Encyclia xipheres (Rchb. f.) Schltr. 1914 Photo by © Lourens Grobler

Another view Photo by © Patricia Harding

Found in Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras as an epiphyte

Synonyms Encyclia purpusii Schltr. 1925; *Epidendrum xipheres Rchb.f. 1853; Epidendrum yucatanense Schltr. 1914

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Genus Epidendrum Ames 1936; Orchid Digest Vol 34 #6 1970 as Epidendrum xipheres photo/drawing ok?;

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