Encyclia oncidioides(Lindl.) Schltr. 1914
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Common Name Oncidium-Like Encyclia
Flower Size to 2" [to 5 cm]
Found in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Surinam, Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia and Brazil in at elevations around 700 meters as a medium to large sized, hot to warm growing, terrestrial or lithophyte that occurs in white sand areas and rock outcrops at elevations of sealevel to 750 meters with clustered, conical to ovoid pseudobulbs carrrying 2 to 3 strap-shaped leaves that blooms in the spring and summer on a terminal, several to many flowered, paniculate, 3' [90 cm] long inflorescence arising from a mature pseudobulb carrying sweetly fragrant, long lasting flowers.
All the following species are very similar to this species and most likely are synonyms of it along with, E dickinsoniana , Enc gravida, Enc mooreana, Enc stellata, and Enc guianensis and Enc guatemalensis. .
Synonyms Encyclia argentinensis f. maior (Hoehne) Hoehne 1952; Encyclia ensiformis (Vell.) Hoehne 1952; Encyclia saltensis f. maior Hoehne 1938; Encyclia vellozoana Pabst 1975; Epidendrum ensiforme Vell. 1831; Epidendrum guillemianum Lindl. ex Planch. 1858; *Epidendrum oncidioides Lindl. 1833;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Lankester's Epidendra Website CR ;
Fl. Flumin. 9: t. 2 Vell. 1831 as Epidendrum ensifolme;
Edwards's Bot. Reg. 19: sub t. 1623. 1833 as Epidendrum oncidioides;
Edwards's Bot. Reg. 19: sub t. 1623. 1833 as Epidendrum oncidioides drawing fide;
Hort. Donat.: 164 Lindl. ex Planch. 1858 as Epidendrum guillemianum;
Symbolae Antillanae Vol VI Orchidaceae Urban 1909 as Epidendrum oncidioides;
Orchideen Beschreib. Kult. Zücht.: 210 Schlechter 1914
Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915;
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 6: 74 Schlechter 1919;
Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 as Epidendrum oncidioides drawing fide;
The Genus Epidendrum Ames 1936 as Epidendrum oncidioides;
Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n.s., f.m., 1(1): 19 Hoehne 1938 as E saltensis f maior;
Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n.s., f.m., 2: 150 Hoehne 1952 as Epidendrum argentinensis f maior;
Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n.s., f.m., 2: 151 Hoehne 1952 as E ensiformis;
Orchids of Guatemala and Belize Ames and Correll 1952/85 as Epidendrum oncidioides;
Ceiba Vol 5 No 1 L O Williams 1956 as Epidendrum oncidioides;
Native Orchids of Trinidad Schultes 1960 as Epidendrum oncidioides;
AOS Bulletin Vol 30 No 9 1961 as Epidendrum oncidioides;
Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated Vol 2 Dunsterville & Garay 1961 as Epidendrum oncidioides not = E auyantepuiensis;
Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as Epidendrum oncidioides;
The Genus Encyclia in Mexico Dressler & Pollard 1974 as Excluded species;
Bradea 2: 22 (1975 as E vellozoana nom. superfl.;
Orchidaceae Brasilenses Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing fide;
Orchidaceae Brasilenses Pabst & Dungs 1975 as E velloziana;
Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 10 576 - 632 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977;
Orchids of Venezuela, An Illustrated Field Guide Vol 1 Dunsterville & Garay 1979 as Epidendum oncidioides drawing not = E auyuntepuiensis;
Flora Novo-Galaciana Vol 16 McVaugh 1985 as Excluded species;
The Orchids of Surinam Werkhoven 1986 photo ok;
Native Colombian Orchids Vol 2 COS 1991 photo hmm;
Orchid Digest Vol 56 No 4 1992 photo fide;
Orchids of Brazil McQueen 1993 photo fide;
Orchids of the High Mountain Atlantic Rainforest in SE Brazil Warren & Miller 1994 drawing/photo fide;
Cattleyas and Their Relatives Vol VI Withner 2000 photo/drawing fide;
Botanicas Orchids Laurel Glen 2002 photo fide;
Icones Orchidacearum Brasilenses Vol I Plate 066 Castro & Campacci 2000 drawing ok;
Native Ecuadorian Orchids Vol 2 Dodson 2001 photo fide;
Coletanea de Orquideas Brasileiras 1 Encyclias Campacci 2003 photo fide;
Coletanea de Orquideas Brasileiras 1 Encyclias Campacci 2003 as E velloziana;
Boletim CAOB 50 2003 photo fide; Boletim CAOB Vol 50 2003;
Orquideas Da Chapada Diamantina Brito & Cribb 2005 photo/drawing fide;
100 Orquideas Argentinas Freuler 2009 photo fide;
Flora of Ecuador No 87 225[3] Orchidaceae Dodson & Luer 2010;
Orquideologia Vol 29 #1 2012 photo ok;
Orchids of French Guiana Szlachetko, Veyret etal 2014 drawing/photo fide;
Orchids of Tropical America Meisel 2014 photo ok;
Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol IV:441 Szlatchetko & Kolanowska 2023 drawing fide;
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