#cordigera

[phytophiliac]

Encyclia cordigera by Richard Ellis Via Flickr: Encyclia cordigera is a popular orchid species native to Mexico, Central America and into Brazil. It has a pleasant aroma that to me smells like chocolate and vanilla. #Encycliacordigera #Encyclia #cordigera #orchid #CUgreenhouse #botany

[conspectusargosy]

Encyclia cordigera is an orchid found from southern Mexico through Panama and scattered in northern Colombia. This usually epiphytic plant grows in fairly dry through tropical forests with a variety of phenotypes. An adaptable orchid, it is well-liked in collections and has 3 prominent color forms ranging from an alba form (green petals/sepals and white lip) through the darker form shown here. The flower stems emerge from between a pair of leaves atop fairly large pyramidal oval pseudobulbs. Many orchids have a history of repeated misidentification or generalization, this species having received more than its fair share. In the past it was depicted as a related but distinct species from Brazil, as well as generalized as Epidendrum altopurpurea. Check out the lower flower where a growth defect changed the distribution of pigment and how that responds to the ultraviolet differently!

[phytophiliac]

Encyclia cordigera pseudobulbs. The name Orchid comes from the latin orchis which means testicle. This is familiar to folks in the medical world where cryptorchid is a term that means undescended testicle and the medical term for neutering a male dog or cat is orchidectomy. This closeup of the pseudobulbs of Encyclia cordigera I think nicely illustrates how the name applies. #pseudobulbs #pseudobulb #encycliacordigera #encyclia #cordigera #CUgreenhouse #botany (at CU Greenhouse) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm2iI1IL8Ls/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[pcpereira]