Encyclia remotiflora (C.Schweinf.) Carnevali & I.Ramírez 1994

Drawing by © Elmer W Smith

Common Name The Remote Flowered Encyclia [refers to the distance between the flowers on the inflorescence]

Flower Size 1.52" [3.8 cm]

Found in Venezuela in the Amazonas area of the river Orinoco at elevations around 100 meters as a miniature to small sized, hot growing epiphyte with small pseudobulbs carrying 1 to sometimes 2, narrowly linear, acute leaves that blooms on a terminal, erect, to 12" [30 cm] long, few to several flowered inflorescence carrying flowers with gold sepals and petals and a white tipped lip and rose streaked disc.

Closely related to Encyclia pachyantha distinguished by the smaller plant size, narrower leaves, pyriform pseudobulbs that are not laterally flattened, smaller, brown drying flowers vs black drying in E pachyantha and a central lobe that is subquadrangular to oblong with a truncate apex vs obovate with a rounded apex in E pachyantha.

Synonyms *Epidendrum remotiflorum C.Schweinf. 1962

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Bot. Mus. Leafl. 20: 18 C Schweinfurth 1962 as Epidendrum remotiflorum;

Bot. Mus. Leafl. 20: 18 C Schweinfurth 1962 as Epidendrum remotiflorum drawing fide;

Lindleyana 9: 66 Carnevali & I.Ramírez 1994;

Cattleyas and its Relatives Vol VI Withner 2000 drawing fide;

Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana Vol 7 Steyermark, Berry, Yatskievych and Holst 2003;

Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol IV:445 Szlatchetko & Kolanowska 2023;

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