Encyclia chloroleuca

Encyclia chloroleuca Neumann, Rev. Hort. [Paris]. Ser. II, iv. (1845-46) 138.

Encyclia chloroleuca Neumann, Photo by Robby K Salazar

Encyclia chloroleuca Neumann, Video by Robby K Salazar

its native range is S. Mexico to S. Tropical America.

Latinh Name: 

Encyclia chloroleuca Neumann

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Encyclia acuta Schltr.

Encyclia amanda (Ames) Dressler

Encyclia chloroleuca var. rubescens Sambin & Chiron

Encyclia chloroleuca var. yotocoensis Sauleda & J.C.Uribe

Encyclia viridiflava L.C.Menezes

Epidendrum acutum (Schltr.) A.D.Hawkes

Epidendrum amandum Ames

Epidendrum chloranthum Lindl.

English Name:

The Green & White Encyclia.

Description: 

with fusiform to ovoid, mostly bifoliate, rugose pseudobulbs partially enveloped below by scarious sheaths and carrying 2 to 3, apical, narrowly oblong-lorate, obtuse to shortly acute, coriaceous, glossy, basally clasping leaves that blooms in the late summer and fall on an apical, to 30 cm long, simple, racemose, loosely few flowered inflorescence with fragrant, waxy, long-lasting flowers subtended by a scarious sheath arising on a mature, pseudobulb with leaves that clasp the inflorescence.

Distribution:

Belize, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

Ecological:

This is a small sized, hot to cool growing epiphytic species in wet montane rainforests at altitudes of 50 to 1300 m

Flowering times:

Blooms in late summer and fall.

Flower size:

3.0 cm.

Cultivation:

Blooming Size: Yes

Light: Partial Shade

Temperature: Warm to Hot

Watering: Dry between

Type:

s.coll. [t. 3557] K000079542 Unknown type material

Trinidad & Tobago K000079540 Unknown type material