. They do all seem fairly similar but there are differences visible between all three.
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
*Arch. Bot. São Paulo 1: 246 Hoehne & Schlechter 1926
Iconografia de Orchidaceae Do Brasil Hoehne 1949 drawing good;
Orchidaceae Brasilensis Vol 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing good;
Orchid Digest Vol 55 No 4 1991 photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 56 No 4 1992 photo fide;
The Organ Mountain Range Its History and its orchids Miller, Wareren, Miller and Seehawer 2008 photo ok;
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