Encyclia cordigera (Kunth) Dressler. Spring ushers in the beginning of Encyclia season and there are many excellent species in the genus

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Encyclia cordigera (Kunth) Dressler. Long known as Epidendrum atropurpureum, this beautiful orchid ranges from Mexico, though Central America and Northern South America, and reportedly into Brazil.

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Size: 5760px × 3840px
Location: Cra. 38d #4C-08, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Photo credit: © Francisco Lopez-Machado / Alamy / Afripics
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