Encycliacordigera[HBK]Dressler1964PhotoscourtesyofJayPfahl

and
CommonNameLargelippedEncycliaInNicaraguaFlordeEncarnacion
FlowerSize3"[7.5cm]
FoundinMexico,Guatemala,Belize,ElSalvador,Honduras,Nicaragua,CostaRica,Panama,FrenchGuiana,Surinam,Guyana,Venezuela,Brazil,
ColombiaandPeruasamediumsized,bifoliate,hottowarmgrowingepiphyte,butcanoccasionallybelithophytic,occurringindryforests,tropical
rainforestsandindensescrubatanaltitudeof0to900meterswithovoidpyriform,tosubglobosepseudobulbs,subtendedbyascarioussheathsin
youth,sulcatewithageandcarrying2oblongelliptic,obtuse,coriaceous,narrowingbelowintoanelongate,narrow,petiolelikebaseleavesthat
bloomsinthewinterandspringonanapical,to2'[60cm]long,fewtomanyflowered,racemoseinflorescencewithashort,basalbractandstrongly
fragrant,heavilytexturedflowers.
IthasbeenmisnamedforyearsasEnc.atropurpureumRchb.f.[reallyPsychilusatropurpureum]andtherearemanyvarietiesavailable.This
specieshaslarge,ovoidpyriformtosubglobosepseudobulbswithbasalscarioussheathswithtwooblongelliptic,obtuseleaveswhichhasaterminal
inflorescencethatarisesfromamaturepseudobulb,oftenasanewgrowtharises.Thisspeciesisoftenfoundinconjunctionwithantsandmay
benefitfromtheirpresence.
Synonyms*CymbidiumcordigerumKunth1815Encycliaatropurpureavar.leucanthaSchlechter1922Encycliaatropurpureavar.rhodoglossa
Schltr.1922Encycliaatropurpureavar.rosea[Batem.]Summerhayes1957Encycliacordigeravarrosea[Batem.]H.G.Jones1969Encyclia
doeringiiHoehneEncycliaduboisiana(Brongn.exA.Rich.)Neumann1845Encycliamacrochila(Hook.)Neumann1845Epidendrum
atropurpureumvar.lionetianumCogn.1903Epidendrumatropurpureumvar.longilabreCogn.1903Epidendrumatropurpureumvarroseum
[Batem.]Rchb.f1854Epidendrumcordigerum(Kunth)Foldats1969Epidendrumdoeringii(Hoehne)A.D.Hawkes1957Epidendrum
duboisianumBrongn.EpidendrumlongipetalumGodefroyLebeuf1892EpidendrummacrochilumHook.1836Epidendrummacrochilumvar.
albopurpureumC.Morren1846EpidendrummacrochilumHookervarroseumBatem.1839
ReferencesW3Tropicos,KewMonocotlist,IPNILankester'sEpidendraWebsiteCRTheOrchidsofMexicoandGuatemalaBateman1843asE
macrochilumvarroseumdrawingfideBonplandiaRchb.f1854asEpidendrum/EncycliumatropurpureumDieOrchideenSchlechter1915asE

atropurpureaphotofideAtlasdesOrchideesCultiveesConstantin1920asEpidendrumatropurpureumdrawingfideRepert.Sp.Nov.Regni.Veg.
Beih.17:45.PanamaSchlechter1922asEatropurpureaRepert.Sp.Nov.Regni.Veg.Beih.19:46.CostaRicaSchlechter1923asEatropurpurea
Repert.Sp.Nov.Regni.Veg.Beih.19:130.CostaRicaSchlechter1923asEatropurpureaRepert.Sp.Nov.Regni.Veg.Beih.19:221.CostaRica
Schlechter1923asEatropurpureaBeitrageZurOrchideenkundeVonColombia27:137Schlechter1924asEatropurpureaTheOrchidsof
PanamaL.O.Williams&PAllen1946asEatropurpureumnotdescription=EcordigeraTheOrchidsofPanamaL.O.Williams&PAllen1946as
Eatropurpureumvarlacinatumnot=EcordigeraAOSBulletinVol30No41961photoasEpidendrumatropurpureumVenezuelanOrchidsVol2
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atropurpureumWilld.not=PsychilusatropurpureumdescriptionfideforEcordigeraAOSBulletinVol35No101966asEpidendrum
atropurpureumvarroseumAOSBulletinVOl38No61969asEpidendrumatropurpureumFloradeVenezuelaFoldatsVolumenXVPart31970
asEpidendrumcordigeradrawingfideDieOrchideen#103740atafel10RudolphSchlechter1971photofideLasOrquediasDeElSalvadorVol1
Hamer1974asEpidendrumcordigerumdrawing/photofideAOSBulletinVol48No51979OrchidsofVenezuelaAnIllustratedFieldGuideVol
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1981asEpidendrumcordigerumdrawingfideIconesPlanetarumTropicarumPlate688Dodson1982drawingfideOrchidDigestVol47No31983
photofideSelbyanaVol10OrchidsofCentralAmericaHamer1988drawingfideIconesPlanetarumTropicarumSeriesIIOrchidsofPeruPlate
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1998photookAOSBulletinVol69No52000photoOrchidsofVenezuela[Anillustratedfieldguide]Vol.1RamiroandCarnevali2000drawing
fideCattleyasandTheirRelativesVolVIWithner2000photofideCattleyasandTheirRelativesVolVIWithner2000asEdoeringiidrawingok
IconesOrchidacearumPeruviarumPlate632Bennett&Christenson2001drawingfideOrquideasNativasdelTachiraCesarFernandez2003photo
fideAOSBulletinVol72No52003photoFloraoftheVenezuelanGuayanaVol7Steyermark,Berry,YatskievychandHolst2003drawingokAOS
BulletinVol73No82004AOSBulletinVol74No52005photoVanishingBeauty,NativeCostaRicanOrchidsVol1Pupulin2005photofideAOS
BulletinVol75No12006AOSBulletinVol75No82006photoAOSBulletinVol77No112006photoasEpidendrumatropureumOrchidSpecies
ofPeruZelenkoBermudez2009photofideOrchidsofCostaRicaVol1Morales2009photofideLasOrquideasdelPeruIzerskyy&Bezverhov
2011photofideOrchidFloraoftheGreaterAntillesAckerman2014asEatropurpurea[Ecordigera]anexcludedspecies

Encycliacordigeravarrosea[Batem.]H.G.Jones1969
AnotherclonePhotoscourtesyofJayPfahl
PlantandFlowersinsituMexico
AnotherPlantandFlowersinsituMexicoPhotosbyJesusCid
AbeauifulvarietyfromColombia.
ReferencesW3Tropicos,KewMonocotlist,IPNITheOrchidsofMexicoandGuatemalaBateman1843asEmacrochilumvarroseumdrawing
fideBonplandiaRchb.f1854asEpidendrumatropurpureumvarroseumEncyclopediaofCultivatedOrchidsHawkes1965asEpidendrum
atropurpureumfmaroseumCattleyasandTheirRelativesVol5Withner1998photofideVanishingBeauty,NativeCostaRicanOrchidsVol1
Pupulin2005photofideOrchidsofCostaRicaVol1Morales2009photofide