Encyclia tampensis

(Lindley) Small

Fl. Miami, 56. 1913.

Common names: Florida butterfly orchid
Illustrated
Basionym: Epidendrum tampense Lindley Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 33: plate 35. 1847
Synonyms: Encyclia tampensis (Lindley) Schlechter Epidendrum tampense var. albolabium A. D. Hawkes
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 608. Mentioned on page 606.

Plants to 50 cm. Pseudobulbs aggregate, dark green, ovoid-pyriform, 1–7 × 1–2.5 cm. Leaves 1–3, linearlanceolate, 8–40 × 0.5–2 cm, leathery. Inflorescences racemes to panicles, lax, 10–80 cm. Flowers 3–45, green, yellow, or brown, often suffused with purple; sepals and petals similar, extended, oblanceolate-spatulate, 12–22 × 4–6.5 mm, apex obtuse; lip white, deeply 3-lobed, 12–18 × 12–18 mm when spread, middle lobe usually with large purple spot, suborbiculate, 6–10 mm wide, margins undulate, lateral lobes purple-veined, ovate-triangular; callus on isthmus; anthers 1, yellow; column straight, prominent wings on sides of stigmatic cavity, 1 cm. Capsules: pedicel 15–17 mm, body 17–27 × 15 mm, beak 3 mm.


Phenology: Flowering May–Sep; fruiting throughout year.
Habitat: Epiphytic on many different trees and palms in forests and hammocks
Elevation: 0–100 m

Distribution

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Fla., West Indies (Bahamas)

Discussion

Flowers of Encyclia tampensis are fragrant, with a sweet or honey odor, starting about noon and peaking in early afternoon when small bees in genera Auglochlora and Halictus pollinate the flowers.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Encyclia tampensis"
self-pollination +
Eric Hágsater +
(Lindley) Small +
Epidendrum tampense +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (?) +
indehiscent +
not +  and articulate +
conduplicate +  and plicate +
flattened +, triangular +  and cylindric +
1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br /> (2.7 cm27 mm <br />0.027 m <br />) +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (?) +
boat-shaped +
Florida butterfly orchid +
Fla. +  and West Indies (Bahamas) +
0–100 m +
suffused with purple +, brown +, yellow +  and green +
simultaneous +
Epiphytic on many different trees and palms in forests and hammocks +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br />) +
ovate-triangular +
articulate +  and sessile +
duplicate +, convolute +, whorled +, opposite +, distichous +  and alternate +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (?) +  and 40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br /> (?) +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
reduced +
leathery +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
3-lobed +
larger +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
purple spot +
undulate +  and suborbiculate +
6mm +  and 10mm +
differing in form and color +
1-many-flowered +  and cymose +
pendent +  and erect +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br />) +
12mm;22mm +
oblanceolate-spatulate +
extended +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.65 cm6.5 mm <br />0.0065 m <br />) +
Flowering May–Sep +  and fruiting throughout year. +
compressed +  and obovoid +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
ovoid-pyriform +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
aerial +  and subterranean +
semiorbiculate +
minute +
free +, distinct +, adnate +  and connate +
oblanceolate-spatulate +
extended +
foliaceous +
not +  and alike +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.65 cm6.5 mm <br />0.0065 m <br />) +
Illustrated +
proliferous +
thickened +  and stout +
concave +  and convex +
Encyclia tampensis +  and Epidendrum tampense var. albolabium +
Encyclia tampensis +
Encyclia +
species +
annual +  and perennial +
saprophytic +, photosynthetic +  and mycotrophic +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +