Encyclia tampensis |
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Florida butterfly orchid, Tampa butterfly orchid |
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Habit | Plants to 50 cm. |
Leaves | 1–3, linear-lanceolate, 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. |
Pseudobulbs | aggregate, dark green, ovoid-pyriform, 1–7 × 1–2.5 cm. |
Encyclia tampensis |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Sep; fruiting throughout year. |
Habitat | Epiphytic on many different trees and palms in forests and hammocks |
Elevation | 0–100 m (0–300 ft) |
Distribution |
FL; West Indies (Bahamas)
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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. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 608. |
Parent taxa | Orchidaceae > subfam. Epidendroideae > tribe Epidendreae > subtribe Laeliinae > Encyclia |
Synonyms | Epidendrum tampense, E. tampensis, Epidendrum tampense var. albolabium |
Name authority | (Lindley) Small: Fl. Miami, 56. (1913) |
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