Growing conditions
Warm Temperature class
0–980m Elevation
11°C Day/night drop
1,678mm Annual rainfall
Seasonal Rainfall pattern
Temperature
17°N Northern Hemisphere Day high Night low Range across populations
Rainfall
1,678mm/yearJan 28° 26–29 17° 14–18 71mm
Feb 29° 28–30 17° 14–18 49mm
Mar 31° 30–32 18° 16–20 39mm
Apr 32° 31–33 20° 18–21 43mm
May 33° 32–34 21° 19–22 110mm
Jun 32° 30–33 21° 19–22 251mm
Jul 32° 30–32 21° 19–22 231mm
Aug 32° 30–32 21° 19–22 216mm
Sep 31° 30–32 21° 19–22 256mm
Oct 30° 28–31 20° 18–21 210mm
Nov 29° 27–30 19° 16–20 120mm
Dec 28° 26–29 18° 15–19 85mm
Bloom Season
Based on 11 Encyclia awards. Showing genus-level data.
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Awards
ACC / AOC 2014 'Big Laurie'
79.60 points Exhibited by Lucke P. QLD 24 October 2014
Measurements
Flower size 62 × 49 mm Petals 28 × 2 mm Dorsal sepal 31 × 2 mm Lateral sepals 29 × 4 mm Lip 26 × 13 mm
19 inflorescences 179 flowers 20 buds
19 inflorescences of 420mm with 179 flowers and 20 buds (12 relevant); petals and sepals All over Greyed Yellow 162B overlaid with Greyed Orange 166B.; labellum Purple Violet 80D with Purple Violet 80B veining
View on AOC website ↗Hybrids from Encyclia bractescens
As seed parent
Encyclia Exotic's Mini Jungle × Epidendrum Orchid Jungle
Encyclia Louis Felipe × Epidendrum nematocaulon
Encyclia Orchid Jungle Orphan × Epidendrum meliosma
As pollen parent
Catyclia Dorescens Cattleya Doris 1894 ×
Catyclia Florence Rogers Cattleya Cinnabrosa ×
Catyclia Tiger Eye Cattleya Coronet 1902 ×
Disa Purple Martins Eny Middleburg ×
Enanthleya Purple Martins Enanthleya Middleburg ×
Encyclia Beatrice Orendorf Epidendrum Borincana ×
Encyclia Borincana Epidendrum alata ×
Encyclia Dana Epidendrum argentinensis [confusa] ×
Encyclia Dancing Bees Encyclia Bees' Knees ×
Encyclia Estrella de Comalapa Encyclia selligera ×
Encyclia Hereford Jewel Encyclia cordigera ×
Encyclia Leili Epidendrum fucata ×
Encyclia Sandra Elliott Epidendrum stellata ¶ ×
Encyclia Savannah Pixie Epidendrum incumbens [aromaticum] ×
Encyclia Sweet Garden Epidendrum randii [randianum] ×