Encyclia ghiesbreghtiana (A. Rich. & Galeotti) Dressler & G.E. Pollard 1961font color=red> Photo courtesy of Weyman Bussey

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Common Name Ghiesbreght's Encyclia [Belgian Orchid Collector in Mexico and Guatemal 1800's]

Flower Size 2" [5 cm]

Found in Mexico on the Pacific coast as a cool to cold growing, miniature epiphyte in wet pine-oak forests at 2000 to 2700 meters in elevation with ovoid to ellipsoid, clustered pseudobulbs carrying 2 to 3, lanceolate to elliptic-ligulate, acute or obtuse leaves that blooms in the winter and spring with an apical, 1 1/2 to 5" [4 to 12 cm], few [1 to 5] flowered inflorescence. Best grown mounted on tree fern, cold to warm temperatures, moderately bright light and watering while growing and a lessening in the winter.

Synonyms *Epidendrum ghiesbrechtianum A. Rich. & Galeotti 1845

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