Encyclia candollei

Encyclia candollei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Encyclia
Species:	E. candollei
Binomial name
	Encyclia candollei; (Lindl.) Schltr. (1914)
Synonyms
	Encyclia laxa Schltr. (1918); Epidendrum candollei Lindl. (Basionym) (1839); Epidendrum cepiforme Hook. (1839); Epidendrum laxum Schltr. (1918);

Encyclia candollei is a species of epiphytic orchid of yellow-brown to reddish flowers, native to Belize, Guatemala and Mexico.

Description

The orchid species is a medium-sized, cool growing, epiphytic species. It has clustered, ovoid-conical to globose pseudobulbs enveloped basally by several scarious, sheaths and 1 to 3, coriaceous, elliptic -ligulate leaves. It blooms in the later spring and summer on a terminal 3 foot [to 90 cm] long, many flowered panicle arising on a mature pseudobulb with several short branches and carrying 2 to 8, weakly fragrant flowers.^[1]

The flowers have sepals and petals that are yellow-brown to chocolate and a lip that is cream-colored with fine red-violet veins.^[2]^[3] The flowers are displayed high above the leaves and have a mild fragrance.^[4]

Distribution and habitat

Encyclia candollei is a cool growing epiphyte usually growing on oaks in mountainous forests at elevations of 500 to 1500 meters. Their habitat is situated in Belize, Guatemala and Mexico.^[1]^[4]