Encyclia

Encyclia 81 Pages


Encyclia adenocarpa Swollen Fruit Encyclia	Encyclia adenocaula Rough Stemmed Encyclia	Encyclia advena Advent Encyclia	Encyclia aenicta Bronze Encyclia

Encyclia alata Winged Encyclia	Encyclia altissima Very Tall Encyclia	Encyclia amanda Lovely Encyclia	Encyclia ambigua Ambiguous Encyclia

Encyclia amicta Two-Horned Encyclia	Encyclia aspera Rough-Stalked Encyclia	Encyclia asperula Asperulous Encyclia	Encyclia atrorubens Dark Red Encyclia

Encyclia bracteata Bracted Encyclia	Encyclia bractescens Bractescent Encyclia	Encyclia brassavolae Brassavola-Like Panarica	Encyclia candollei Candole's Encyclia

Encyclia cardimii Cardim's Encyclia	Encyclia ceratistes Horned-columned Encyclia	Encyclia chapadensis Chapada dos Viadeiros Encyclia	Encyclia chiapasensis Chiapas Encyclia

Encyclia chloroleuca Green & White Encyclia	Euchile citrina Tulip Orchid	Encyclia cochleata Cockle Shell Anacheilium	Encyclia cordigera Large-lipped Encyclia

Encyclia cyperifolia Sword-leafed Encyclia	Encyclia dichroma Two-Colored Encyclia	Encyclia dickinsoniana Dickinson's Encyclia	Encyclia diota Two-eared Encyclia

Encyclia diurna Daytime Encyclia	Encyclia diota Two-eared Encyclia	Encyclia duveenii Duveen's Encyclia	Encyclia edithiana Edith's Encyclia

Encyclia expansa Expanded Encyclia	Encyclia flabellifera Fan-Carrying Encyclia	Encyclia flava Yellow Encyclia	Encyclia fowliei Fowlie's Encyclia

Encyclia fragrans Fragrant Encyclia	Encyclia fucata Brown Veined Encyclia	Encyclia gallopavina Peacock-Like Encyclia	Encyclia glumacea Chaffy Anacheilium

Encyclia gracilis Graceful Encyclia	Encyclia guatemalensis Guatemalan Encyclia	Encyclia hanburyi Hanbury's Encyclia	Encyclia howardii Howard's Encyclia

Encyclia inaguensis Inagua Encyclia	Encyclia incumbens Aromatic Encyclia	Encyclia kennedyi Kennedy's Encyclia	Encyclia longifolia Long-Leafed Encyclia

Euchile mariae Marie's Epidendrum	Encyclia megalantha Giant-Flowered Encyclia	Encyclia meliosma Honey-sweet Encyclia	Encyclia microbulbon Brown Veined Encyclia

Encyclia mooreana Moore's Encyclia	Encyclia naranjapatensis Naranjapata Encyclia	Encyclia neurosa Nerved Prosthechea	Encyclia ochracea Ochre Yellow Encyclia

Encyclia oestlundii Oestlund's Encyclia	Encyclia osmantha Fragrant Encyclia	Encyclia parviflora Alata-like Encyclia	Encyclia pastoris Veined Pollardia

Encyclia patens Sweet-scented Encyclia	Encyclia pauciflora Encyclia pauciflora	Encyclia phoenicea Phoenician Encyclia	Encyclia plicata Pleated Encyclia

Encyclia pollardiana Pollard's Encyclia	Encyclia polybulbon Many Bulbed Encyclia	Encyclia powellii Starry Alanje Encyclia	Encyclia profusa Profuse Encyclia

Encyclia randii Rand's Encyclia	Encyclia replicata Folded Lip Encyclia	Encyclia rufa Bahama Encyclia	Encyclia seidelii Seidel's Encyclia

