Encyclia radiata [Lindley]Dressler 1961 Mexico Type

Belize TypePhotos courtesy of Jay Pfahl

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Common Name The Lined Petal Encyclia

Flower Size to around 1" [to 2.5 cm]

Found in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and Belize to Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela? in varied type forests which include tropial evergreen, mixed pine and oak at an altitude of 150-2000 meters with ellipsoid to elliptic-ovoid, slightly compressed, grooved pseudobulbs carrying 2 to 4, towards the apex, lanceolate-elliptic, obtuse or broadly acute leaves. This medium sized, warm to cool growing species does well mounted on wood or tree fern, or in a wire basket with wood chips. It is a very fragrant species that blooms in the fall, winter and spring on an apical, short to 4" [10 cm], few to many [4 to 12] flowered inflorescence with non-resupinate, fragrant [sometimes not so good], heavy textured, cockleshell flowers and is easy to grow.

Synonyms Anacheilium radiatum (Lindl.) Pabst, Moutinho & A.V. Pinto 1981; Epidendrum marginatum Lk., Kl. & Otto 1841 Not L.C.Rich; *Epidendrum radiatum Lindley 1841; Prosthechea radiata (Lindl.) W. E. Higgins 1997

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