Encyclia flava (Lindl.) Porto & Brade 1935

Photo by © Jay Pfahl

What was described as E microxanthina

Photo by © J A Fowlie

Part sun Hot Warm to LATEWinterSpring

Common Name The Yellow Encyclia

Flower Size 1 1/4" [3 cm]

Found in Venezuela, Para' and Matto Grosso states of Brazil and Paraguay in subtropical forests as a small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte and occasional lithophyte that blooms in the winter and spring .

Said to be a synonomous with Encyclia linearifolioides but I will leave them separate at this time. I have left #Encyclia conchaechila separate as well as it also is often cited as a synonym of E flava.

Synonyms Encyclia bicornuta Brade 1943; Encyclia linearifolioides var. fuscosepala (Hoehne) Hoehne 1951; Encyclia microxanthina Fowlie 1991; *Epidendrum flavum Lindl. 1841; Epidendrum flavum var. fuscosepalum Hoehne 1912

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

Orchid Digest Vol 55 No 1 1991 as E microxanthina photo fide;

Orchid Digest Vol 56 No 4 1992 photo good;

Orchid Digest Vol 56 No 4 1992 as E microxanthina photo fide;

Cattleyas and Their Relatives Vol VI Withner 2000 photo good/drawing fide;

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

Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 42 - 43 pg 2626 - 2762 Brieger 2001 as E microxanthina;

Coletanea de Orquideas Brasileiras 1 Encyclias Campacci 2003 photo fide

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