Encyclia selligera Saddle-lipped Encyclia	Encyclia spatella Spatulate-Petaled Encyclia	Encyclia spiritusanctensis Espirito Santo Encyclia	Encyclia tampensis Tampa Encyclia

Encyclia trachycarpa Rough-fruited Encyclia	Encyclia unaensis Una Encyclia	Encyclia varicosa Veined Pollardia	Encyclia withneri Withner's Encyclia

Encyclia yauaperyensis Yauapery Encyclia

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Species

Encyclia adenocarpon
Encyclia adenocaula
Encyclia advena Brade (1935) 2n = 40[1]
Encyclia aenicta Dressler & G.E.Pollard 1971.
Encyclia alata
Encyclia altissima - islas Turks y Caicos
Encyclia amanda (Ames) Dressler 1971.
Encyclia ambigua (Lindl.) Schltr. 1914
Encyclia amicta (L.Linden & Rchb.f.) Schltr. 1919
Prosthechea apuahuensis (Mansf.) Van den Berg
Encyclia aspera (Lindl.) Schltr. 1918
Encyclia asperula Dressler & G.E.Pollard 1974
Encyclia atrorubens (Rolfe) Schltr. 1918
Prosthechea borsiana (Campacci) Campacci
Encyclia bracteata
Encyclia bractescens
Encyclia brassavolae (Rchb.f.) W.E.Higgins
Encyclia candollei (Lindl.) Schltr. 1914
Encyclia cardimii Pabst 1977
Encyclia caycencis Islas Turks y Caicos
Encyclia ceratistes (Lindl.) Schltr. 1919
Encyclia chapadensis Menez. 1992
Encyclia chiapasensis Withner & D.G.Hunt 1994
Encyclia chloroleuca (Hooker) Neumann.
Encyclia citrina (La Llave & Lex.) W.E.Higgins
Encyclia cochleata (L.) W.E.Higgins
Encyclia cordigera
Prosthechea crassilabia
Encyclia cyperifolia
Encyclia dichroma
Encyclia dickinsoniana (Withner) Hamer 1985
Encyclia diota (Lindl.) Schltr. 1918
Encyclia diurna (Jacq.) Schltr. 1919
Encyclia domingensis
Encyclia dressleriana
Encyclia duveenii
Encyclia edithiana L.C.Menezes 1996
Encyclia elegantula Dressler
Encyclia expansa (Rchb.f. ) P.Ortiz 1991
Prosthechea faresiana (Bicalho) W.E.Higgins
Encyclia flabellifera Hoehne & Schltr. 1926
Encyclia flava (Lindl.) Porto & Brade 1935
Encyclia fowliei
Encyclia fragrans (Sw.) W.E.Higgins
Encyclia fucata (Lindl.) Britton & Millsp. 1920
Encyclia gallopavina (Rchb.f.) Porto & Brade 1986
Encyclia glumacea
Encyclia gracilis (Lindl.) Schltr. 1915
Encyclia granitica
Encyclia guatemalensis
Prosthechea greenwoodiana (Aguirre-Olav.) W.E.Higgins
Encyclia hanburii (Lindl.) Schltr. 1914
Encyclia howardii
Encyclia inaguensis - Islas Turks y Caicos
Encyclia incumbens
Encyclia ionosma (Lindl.) Schltr. 1914.
Encyclia isochila (Rchb.f.) Dod 1986
Encyclia kautzkii (Pabst) W.E.Higgins
Encyclia kennedyi
Encyclia kingsii (C.D.Adams) Nir 1994.
Encyclia kundergraeberi
Encyclia jauana (Carnevali & I.Ramírez) W.E.Higgins

