Encyclia cordigera (Kunth) Dressler

Species

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Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite evergreen herb. It grows 0.3-0.45m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.45
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Flower color
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Environment

Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

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Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Images

Flower

Encyclia cordigera flower picture by SINAC Pérez Greivin (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Encyclia cordigera world distribution map, present in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Suriname, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:90737-2
WFO ID wfo-0000948679
COL ID 39PHJ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 732011
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Limodorum purpureum Cymbidium cordigerum Encyclia cordigera Encyclia doeringii Epidendrum cordigerum Epidendrum macrochilum Epidendrum doeringii Encyclia cordigera f. leucantha Epidendrum longipetalum Encyclia atropurpurea var. rosea Encyclia cordigera var. rosea Epidendrum atropurpureum var. laciniatum Epidendrum macrochilum var. albopurpurea Epidendrum atropurpureum var. roseum Encyclia atropurpurea var. rhodoglossa Epidendrum macrochilum var. roseum Encyclia atropurpurea var. leucantha Encyclia macrochyla