Encylia nematocaulon (A. Rich.) Acuña 1939 Photo courtesy of Patricia Harding
Whole Inflorescence Photo courtesy of Robert Weyman Bussey
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Common Name Thread-Stemmed Encyclia
Flower Size 1 1/4" [3 cm]
This small, cool to hot growing epiphytic species with a single leaf is found in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua as well as the island of Cuba in dry scrub and tropical deciduous forests and occurs below the altitude of 200 meters with clustered, conical pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, narrow leaf and blooms in late spring on the last seasons psuedobulb with an apical, erect, to 12" [30 cm] long, simple or branched, loosely 4 to 14 flowered inflorescence that is longer than the leaves. This species is best grown on a slab of treefern or cork.
Synonyms Encyclia purpusii Schlechter 1925; Encyclia xipheres (Rchb. f.) Schltr. 1914; *Epidendrum nematocaulon A. Rich. 1850; Epidendrum xipheres Rchb. f. 1853; Epidendrum yucatanense Schlechter 1914
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Bonplandia Rchb.f 1854 as Epidendrum xipheres; Symbolae Antillanae Vol VI Orchidaceae Urban 1909 as Epidendrum nemeatocaulon; AOS Bulletin Vol 49 No 11 1980 photo as Epidendrum xipheres; The Cattleyas and Their Relatives Vol 4 Withner 1996; The Cattleyas and Their Relatives Vol 5 Withner 1998
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