Encyclia Jewell's Gemstone

Encyclia Jewell’s Gemstone

Cross: (Enc. Rioclarense ‘Anda’ x Enc. alata ‘Celle’)

Encyclia Rioclarence is a primary hybrid between Enc. cordigera and Enc. randii. It is one of our favorite hybrids and has sweetly fragrant flowers that are a rich chocolate brown and a deep purple lip.

Encyclia alata is a Central American species with very fragrant 2” honey-colored flowers. The two-foot flower spike is branched and the flowers are long-lasting. In nature they grow very high in the trees on the edge of the canopy. Easy to grow! The resulting hybrid produces fantastic fragrant flowers on upright stems.

(The flower picture is of one of the first bloomed seedlings from this cross.)

(Blooming size.)