Encyclia ibanezii Archila & W.E.Higgins 2009
TYPE Drawing by © Fredy Archila and Studues of Encyclia in Guatemala Webpage
Common Name Ibanez's Encyclia [Guatemalan Orchid Enthusiast Helmuth Ibanez current]
Flower Size 1.2" [3 cm]
Found in Alta Verapaz department of Guatemala at elevations around 1300 meters as a medium sized, warm growing epiphyte with orbicular-oval pseudobulbs carrying 1 to apical, linear, acute leaves that blooms in the spring on an erect, 8" [20 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence carrying flowers with brown sepals and petals amd a yellow lip with a purple keel.
Similar to E aenicta but differs in the prominent central teeth of the column.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Selbyana 30: 76 Higgins 2009 drawing fide;
Orchid Genera and Species in Guatemala Archila, Szlachchetko, Chiron, Lipinska, Mystkowska and Bertolini 2018
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