Encyclia maravalensis Withner 1995
Photo/TYPE Drawing by © Carl Withner
Common Name or Meaning The Maraval Encyclia [A town in Trinidad]
Flower Size 1.6" [4 cm]
Found in Trinidad at elevations between 200 and 400 meters ass a small to medium szied, hot growing epiphyte with pyriform pseudobulbs carrying 1 to 2, linear, acute leaves that blooms in the spring on a terminal, racemose to paniculate, to 14" [35 cm] long, 5 to 6 flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
*Orchid Digest 59: #2 77 Withner 1995 photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 60 No 1 1996 drawing fide;
The Cattleyas and their Relatives Vol IV Withner 1996 photo fide
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