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
