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Encyclia xipheres

Encyclia xipheres
Photo: Gaiacoyote, CC0
Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Epiphyte, Orchid
Native range
S. Mexico to Honduras
Climate
wet tropical

About

Encyclia xipheres, the threadstemmed encyclia, or is a species of orchid with an epiphytic habit. Occurring from southern Mexico south into Honduras, it is a member of the family Orchidaceae.

Where it grows

In southern Mexico, Encyclia xipheres occurs in the states of Campeche, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz and Yucatán. In Central America it is found in Guatemala and Honduras.

Other Encyclia plants

Encyclia adenocarpa · Encyclia adenocaula · Encyclia advena · Winged Encyclia · Encyclia alboxanthina · Encyclia ambigua · Encyclia bohnkiana · Encyclia bracteata · Encyclia candollei · Encyclia ceratistes · Encyclia conchaechila · Large Lipped Encyclia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Encyclia xipheres by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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