Anacheilium bulbosum (Vell.) Withner & P.A.Harding 2004 Photos courtesy of © Lourens Grobler

Part Shade Warm CoolSummer THROUGHFall

Common Name The Bulb-Shaped Anacheilium

Flower Size 1.8" [4.5 cm]

Found in southeastern Brazil on trees and rocks in cloud forests at elevations of 1000 to 1300 meters with elongate, ovoid, compressed pseudobulbs carrying 2 to 3, strap-shaped leaves that blooms in the summer and fall on a terminal, erect, fleshy, 4 to 4.8" [10 to 12 cm] long, 6 to 15 flowered inflorescence carrying non-resupinate flowers.

Synonyms Encyclia bulbosa (Vell.) Pabst 1967 publ. 1972; Encyclia inversa (Lindl.) Pabst 1976; *Epidendrum bulbosum Vell 1831; Epidendrum inversum Lindl. 1839; Prosthechea bulbosa (Vell.) W.E.Higgins 1997 publ. 1998; Prosthechea inversa (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins 1997 publ. 1998

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of the High Mountain Atlantic Rainforest in SE Brazil Warren & Miller 1994 as Encyclia bulbosa; *The Cattleyas and Their Relatives Withner Vol 6 2004 photo fide

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