Encyclia patens Hook. 1830 Photo by © Mauro Rosim and his Flickr Orchid Photo Website
Inflorescence Photo by © Jean Claude George
Plant and Flowers in situ in Boia Ceia Brazil elevation 30 meters Photo by © Jay Pfahl
Disected Flower Photo by © E Schnurr
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Common Name Spreading-Flowered or Sweet-scented Encyclia
Flower Size 1 to 1 1/2" [3.75 cm]
Found in Brazil from Rio Grande do Sul to Bahia and Minas Gerais states og Brazil at elevations of 500 to 1200 meters in gallery and rainforests as a large sized, warm to cool growing, 2 to 3 leafed epiphyte with elongated pseudobulbs and 2 to 3, long, narrow, leathery leaves which flowers in the later fall and early winter in Brazil on a 5" [12.5 cm] long, erect, stiff, loosely or densly few to many [5 to 15] flowered, paniculate inflorescence with very fragrant, long-lived, heavy textured flowers and do best in basket or slab culture.
Synonyms Encyclia odoratissima [Lindley] Schlechter 1914; Encyclia tripartita (Vell.) Hoehne 1952; Epidendrum odoratissimum var. crispum Regel 1856; Epidendrum glutinosum Scheidweiler 1843; Epidendrum odoratissimum Lindley 1831; Epidendrum oncidioides var. itabirae W.Zimm. 1934; Epidendrum tripartitum Vell. 1831;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as E odoratissima; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 6: 71 Schlechter 1919 as Epidendrum patens; The Genus Epidendrum Ames 1936 as Epidendrum patens; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as Epidendrum odoratissima; AOS Bulletin Vol 35 No 6 1966 as Epidendrum odoratissimum photo fide; Flora of the Lesser Antilles Garay & Sweet 1974 as Epidendrum patens drawing good; Orchidaceae Brasilenses Pabst & Dungs 1975 as E odoratissima drawing ok; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 10 576 - 632 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977 as E odoratissima photo ok; Orchid Digest Vol 55 No 3 1991 photo fide; A Guide to Orchids of the World Hodgson, Paine and Anderson 1991 as E odoratissima photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 56 No 4 1992 as Epidendrum tripartitum drawing fide; Orchid Digest Vol 56 No 4 1992 photo fide; Orchids of Brazil McQueen 1993 photo good; Orchids of the High Mountain Atlantic Rainforest in SE Brazil Warren & Miller 1994 as E odoratissima drawing ok; Icones Orchidacearum Brasilenses Vol I Plate 069 Castro & Campacci 2000 drawing ok; Cattleyas and Their Relatives Vol VI Withner 2000 photo fide; Botanicas Orchids Laurel Glen 2002 photo fide; Coletanea de Orquideas Brasileiras 1 Encyclias Campacci 2003 photo good; Orquideas Da Chapada Diamantina Brito & Cribb 2005 drawing/photo fide; The Organ Mountain Range Its History and its orchids Miller, Wareren, Miller and Seehawer 2008 as E odoratissima photo good; Orchids of French Guiana Szlachetko, Veyret etal 2014 as E odoratissimadrawing/photo fide; Orchidees Du Bresil As Orchideas da Serra Do Castello Vol 3 Chiron & Bolsanello 2013 drawing/photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #3 2016 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #3 2016 as Epidendrum odoratissimum drawing fide;
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