Encyclia longifolia [Barb.Rodr.]Schlechter 1914

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Common Name The Long-Leafed Encyclia

Flower Size to 1.24" [to 3.1 cm]

Found in Pernambuco, Bahia and Minas Gerais states of Brazil as a small sized, hot growing eppiphyte with elongate-fusiform pseudobulbs carrying elongate [to 20" long], apically bilobulate, emarginate leaves that blooms in the late spring on a erect, to 20" to 24" [50 to 60 cm] long, shortly branched, many flowered inflorescence with somewhat fragrant flowers.

Said to be a synonym of E oncidioides, until more information is available I will leave them separate.

Synonyms *Epidendrum longifolium Barb. Rodr. 1882

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 133 Barb Rodr 1881 as Epidendrum longifolium

* Orchideen Beschreib. Kult. Zücht.: 210 Schlechter 1914

Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915;

Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 AS Epidendrum longifolium;

Orchidaceae Brasilenses Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing good;

Orchid Digest Vol 56 No 4 1992 photo fide;

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