Encyclia × nizanburyi Pérez-García & Hágsater 2012
Photo/TYPE Drawing by © Pérez-García & Hágsater
Common Name The Nizanbury Encyclia [A made up word derived from the 2 parents nizandensis and E hanburyi]
Flower Size to about 1.52" [to about 3.8 cm]
Found in Oaxaca state of Mexico at elevations of 100 to 400 meters as a natural hybrid between E nizandensis and E hanburyi as a large sized, hot growing lithophyte with clustered conical ovoid pseudobulbs enveloped by scarious sheaths and carrying 2 to 3, apical, arching, coriaceous, linear lanceolate, conduplicate, obtuse leaves that blooms in the spring on a terminal, erect, racemose or paniculate, peduncle with a few bracts, 10 to 23.2" [25 to 58 cm] long, shortly branched to 2" [5 cm] long, successively 3 to 17 flowered inflorescence with small triangular floral bracts and carrying non fragrant flowers.
"Encyclia × nizanburyi has intermediate characteristics between E. nizandensis and E. hanburyi. In general terms one could say that the flowers of E. × nizanburyi are similar to E. hanburyi, while the plants are closer to E. nizandensis. The flowers of E. × nizanburyi are a bit clearer and lighter colored than standard flower of E. hanburyi.Another noticable difference in E. × nizanburyi is the verrucose ovary which is smooth in E. hanburyi. in the Nizanda region , E. hanburyi has very round almost globose pseudobulbs and linear-lanceoladas, canaliculate leaves while E. nizandensis has fusiform pseudobulbos and its leaves are variable in shape and size, but the most common is long and thin, acinate leaves. The flower color, especially the lip is one of the principal differences between E nizandensios and E nizanburyi, the first has dark brown tepals and the lip is creamy yellow while in the later species that tepals are clear coffee/chocolate and the lip is rose colored. Another notable difference is the lateral lobes of the which in E. × nizanburyi are long, narrow and envelop the column while in E nizandensis . they are short and are presentedalmost horizontal to the midlobe of the lip." Eduardo A. Pérez-García1 & Eric Hágsater 2012
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Lankesteriana 12: 1 Pérez-García & Hágsater 2012 drawing/photo fide
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