Encyclia pollardiana (Withner) Dressler & G.E. Pollard 1971
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Common Name Pollard's Encyclia [Mexican Orchid Enthusiast 20th cen]
Flower Size 1.2" [3 cm]
Found in Mexico in the states of Nayarit, Jalisco and Michoacan at elevations of 1000 to 1400 meters as a medium sized, cool growing epiphyte with clustered, large, conic-ovoid pseudobulbs carrying 2 to 3 apical, elliptic-ligulate, obtuse leaves that blooms in the later spring on a terminal, paniculate, 12 to 24" [30 to 60 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence.
Recognized by the combination of a large, rather smooth, purple mid lobe and very small lateral lobves of the lip. Most of Withner's original drawings and photo were in error and were of E aenicta, the type spceimen was correct for this species." Dressler & Pollard 1974
Synonyms *Epidendrum pollardianum Withner 1970
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Orchid Digest Vol 34 #4 1970 Drawing/photo not = E aenicta;
* Phytologia 21: 437 Dressler & G.E.Pollard 1971 as Encyclia pollardiana;
The Genus Encyclia in Mexico Dressler & Pollard 1974 photo/drawing fide;
Flora Novo-Galaciana Vol 16 McVaugh 1985;
Cattleyas and Their Relatives Vol 5 Withner 1998 photo fide
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