Encyclia advena

Encyclia advena is a species of epiphytic orchid, native to Atlantic forests in Brazil.

Encyclia advena
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
Order:
Asparagales
Family:
Orchidaceae
Subfamily:
Epidendroideae
Tribe:
Epidendreae
Subtribe:
Laeliinae
Genus:
Encyclia
Section:
E. sect. Hymenochila[1]
Species:
E. advena
Binomial name
Encyclia advena
(Rchb. f.) Porto & Brade (1935)
Synonyms
  • Encyclia capartiana (L. Linden) Fowlie & Duveen (1992)
  • Encyclia hollandae (Fowlie) (1990)
  • Encyclia megalantha (Barb. Rodr.) Porto & Brade (1935)
  • Epidendrum advenum Rchb. f. (1872)
  • Epidendrum capartianum L. Linden (1891)
  • Epidendrum godseffianum Rolfe (1892)
  • Epidendrum megalanthum Barb. Rodr. (1877)

Description

The orchid species is a medium-sized, hot to warm growing, epiphytic species, with conic-elongate pseudobulbs carrying 1 to 2, apical, coriaceous, narrowly lanceolate leaves and flowers in the Brazilian spring (December to March). Because of its first flowering time, in December, the orchid is also named als "The Advent Encyclia". Which is immediately an explanation for the naming of the orchid.[2]

Encyclia advena has olive or yellow petals and sepals with brown or maroon veins. Sometimes there are flushes of maroon on the petals. The lip is white and has some purple veins. The flower form is cupped and the petals are fleshy. The inflorescence is branched and up to four times taller than the foliage.[3]

Distribution and habitat

Encyclia adenocaula grows in the eastern Atlantic rainforests of Brazil at elevations of 200 to 800 meters as a medium sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with conic-elongate pseudobulbs.[4]

References
  1. H. G. Reichenbach, "Orchides", nr. 83, in C. Müller, Ed. Walpers. Annales Botanices Systematicae 6(1861)339, as "EPIDENDRUM NEMORALE"
  2. "Encyclia advena". orchidspecies.com. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  3. "Encyclia advena". cattleya.wikidot.com. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  4. "Encyclia advena". orchidspecies.com. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
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