Encyclia incumbens (Lindl.) Mabb.

Encyclia incumbens (Lindl.) Mabb., Taxon 33: 442 (1984).

Encyclia incumbens (Lindl.) Mabb., Photo by Hans-Peter Verbeet

its native range is Mexico (Chiapas) to Honduras. 

Latinh Name: 

Encyclia incumbens (Lindl.) Mabb. 

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Encyclia aromatica Schltr.

Epidendrum aromaticum Bateman

Epidendrum incumbens Lindl.

English Name:

Aromatic Encyclia, Incumbent or Aromatic Encyclia

Description: 

with conical to subspheric, clustered pseudobulbs that are often dark purple brown carrying 1 to 2 apical, linear-ligulate or elliptic-ligulate, acute or obtuse leaves and blooms in the spring on an apical, to almost 90 cm long, erect to gently arching paniculate, many flowered inflorescence carrying close set, fragrant [not so good] flowers that can be highly variable in color. 

Distribution:

El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Southeast.

Ecological:

An epiphytic species that grows in warm to cold climates at elevations of 750 to 2100 meters in pine-oak and oak forests.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring, winter.

Flower size:

3.7 cm.

Cultivation:

Fertilizer:

all year round

Water:

spraying after drying

Light:

half shade, light

Terrarium Suitability:

n/a

Temperature:

intermediate

Speciality:

fragrance, outdoors in summer possible

Type: