Encyclia pyriformis 'Kathleen' JC 2025-11-17

Posted on November 17, 2025

Finding
SITF confirms this plant as Encyclia pyriformis (Nov 2025). This plant is a good match to E. pyriformis and to the first of prior awards, a CHM in 2003, which was identified by John Beckner, a taxonomist in Selby Gardens. The submitted photos are a close match to the photos of E. pyriformis in Orchid Roots and in the IOSPE. It also matches E. pyriformis in Withners, The cattleyas and their Relatives, Volume 4, where there are two drawings of this species; one with 2 leaves per pseudobulb and one with one leaf per pseudobulb.
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