Encyclia kennedyi (Fowlie & Withner) Hágsater 1973
Another Color form? Photo courtesy of Noble Bashor
TYPE Drawing TYPE Drawing by Eric Hagsater
LATE
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Nayarit Mx., 1465m elev., epiphytic on trees near Aqua Maria.
Common Name Kennedy's Encyclia [American Discoverer of species 1900's]
Flower Size 3" [7.5 cm]
Found only in Durango and Sinaloa states of Mexico in pine-oak forests at elevations around 1800 to 2000 meters as a medium sized, cool growing epiphyte with elliptic, rugose pseudobulbs carrying 2, apical, narrowly lanceolate, acuminate leaves that flowers in the late spring and early summer on an apical, simple, densely verruculous, provided with 5 to 6 bracts, 19.2" [48 cm] long, 3 to 12 flowered infloresence.
Very similar to and often cited as a synonym of E adenocaula yet differs in its location, Durango and Sinaloa states of Mexico vs Jalisco, Michoacan, Guererro and Mexico in E adenocaula, having redder flowers and a prominent midvein on the lip as well as narrower lateral lobes in E kennedyi.
Synonyms Encyclia adenocaulos subsp. kennedyi (Fowlie & Withner) Soto Arenas, Salazar & Hágsater 2002 publ. 2003; Encyclia adenocaula var. kennedii (Fowlie & Withner) Hágsater & R. González 1975; *Epidendrum kennedyi Fowlie & Withner 1973
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Orchid Digest Vol 37 No 2 1973 as Epidendrum kennedyii
Orquidea (Mexico City), n.s., 3: 70 Hagsater 1973 photo/drawing fide;
The Genus Encyclia in Mexico Dressler & Pollard 1976 as E adenocaula var kennedyi photo fide;
Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 10 576 - 632 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977;
Orchid Digest Vol 44 No 3 1980 photo fide as Epidendrum kennedyi;
AOS Bulletin Vol 49 #7 1980 as E adenocaule var kennedy photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 45 No 2 1981 photo fide;
Manual Of Orchids Stewart 1995;
Cattleyas and Their Relatives Vol 5 Withner 1998 photo fide;
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