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Orchid Species: Epidendrum purpurachylum

Kew currently accepted name is Encyclia gallopavina

Epidendrum purpurachylum is an orchid species identified by Barb.Rodr. in 1877. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Encyclia gallopavina.
Genus
Epidendrum (Epi.)
Grex
purpurachylum
Parents
Species
Author
Barb.Rodr.
Year
1877
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ORIGIN: Found in Espirito Santo, Rio De Janeiro and Sao Paulo states of Brazil on old trees as a medium sized, hot growing, caespitose epiphyte in humid subtropical forests at elevations of 100 to 500 meters.

DESCRIPTION: Found in Espirito Santo, Rio De Janeiro and Sao Paulo states of Brazil on old trees as a medium sized, hot growing, caespitose epiphyte in humid subtropical forests at elevations of 100 to 500 meters with spherical pseudobulbs enveloped basally by several imbricating leaf sheaths carrying 2 apical, coriaceous, smooth, oblanceolate, rounded apically leaves and blooms in spring through summer in Brazil on a terminal, erect, to 3' [to 90 cm] long, paniculate, several to many [50] flowered inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb with lanceolate stem clasping bracts and triangular floral bracts and carrying flowers that have a fragrance of tea.

FLOWER SIZE: 1 1/4 inch [3 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Encyclia E gallopavina 1935 (Rchb.f.) Porto & Brade
Add+ Encyclia E purpurachyla 1935 (Barb.Rodr.) Porto & Brade
Add+ Epidendrum Epi gallopavinum 1855 Rchb.f.
Most awarded/recent cultivars: E. gallopavina 'Peacock' (2001)
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