Encyclia patens Hook. 1830 Photo by © Mauro Rosim and his Flickr Orchid Photo Website
Inflorescence Photo by © Jean Claude George
Plant and Flowers in situ in Boia Ceia Brazil elevation 30 meters Photo by © Jay Pfahl
Disected Flower Photo by © E Schnurr
TYPE Drawing TYPE Drawing by © J D Hooker
Photo by © Andre Merez and his Flickr Orchid Photo Website
Disected Flower of E patens var serroniana
Photo by © E Schnurr
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Common Name Spreading-Flowered or Sweet-scented Encyclia
Flower Size 1 to 1 1/2" [3.75 cm]
Found in Brazil from Rio Grande do Sul to Bahia and Minas Gerais states of Brazil at elevations of 500 to 1200 meters in gallery and rainforests as a large sized, warm to cool growing, 2 to 3, leafed epiphyte with elongated pseudobulbs and 2 to 3, long, narrow, leathery leaves which flowers in the later fall and early winter in Brazil on a 5" [12.5 cm] long, erect, stiff, loosely or densly few to many [5 to 15] flowered, paniculate inflorescence with very fragrant, long-lived, heavy textured flowers and do best in basket or slab culture.
Similar to E oncidioides but E patens differs in the bloom time, smaller flowers and shorter inflorescence.
Synonyms Encyclia odoratissima [Lindley] Schlechter 1914; Encyclia patens var. serroniana (Barb.Rodr.) Romanini & F.Barros 2007; Encyclia tripartita (Vell.) Hoehne 1952; Epidendrum odoratissimum var. crispum Regel 1856; Epidendrum glutinosum Scheidweiler 1843; Epidendrum odoratissimum Lindley 1831; Encyclia odoratissima var. serroniana (Barb.Rodr.) Brieger ex F.Barros 1983; Epidendrum oncidioides var. itabirae W.Zimm. 1934; Epidendrum serronianum Barb.Rodr. 1877; Epidendrum tripartitum Vell. 1831; ;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Bot. Mag. 57: t. 3013 Hook. 1830
Bot. Mag. 57: t. 3013 Hook. 1830 Drawing fide;
Fl. Flumin. 9: t. 7 Vell 1831 as Epidendrum tripatitum;
Edwards's Bot. Reg. 17: t. 1415 Lindl. 1831 as Epidendrum odoratissimum;
Edwards's Bot. Reg. 17: t. 1415 Lindl. 1831 as Epidendrum odoratissimum drawing fide;
Fl. Tellur. 4: 37 Raf. 1838 Sulpitia odorata;
Allg. Gartenzeitung 11: 110 Schweid. 1843 as Epidendrum glutinosum;
Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 6: 374 Regel 1856 as Epidendrum odoratissimum var crispum;
Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1: 50 Barb Rodr. 1877 as Epidendrum serronianum;
Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as E odoratissima;
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 6: 71 Schlechter 1919 as Epidendrum patens;
Biblioth. Bot. 109: 6 W Zimm. 1934 as Epidendrum oncidioides var itabirae;
The Genus Epidendrum Ames 1936 as Epidendrum patens;
Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n.s., f.m., 2: 143 Hoehne 1952 as E tripartita;
Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n.s., f.m., 2: 124 Hoehne 1952 as E tripartita var serroniana;
Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as Epidendrum odoratissima;
AOS Bulletin Vol 35 No 6 1966 as Epidendrum odoratissimum photo fide;
Flora of the Lesser Antilles Garay & Sweet 1974 as Epidendrum patens
Flora of the Lesser Antilles Garay & Sweet 1974 as Epidendrum patens drawing good;
Orchidaceae Brasilenses Pabst & Dungs 1975 as E odoratissima drawing ok;
Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 10 576 - 632 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977 as E odoratissima photo ok; Hoehnea 10: 91 Brieger ex F.Barros 1983 as E odoratissima var serroniana;
Orchid Digest Vol 55 No 3 1991 photo fide;
A Guide to Orchids of the World Hodgson, Paine and Anderson 1991 as E odoratissima photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 56 No 4 1992 as Epidendrum tripartitum drawing fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 56 No 4 1992 photo fide;
Orchids of Brazil McQueen 1993 photo good; Orchids of the High Mountain Atlantic Rainforest in SE Brazil Warren & Miller 1994 as E odoratissima drawing ok;
Icones Orchidacearum Brasilenses Vol I Plate 069 Castro & Campacci 2000 drawing ok;
Cattleyas and Their Relatives Vol VI Withner 2000 photo fide;
Botanicas Orchids Laurel Glen 2002 photo fide;
Coletanea de Orquideas Brasileiras 1 Encyclias Campacci 2003 photo good;
Orquideas Da Chapada Diamantina Brito & Cribb 2005 drawing/photo fide; Fl. Fanerog. Ilha Cardoso 12: 102 Romanini & F.Barros 2007 as E patens var serroniana;
The Organ Mountain Range Its History and its orchids Miller, Wareren, Miller and Seehawer 2008 as E odoratissima photo good;
Orchids of French Guiana Szlachetko, Veyret etal 2014 as E odoratissima drawing/photo fide;
Orchidees Du Bresil As Orchideas da Serra Do Castello Vol 3 Chiron & Bolsanello 2013 drawing/photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #3 2016 drawing fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #3 2016 as Epidendrum odoratissimum drawing fide;
Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol IV:445 Szlatchetko & Kolanowska 2023 as E odoratissma drawing fide;
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