Encyclia × alcardoi
Encyclia cordigera
(Kunth) Dressler Species
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- Botanical name
- Encyclia cordigera
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Encyclia
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Encyclia cordigera
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Encyclia cordigera but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Cymbidium cordigerum
Encyclia atropurpurea var. leucantha
Encyclia atropurpurea var. rhodoglossa
Encyclia atropurpurea var. rosea
Encyclia cordigera f. leucantha
Encyclia cordigera var. rosea
Encyclia doeringii
Encyclia macrochyla
Epidendrum atropurpureum var. laciniatum
Epidendrum atropurpureum var. roseum
Epidendrum cordigerum
Epidendrum doeringii
Epidendrum longipetalum
Epidendrum macrochilum
Epidendrum macrochilum var. albopurpurea
Epidendrum macrochilum var. roseum
Limodorum purpureum
Others in Encyclia
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