Encyclia

Finding

SITF confirms this plant as Encyclia rzedowskiana (note: name corrected to agree with POWO) (Jun 2026). Dr. Eric Hagsater said "Encyclia rzedowskiana can be separated from its allies by its green-yellowish tepals longitudinally speckled with brownish-purple, ovate, pleated midlobe of the lip, which is minutely apiculate, conduplicate and deflexed, and separated from the lateral lobes by obscure sinuses." This plant is also a good match to the color photographs on the POWO and the original description, which includes a drawing. The flowers are a bit larger than in the description, but within range.

PDFLinks:

Number Of Leaves Per Growth Or Cane: 2

Leaf Length: 21.0

Leaf Width: 3.1

Leaf Margin: entire

Leaf Shape: lanceolate

Pseudobulb Length: 6.5

Pseudobulb Width: 4.0

Pseudobulb Margin: ovoid, papery sheath

Pseudobulb Distance: 0

Pseudobulb Root Tip: green76.0

Inflorescence Overall Length: 76.0

Inflorescence Arrangement: branched

Inflorescence Dist Base To Bud: 20.0

Inflorescence Dist Bet Flowers: 3.0

Inflorescence Dist To Sepal: 0.2

Ovary Length: 2.0

Ovary Width: 0.2

Ovary Shape: round

Ovary Color: green

Ovary Texture: bumpy, bristled

Flower Natural Spread Length: 3.3

Flower Natural Spread Width: 3.0

Dorsal Sepal Length: 1.2

Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.5

Lateral Sepals Length: 1.6

Lateral Sepals Width: 0.5

Petals Width: 0.6

Judging Center: FNCJC

Award Number: 20262818

Award Date: May 01, 2026

Awarded As: CBR

Thirty-two flowers on one branched 76-cm inflorescence on a three-growth plant with ovate pseudobulbs 4.0 cm wide by 6.5 cm long with two lanceolate green leaves 3.1 cm wide by 21.0 cm long, margin entire; sepals and petals chartreuse, lanceolate, slightly spatulate, stippled mahogany in a somewhat linear pattern, distally blushed mahogany; lip trilobed, side lobes strap-shaped, distally reflexed, green, proximal half striped mahogany, midlobe round, white, proximal margin 0.2 wide, green, stippled light purple, centrally white, lightly striated light purple, margin ruffled; column white, basally overlaid green, stippled mahogany; anther cap very pale green; substance moderate, texture matte; ovary bumpy and slightly bristled. Awarded for rarity in cultivation. Native to Mexico (Guerrero, Oaxaca).

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