Encyclia bracteata (Barb. Rodr.) Schltr. ex Hoehne 1930
Photo by © Jay Pfahl
Drawing by © V P Castro & Campacci
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Common Name The Bracted Encyclia
Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]
Found Bahia, Minas Gerais and Sao Paulo states of Brazil on tree trunks in the Atlantic coastal forest of at elevations of 10 to 500 meters as one of the most miniature of the Encyclia, unifoliate, hot to warm growing epiphyte with conic pseudobulbs enveloped basally by evanescent sheaths and carrying a single, apical, thin, smooth, linear leaf and blooms in the spring in nature and in cultivation late summer to early fall. with more than one per pseudobulb, terminal, to 6" [15 cm] long, racemose, few flowered inflorescence.
"Easily recognized by the small plant with very thin leaves, short, with more than one inflorescence per pseudobulb, each carrying 2 to 3 flowers.
Synonyms *Epidendrum bracteatum Barb. Rodr. 1877; Epidendrum pabstii Hawkes 1956; Epidendrum pussilum Rolfe 1891;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1: 52 Barb Rodr. 1877 as Epidendrum bracteatum nom. illeg.
Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 16: 669 Rolfe 1894 as Epidendrum pusillum nom. illeg.;
*Album Orchid. Bras.: t. 33 Schltr ex Hoehne 1930
Iconografia de Orchidaceae Do Brasil Hoehne 1949 drawing fide; Orquídea (Rio de Janeiro) 18: 177 A D Hawkes 1957 as Epidendrum pabstii;
Orchidaceae Brasilensis Pabst & Dung 1975 drawing ok;
Orchid Digest Vol 56 No 4 1992 photo fide;
Icones Orchidacearum Brasilenses Vol I Plate 001 Castro & Campacci 2000 drawing fide;
Cattleyas and Their Relatives Vol VI Withner 2000 photo/drawing fide;
Coletanea de Orquideas Brasileiras 1 Encyclias Campacci 2003 photo fide;
The Organ Mountain Range Its History and its orchids Miller, Wareren, Miller and Seehawer 2008 photo fide;
Historia do Patrimonio Natural do Espirito Santo Orquideas Freitas Machado 2008 photo fide;
Orchidees Du Bresil As Orchideas da Serra Do Castello Vol 3 Chiron & Bolsanello 2013 drawing/photo fide
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