Encyclia cordigera var. rosea (Bateman) H.G.Jones 1969 is an epiphytic, occasionally lithopytic growing orchid species, native to Central and South America. The beautiful Encyclia cordigera var. rosea is a variation of Encyclia cordigera (H.B.K.) Dressler 1964, which has a mostly white lip. Encyclia cordigera flowers reach a size up to about 7,5 cm and are [read more...]

Encyclia polybulbon (Sw.) Dressler 1961 is an epiphytic or lithophytic growing miniature orchid species, native to Central America, Jamaica and Cuba. Primarily the cute Encyclia polybulbon has been described by the German botanist Curt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel as Bulbophyllum occidentale Spreng. 1827, in 1788 the Swedish botanist Olof Peter Swartz renamed the orchid as Epidendrum [read more...]

The Encyclia radiata (Lindl.) Dressler 1961 was primarily described by Sir John Lindley as Epidendrum radiatum Lindley 1841. 1961 Robert Louis Dressler, an american botanist, categorised this beautiful orchid as Encyclia radiata (Lindl.) Dressler 1961. In the year 1981 the name of the orchid species was changed in Anacheilium radiatum (Lindl.) Pabst, Moutinho & A.V. [read more...]

The beautiful, but quite strange looking Encyclia cochleata Lemee 1955 orchid, is also classified as Anacheilium cochleatum Hoffmannsegg 1842. In common parlance, this orchid beauty from Middle- and South America, is called Octopus Orchid or Clamshell- or Cockle Shell Anacheilium. The epyphytic growing plant is native to Guatemala, Mexico, Belize, Brasil El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, [read more...]