Epidendrum arnoldii Schltr. 1924 GROUP Pseudoepidendrum SUBGROUP Porphyreum
Inflorescence Photos by Jay Pfahl ©
Another Flower Photo by Rafael Robles ©
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Common Name Arnold's Epidendrum [Mr Schultze, German Orchid Collector in Colombia 1900's]
Flower Size 3/4" [1.85 cm]
Found in central Colombia in dense, dwarf, mossy, cloud forests at elevations of 1800 to 3300 meters, as a large to giant sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with elongate, leafy stems enveloped by many nerved, striate, leafbearing sheaths and carrying erect-patent, ligulate-oblong, subacute, coriaceous leaves that blooms in the late spring and summer on a terminal, shortly pedunculate to 2.8" [7 cm] long, paniculate, to 5.2" [13 cm] long, densely many flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, acuminate floral bracts and carrying sweetly fragrant flowers
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Beitrage Zur Orchideenkunde Von Colombia 27:134 Schlechter 1924; Native Colombian Orchids VOl 5 COS 1994 as E sp # 5199 photo ok; Icones Orchidacearum 13 Plate 1304 Hagsater & Sanchez 2010 drawing ok; Icones Orchidacearum 13 Plate 1330 Hagsater 2010 see recognitoin section; Icones Orchidacearum Part 13 Plate 1369 Hagsater 2010 see recognition section
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