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Encyclia ambigua (Lindl.) Schltr., Orchideen: 208 (1914).

This name is accepted.

Award 2013 3639 Huston

Pat,

I got the true Encyclia ambigua
awarded yesterday. Julius will send you all the information includig the award
photos. It appears that the 3 previous awards to "ambigua" are,
infact, the species Encyclia trachychila with its yellow, chartreuse, mustard
yelloy lip and a brown overlay on the segments. I sent photos of both species
to G Carnevalli and he agreed.

His e-mailcomments are as follows

Dear Dr. Hunt: Your assessment of
species limits is correct. The white flowered species is the true Encyclia
ambigua, the other is the rare (in Mexico, but apparently common in places
of Guatemala) E. trachychila. There is no confusion regarding these
species in the Lindley herbarium.