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Encyclia cordigera is a plant in the genus Encyclia.
Description[]
Plant blooms from
Descripción[]
planta florece de
Distribution[]
Plant is found growing in the dry forest of Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Netherland Antilles, French Guiana, Surinam, Guyana, Venezuela, Brazil, Colombia and Peru at elevations of 0 to 900 meters
Culture[]
Plants grow in warm conditions and can be grown in medium size fir bark with perlite. Plant prefers drying periods between watering and bright light is recommended. Lengthen drying period a bit in the winter.
Varieties[]
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Encyclia cordigera | Sepals and petals are green, lip is white |
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Encyclia cordigera leucantha | Sepals and petals are brown, lip is white with a red patch |
Naming[]
Common Name: Large-lipped Encyclia
Synonyms[]
- *Cymbidium cordigerum Kunth 1815
- Encyclia atropurpurea var. leucantha Schlechter 1922
- Encyclia atropurpurea var. rhodoglossa Schltr. 1922
- Encyclia atropurpurea var.rosea [Batem.] Summerhayes 1957
- Encyclia cordigera var rosea [Batem.] H.G.Jones 1969
- Encyclia doeringii Hoehne
- Encyclia duboisiana (Brongn. ex A. Rich.) Neumann 1845
- Encyclia macrochila (Hook.) Neumann 1845
- Epidendrum atropurpureum var. laciniatum Ames, 1935
- Epidendrum atropurpureum var. lionetianum Cogn. 1903
- Epidendrum atropurpureum var. longilabre Cogn. 1903
- Epidendrum atropurpureum var roseum [Batem.] Rchb.f 1854
- Epidendrum cordigerum (Kunth) Foldats 1969
- Epidendrum doeringii (Hoehne) A.D. Hawkes 1957
- Epidendrum duboisianum Brongn.
- Epidendrum longipetalum Godefroy-Lebeuf 1892
- Epidendrum macrochilum Hook. 1836
- Epidendrum macrochilum var. albopurpureum C. Morren 1846
- Epidendrum macrochilum Hooker var roseum Batem. 1839