Encyclia osmantha (Barb. Rodr.) Schltr 1914
Photo by © Denis Duveen
Photo by © Mauro Rosim
What was described as E lutzenbergii
Photo by © L C Menezes
Drawing by © V P Castro
to 
Common Name The Fragrant Encyclia - Capart's Scented Encyclia
Flower Size to 2" [to 5 cm]
Found in Minas Gerais, Goias, Rio De Janiero, Sao Paulo and Espirito Santo states of Brazil at elevations of 400 to 1200 meters in Atlantic coastal rainforests and the central plateau as a small sized, hot to cool growing, bifoliate epiphyte with ovate-elongate pseudobulbs enveloped basally by several imbricating, evanescent leaf sheaths and carrying 2 to 3, apical, coriaceous, smooth, narrowly lanceolate, cymbidiform leaves that blooms in the spring in Brazil on a profusely branched, erect, to 3' [90 cm] long, loosely many [30] flowered inflorescence with lanceolate clasping stem bracts and very fragrant, long-lasting flowers.
Similar to E advena but differs in the relatively long mid lobe/lateral lobes of the lip.
Synonyms Encyclia lutzenbergii Menzes 1990; Encyclia lutzenbergeri var. major L.C.Menezes 1992; *Epidendrum osmanthum Barb. Rodr. 1882; Epidendrum watsonianum Sander 1892
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 134 Barb Rodr 1881 as Epidendrum osmanthum;
Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 11: 214 Sander 1892 as Epidendrum watsonianum
* Orchideen Beschreib. Kult. Zücht.: 210 Schlechter 1914
Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915;
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 6: 74 Schlechter 1919;
Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as Epidendrum osmanthum;
Orchidaceae Brasilenses Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 47 No 3 1983 photo fide;
Bol. CAOB 3(1): 7 L C Menezes 1990 as E lutzenbergeri
Orchid Digest Vol 55 No 1 1991 as E lutzenbergii photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 55 No 4 1991 photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 56 No 1 1992 as photo fide; Orchid Digest 56: 20 1992 as Encyclia lutzenbergii var major;
Orchid Digest Vol 56 No 1 1992 photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 56 No 4 1992 as Encyclia lutzenbergii photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 56 No 4 1992 photo fide;
Cattleyas and Their Relatives Vol VI Withner 2000 as E lutzenburgeri photo ok;
Cattleyas and Their Relatives Vol VI Withner 2000 photo/drawing ok;
Icones Orchidacearum Brasilenses Vol I Plate 067 Castro & Campacci 2000 drawing ok;
Coletanea de Orquideas Brasileiras 1 Encyclias Campacci 2003 photo fide;
Orchids of The Brazilian Central Plateau Menezes 2004 as E lutzenburgii photo good;
Orchidees Du Bresil As Orchideas da Serra Do Castello Vol 3 Chiron & Bolsanello 2013 drawing/photo hmm
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