Encyclia adenocaula [LaLlave & Lex.] Schlechter 1918
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Common Name Rough Stemmed Encyclia - In Mexico "Trumpillo" or Trompillo Morado"
Flower Size 4" [10 cm]
Found in Jalisco, Michoacan, Guererro and Mexico states of Mexico in dry forests of oak and or pine at altitudes of 1000 to 2000 meters as a small to medium sized, cool growing, epiphytic species that comes from with clustered, ovoid to subconical pseudobulbs carrying 2 to 3, towards the apex, strap-shaped to linear, acute or obtuse apically, gradually narrowing below into the base leaves and blooms in the summer on an apical, to 3'+ [90 cm+] long, paniculate, many flowered inflorescence that has a warty rachis, pedicel and ovary, as well as long-lasting, fragrant floral scented flowers.
"The commonest and largest-flowered, pink Encyclia. This taxon is variable along its range, the largest flowers come from the states of Mexico and Michoacán. There is argument about the status of Encyclia kennedyi (Fowlie & Withner) Hágsater 1973 ; while Withner (1998) kept it as a distinct species, Hágsater & González Tamayo (1975) considered it as a variety of E. adenocaula. Encyclia kennedyi is restricted to the Sierra Madre Occidental, it has concolorous, darker flowers, and there is a trend in the lateral lobes of the lip to be narrower, subacute, erect, and somewhat incurved when the lip is flattened (they are described as "rabbit ears"), the midlobe is often suborbicular. Most populations are easily assigned to one taxon or other, except the population from the isolated Volcán de San Juan, Nayarit (and perhaps some specimens of W Jalisco), where the two taxa seem to intergrade, probably because this area was colonized by plants of both taxa; this population also has the smallest flowers, semialbas are not uncommon, and lines on the lip are not so marked, although lip color is not concolorous. Hagsater & Soto 2002
This species needs a distinct dry rest from water and fertilizer from fall through late spring when new growth initiates then water and fertilize copiously until growth matures in the fall. This species is found in very open forests so bright light and some direct sun is beneficial.
Synonyms Encyclia nemoralis [Lindley] Schlechter 1914; Epidendrum adenocaulon Lex. 1825; *Epidendrum adenocaulum La Llave & Lex. 1825; Epidendrum nemorale Lindley 1840; Epidendrum nemorale var. majus R.Warner 1862; Epidendrum verrucosum Lindl. 1844;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Nov. Veg. Descr. 2(Orchid. Opusc.): 22 Lexara 1825 as Epidendrum adenocaulon
J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 82 Lindley 1841 as Epidendrum nemorale;
Edwards's Bot. Reg. 30: t. 51 Lindley 1844 as Epidendrum verrucosum nom. illeg. ;
Select Orchid. Pl. 1: t. 13 R Warner 1862 as Epidendrum Verrucosum var majus drawing fide;
Select Orchid. Pl. 1: t. 13 R Warner 1862 as Epidendrum nemorale
Select Orchid. Pl. 1: t. 13 R Warner 1862 as Epidendrum nemorale var majus;
Orchideen Beschreib. Kult. Zücht.: 210 Schlechter 1914 as Encyclia nemoralis
Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 470 Schlechter 1918 ;
Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 as Epidendrum nemorale drawing fide;
The Genus Epidendrum Ames 1936 as Epidendrum nemorale;
AOS Bulletin Vol 30 No 9 1961 as Epidendrum nemorale;
AOS Bulletin VOl 31 No 3 1962 as Epidendrum nemorale photo fide;
Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as Epidendrum nemorale;
Orchid Digest Vol 34 #6 1970 as Epidendrum nemorale drawing/photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 37 No 2 1973 as Epidendrum nemorale photo fide;
The Genus Encyclia in Mexico Dressler & Pollard 1976 photo fide;
Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 10 576 - 632 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 49 No 7 1980 photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 45 No 2 1981 photo fide;
Flora Novo-Galaciana Vol 16 McVaugh 1985;
An Introdution to the Orchids of Mexico Wiard 1987 photos fide;
The Manual of Cultivated Orchid Species Bechtel, Cribb, & Launert 1992 photo fide;
Manual Of Orchids Stewart 1995 drawing fide;
Cattleyas and Their Relatives Vol V Withner 1998 photo fide;
Botanicas Orchids Laurel Glen 2002 photo fide;
Icones Orchidacearum 5 & 6 Orchids Of Mexico Parts 2 & 3 Plate 554 Hagsater, Soto 2002 drawing fide;
Orchids of Mexico Hagsater, Soto, Salazar, Jimenez, Lopez & Dressler 2005;
AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 8 2006 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 9 2008 photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 82 #3 2016;
AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #7 2016 photo ok;
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