noelcoutin's Identifications

This is Encyclia x osmentii Sauleda & Esperon, a natural hybrid (E. hamiltonii x E. moebusii).

Seen and photographed in its natural habitat, along river Báez, Baracoa, Guantánamo.

This is the article whereby it was first described: Sauleda, R.P. & P. Esperón, (2016), "A New Natural Hybrid From Eastern Cuba", in New World Orchidaceae – Nomenclatural Notes, Nomenclatural Note – Issue No. 22. https://www.academia.edu/26369851/A_New_Natural_Hybrid_From_Eastern_Cuba

And this is the article documenting the natural locality for the hybrid: Soto Calvo, M.A., P. Esperón, R.P. Sauleda, N. Coutín Lobaina (2019), "A Locality for Encyclia xosmentii Sauleda & Esperon is Documented in Cuba", in New World Orchidaceae – Nomenclatural Notes, Nomenclatural Note – Issue No. 52. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334429268_A_Locality_for_Encyclia_xosmentii_Sauleda_Esperon_is_documented_in_Cuba

This is an alba variation of Dilomilis olygophylla. Seen and photographed at 582 meters above sea level in the Baracoa Conservation Department of Alexander Humboldt National Park (UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site).