Encyclia alboxanthina Fowlie 1990
Photo by © Lourens Grobler
Photo by © E Schnurr
Drawing By © V P Castro
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Common Name The White and Yellow Encyclia
Flower Size 1.6" [4 cm]
Found in Bahia state of Brazil on rocks at elevations around 800 to 850 meters as a medium sized, warm growing lithophyte with elongate, ovate pseudobulbs carrying thick, rigid, erect, mid-green leaves and blooms in the late spring and early summer on a to 32" [ 80 cm] long, several flowered inflorescence with strongly scented flowers
Often cited as a synonym of Encyclia pachyantha but I will leave them separate for now.
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
*Orchid Digest Vol 56 No 4 1992 photo fide;
Icones Orchidacearum Brasilenses Vol I Plate 045 Castro & Campacci 2000 drawing ok;
Coletanea de Orquideas Brasileiras 1 Encyclias Campacci 2003 photo fide;
Orquideas da Chapada Diamantina Britto & Cribb 2005 photo/drawing fide;
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