The photos are on-line http://www.orchidstudium.com/encyclia.html
Dalton Dalton Holland Baptista escreveu: > Last September I went to Jaboticabal Orchid Show in São Paulo State. > There was an small Encyclia that I had never seen before. I wondered if > it was Encyclia marxiana, a plant that Campacci described few years ago > and is another one I have never seen, although it seemed different, > smaller and weird, however, as E. marxiana, this one does not have a > wide terminal lip separated from the lateral lobes by an isthmus. It was > greenish with purple stripes. Another interesting fact is that the > flowers did not open very much and were non-resupinate. Later, talking > to Campacci, he was also in doubt if this was in fact E. marxiana or > something different. > > Yesterday evening I was talking to a friend about some other Encyclia > and I came accross the photo of original publication of Encyclia > viridiflora, the type of the genus, a species which no one has seen > during last century. > > Despite there are some diferences on the lip of this plant to the one on > the original description of E. viridiflora, all other information > matches like size, color, shape and color of the column and anther, size > and shape of the pseudobulbs, callus in the lip, non-resupinated > flowers, etc. > > This plant comes from Minas Gerais State, not far From Rio, where it is > said E. viridiflora comes from. > > In ten minutes from now I'll upload some photos to > > http://www.orchidstudium.com/encyclia.html > > Please check it out and comment. > > Dalton > > _______________________________________________ > the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) > [email protected] > http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com > _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
