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whitecat8

Encyclia bracteata - mini-winner

19 years ago

This is my one and only Encyclia. A Forum member recommended it for the small size, sequential blooming, and long-lasting flowers, cautioning me not to order the more easily-found bractescens by mistake. She nailed it.

Each flower lasts about 2.5 months and smells clean. The stick (from Andy's last summer) is 11" long, and the flowers are 1.5" across, not spread out.

Now there's a second spike blooming, and the first spike has branched and has a bud. Jay's says it blooms in nature in spring and in cultivation from late summer to early fall. This plant missed that info. Mine arrived in bloom in July, 2nd flower faded in Dec., new pb spiked in March, 1st flower bloomed from April 29-July 6; 2nd flower opened July 22 and is the larger flower in the picture.

Jay's also says they need almost complete shade. Good thing I didn't read that, either - I've had it as close to the sources of E/SE light as it can get.

Apologies for the fuzzy pix. I need a better camera for the orchids, of course.

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The little "spur" hanging down behind the bud is another bud. It's so tiny, it seems a wonder it can survive a puff of wind, but then orchids are a wonder, period.

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Whitecat8

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