Contains 2 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics

Encyclia Hook.
BUTTERFLY ORCHID

Classification

ASPARAGALES
Encyclia

Citation

ENCYCLIA Hooker, Bot. Mag. 55: t. 2831. 1828.
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TYPE: Encyclia viridiflora Hooker

Species

Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Encyclia rufa RUFOUS BUTTERFLY ORCHID Not Native
Encyclia tampensis FLORIDA BUTTERFLY ORCHID Native

Identification Key

1.  Sepals, petals, and lip mostly uniformly yellow to brownish yellow, rarely the lip with faint purplish markings; lip with down-curved margins
1.  Sepals and petals brownish yellow, brownsih green, to brownish purple, lip white with purple markings; lip plane or the margins only slightly lax

Genus Synonyms

Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
No synonyms found.