While I was tripping in the central brazilian plateau I found this orchid. The vegetation there is mainly of grasslands - although it could be called savanna, it looks more bushy than most savannas I know. Rivers flow from the mountain tops, and the little valleys they form have a usually thick and tall vegetation, more like a jungle (the air is quite humid, and the soil is moist and organical, contrasting with the surounding environment). In those places, the epiphytes are fairly common, while they are very rare in other places of the savanna.
So I found myself in one of these "forest islands", with orchids everywhere hanging on the trees and all. Most of them didnīt have flowers, but this one had. It had a delicious scent. We collected some and sent to an specialist, so they will identify it. So far, I can say itīs an Encyclia. I never saw one of these in cultivation, so I can call it a wild plant, no? ^.^
