Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-    Plate No. 572

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-COMMON_NAMES-Purple-flowered Epidendrum,
Cockle Orchid, Clamshell Orchid
-GENUS-Epidendrum
-SPECIES-Epidendrum cochleatum
-CLASS-Gynandria
-ORDER-Diandria
-AUTHORITY-Linnaeus

-MODERN_GENUS-Encyclia
-MODERN_SPECIES-Encyclia cochleata
-MODERN_FAMILY-Orchidacea

-PLANT_TYPE-perennial
-COLOR-yellow-green to lime green, marked purple
-SEASON-  throughout the year
-NATIVE_REGION-Colombia, Venezuela, Florida, W Indies, C
America
-ZONE-10

-SOURCE-The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME-16
-PUB_DATE-1802
-REISSUED-    __
-EDITOR- John Sims
-ARTIST-S. Edwards, Sansum
-NALPCD-Disc 0413 IMG0065.PCD