Epidendrum aylacotoglossum Hágsater 2004 GROUP Arbuscula SUBGROUP Incomptum Drawing by © Lopez and Hagsater Epidendra Website

Common Name The Grooved Tongue Epidendrum

Flower Size 1.2" [3 cm]

Found in Colombia at elevations around 1800 meters as a small sized, cool growing terrestria lwith simple, cane-like, terte, straight, each new growth produced from the middle internode of the previous growth stems carrying 3, towards the apex, unequal, narrowlt elliptic, acute, marginally entire, smooth leaves that blooms in the late spring on a terminal; occuring only once, racemose, laterally comrpessed, ancipitose, arching, nutant, dense, to 20 flowered inflorescence carrying simultaneously opening, resupinate flowers.

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Icones Orchidacearum Plate 710 Hagsater & Sanchez 2004 drawing ok;

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