Encyclia polybulbon

picture taken january 25th, 2007

Encyclia polybulbon [Swartz} Dressler. 1961
syn: Epidendrum polybulbon (Swartz 1788), Dinema polybulbon (Lindl. 1831)

Acquired: De Wilg, Nieuwerkerk aan de IJssel, maart 2006
Size: flowering size

Description:
Sympodial. Plant about 4 cm high. Rambling habit.
Bulb oblong small, 2 cm long, less then 1 cm broad, set on a branching rhizome. Two leaves at apex, 2-3 cm long.
Single flower at the apex of the bulb, between the leaves. Bud enveloped by a 1 cm sheet. Shortly stalked.
Flower 3 cm accross. Sepals 20 mm, petals 12 mm, both bronze yellow. Lip 15 mm cm, white with a golden keel in the middle.

Culture:

History:

• 2007 flowering: january 3rd - march ??
  

Maxillaria chrysantha

picture taken february 11th, 2007

Maxillaria chrysantha Rodr. 1871
syn: Maxillaria serotina, Maxillaria macrobulbosa (Barb.)

Acquired: De Wilg, Nieuwerkerk aan de IJssel, april 1998
Size: flowering size

Description:
Sympodial. Plant about 20 cm high.
Bulb ovoid with strong vertical ribs, 3-4 cm, closely set together. Two leaves at apex, 15-25 cm long, strap like.
Few (up to three?) single flowered infloresences per bulb. 8-10 cm long.
Flowers 3 cm accross. Sepals and petals 3 cm, curved inward. Outside soft yellow, inside pale yellow. Lip 3 cm, whitish with red striping inside. Column 18mm, dark red.

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History:

• 2007 flowering: january 29th - march 1st