Encyclia cochleata

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

Artist: S. Edwards, Sansum