Encyclia lancifolia
Encyclia lindenii (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins
Encyclia longifolia (Barb.Rodr.) Schltr. 1914
Encyclia lorata Dressler & G.E.Pollard 1974
Encyclia macdougali
Encyclia mariae (Ames) W.E.Higgins
Encyclia megahybos (Schltr.) Dodson & Hágsater
E. megalantha (Barb.Rodr.)
Encyclia meliosma (Rchb.f.) Schltr. (1918)
Encyclia microbulbon
Encyclia microtos (Rchb. f.) Hoehne (1952)
Encyclia moojenii (Pabst) W.E.Higgins
Encyclia mooreana (Rolfe) Schltr. (1914)
Encyclia naranjapatensis Dodson (1977)
Encyclia nematocaulon (A.Rich.) Acuña (1939)
Encyclia neurosa (Ames) W.E.Higgins
Encyclia ochracea ( Lindl. ) W.E.Higgins
Encyclia oestlundii
Encyclia oncidioides (Lindl.) Schltr. (1914)
Encyclia ortgiesii
Encyclia osmantha (Barb.Rodr.) Schltr. (1914)
Encyclia ovulum
Encyclia parviflora (Regel) Withner 1998
Encyclia pastoris (Lex.) Espejo & López-Ferr.
Encyclia patens Hook. 1830
Encyclia pauciflora
Encyclia phoeicea
Encyclia phoenicea
Encyclia plicata Britton & Millsp. 1920
Encyclia pollardiana
Encyclia polybulbon (Swartz) Dressler 1961
Encyclia powellii
Encyclia profusa (Rolfe) Dressler & Pollard 1971
Encyclia punctifera (Rchb.f.) W.E.Higgins
Encyclia pygmaea (Hook.) W.E.Higgins
Encyclia pyriformis (Lindl.) Schltr. 1914.
Encyclia randiana Linden & Rodg. Withner 2000
Encyclia randii
Encyclia remotiflora
Encyclia replicata
Encyclia rufa Islas Turks y Caicos
Encyclia seidelii Pabst 1976
Encyclia selligera (Bateman ex Lindl.) Schltr. 1914
Encyclia sintenisii
Encyclia spatella (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 1924
Encyclia spiritusanctensis L.C.Menezes 1991
Encyclia stellata
Encyclia suaveolens Dressler 1971
Encyclia subulatifolia
Encyclia suzanensis (Hoehne) W.E.Higgins
Encyclia tampensis
Prosthechea tardiflora Mora-Ret. ex Pupulin
Encyclia trachycarpa
Encyclia triangulifera (Rchb. f.) Acuña 1939.
Encyclia truncata
Encyclia unaensis
Encyclia varicosa (Bateman) W.E.Higgins
Encyclia wageneri
Encyclia withneri
Encyclia xipheres
Encyclia xuxiana
Encyclia yauaperyensis

Encyclia is a genus of orchids. The genus name comes from Greek enkykleomai ("to encircle"), referring to the lateral lobes of the lip which encircle the column. The abbreviation in the horticultural trade is E.

The epiphytic genus occurs in Florida, Bahamas, West Indies, Mexico and tropical America in forests in lowlands and at altitudes to 1000 m. The distribution of the species is more or less evenly spread throughout this area.

The terminal leaves grow from thickened pseudobulbs. The flowers arise from an apical inflorescence. This genus is pollinated by bees and birds. There are normally eight pollinia, but in some subgroups this is reduced to four.
Taxonomy

Cladistic research has shown that Encyclia sensu stricto is monophyletic. This genus was originally included in Epidendrum until William Jackson Hooker separated it from that genus in 1828.

The genera Euchile, Prosthechea and Dinema were separated from Encyclia, based on a morphological analysis (Higgins, 1997)

The genus Sulpitia Raf. is a synonym of Encyclia.

There are a number of intergeneric hybrids with Encyclia. Most intergeneric hybrids using Encyclia species used the Genus Epidendrum for naming. This has recently changed.

Encyclia tampensis (Lindl.) Small, is the common "Butterfly Orchid" of peninsular Florida. It also occurs in the Bahamas & Cuba. It has an unusual beauty and has proven to be of exceptional value in orchid hybridizing.

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