Encyclia diurna (Jacq.) Schltr.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Orchidaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Plants usually clustered, sometimes forming large colonies. Pseudobulbs elongated, ovoid-oblong, 10 cm. long or less. Leaves 2 or 3, linear, rigid, acute or obtuse, 2-5 dm. long, 1.5-2.5 cm. wide; scape more or less branched, 5-10 dm. high; pedicels 1-1.5 cm. long; lateral sepals greenish or purplish, narrowly oblong, acute or obtusish, about 2 cm. long; petals similar to the sepals, obtuse, narrowed below; lip a little shorter than the sepals, white lined with purple, deeply 3-lobed, the middle lobe suborbicular or rhomboid-orbicular, rounded or retuse and apiculate, the lateral lobes oblong, obtuse; column claviform, about 1 cm. long; capsule oval, 1.5-3 cm. long.
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Discussion
Distribution and ecology: On the ground, in rocky soil, or sometimes on trees, throughout the archipelago, from Abaco and Great Bahama to Andros, Mariguana, Acklin's and Caicos Islands : Cuba ; Mexico to Venezuela. Consists of many races, differing in size of the plant, of the leaves and of the flowers, and in color of the perianth. Tall Encyclia.
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Distribution
Abaco and Great Bahama to Andros, Mariguana, Acklin's and Caicos Islands : Cuba ; Mexico to Venezuela.
Great Abaco Bahamas South America| Grand Bahama Bahamas South America| South Andros Bahamas South America| Acklins Bahamas South America| Turks and Caicos Islands South America| Cuba South America| México Mexico North America| Venezuela South America|