Encyclia ceratistes (Lindl.) Schltr. 1919 Photos by © Walter Schug and His MesoAmerican Orchid Page
Flower Closeup Photos courtesy of Daniel Jimenez ©
An All Green Variety Photos courtesy of Patricia Harding
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Common Name Horned-columned Encyclia - In Costa Rica "LLuvia Verde" Green rain [refers to the color of the flowers] or "Lluvia de Miel" Honey Rain [refers to their scent]
Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]
A large sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte found in Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica and Panama as well as Colombian and Venezuelan species which is found from 330 to 1600 meters in elevation within very wet oak forests or mixed hardwoods, with pyric or conic, wrinkled pseudobulbs subtended by basal bracts that become papery with age and carrying 1 to 4, linear to oblanceolate fleshy leaves with an apical, 2' to 5' [60 to 150 cm] long, suberect or pendant, many flowered, heavily paniculate inflorescence arising on a newly matured pseudobulb that appears in the spring through fall.
Synonyms Encyclia oncidioides var. ramonense (Rchb. f.) Ames, F.T. Hubb. & C. Schweinf. 1952; Encyclia ramonensis (Rchb. f.) Schltr. 1918; *Epidendrum ceratistes Lindl. 1844; Epidendrum oncidioides var. ramonense (Rchb. f.) Ames, F.T. Hubb. & C. Schweinf. 1935; Encyclia peraltensis (Ames) Dressler 1997; Epidendrum peraltense Ames 1923; Epidendrum ramonense Rchb. f. 1866;
References W3 Tropicos [http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/vast.html] , Kew Monocot list [ http://www.kew.org/wcsp/home.do ], IPNI [ http://www.us.ipni.org/ipni/plantsearch?request_type=search&output_format=query&ret_defaults=on Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated Vol 1 Dunsterville & Garay 1959 Epidendrum ceratistes; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum Plate 685 Dodson 1982; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum Plate 1423 Atwood 1992; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 5 COS 1994; Vanishing Beauty; Native Costa Rican Orchids Vol 1 Pupulin 2005
