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Key to Encyclia

Orchidaceae

Encyclia

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1 Lip green or yellow (occasionally with some white), middle lobe subovate to elongate without dark purple spot; capsules to 2.5 cm long and 2 cm wide; inflorescences with up to 50 flowers
1 Lip white, middle lobe suborbiculate with dark purple spot; capsules to to 4 cm long and 1.5 cm wide; inflorescences with up to 30 flowers