Encyclia advena Brade 1935 Photo courtesy of Patricia Harding

Common Name The Advent Encyclia [A reference to it's first flowering time - December]

Flower Size 2" [5 cm]

Found in Brazil as a medium sized, cool to warm growing epiphyte that is said to be synonomous with E megalantha or E osmantha. Withner seems to think that this is a separate species so I will leave it as such at this time. The plant flowers in the Brazilian spring [December] on a long, paniculate inflorescence 3 to 4 times the length of the leaves.

Synonyms *Epidendrum advenum Rchb.f 1872

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Cattleyas and Their Relatives Vol 2 Withner 1998