Encyclia phoenicea August 2023 Reserva de Biosfera Cuchillas del Toa, Baracoa © Roberto Jovel
This beautiful Orchid is very common in all the provinces of Cuba, and usually grows on trees or shrubs, but occasionally on rocks. It is endemic to Cuba and flowers from April to December. The flowering season has a marked altitudinal variation. In mountainous zones over 300m it flowers from August to December.
In the early hours of the morning, the flowers emit a strong fragrance that can be detected up to 5m away, and this attracts bees to pollinate them. People associate this fragrance with the smell
of chocolate or vanilla, giving rise to the common name.
Thank you Roberto for your beautiful photo. Roberto and his partner have a wonderful casa called Villa Paradiso where people can stay.
In the early hours of the morning, the flowers emit a strong fragrance that can be detected up to 5m away, and this attracts bees to pollinate them. People associate this fragrance with the smell
of chocolate or vanilla, giving rise to the common name.
Thank you Roberto for your beautiful photo. Roberto and his partner have a wonderful casa called Villa Paradiso where people can stay.
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