Epidendrum bisulcatum Ames 1923 GROUP Arbuscula SUBGROUP Incomptum Drawing by © Ames Epidendra Website

Flower? Photo by © Daniel Matamoros>

another Flower? Photo by © Loco Joe's Website

Common Name The Twice Grooved Epidendrum [a misnomer has only one]

Flower Size 1.2" [3 cm]

Found in Costa Rica and Panama at elevations of 1500 to 2500 meters as a medium sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte with simple, cane-like, terete, thin, straight stems carrying 2 to 4, towards the apex, alternate, subcoriaceous, oblong, entire margin, acute, conduplicate into the base leaves that blooms in the fall through winter on a terminal, occuring only once, racemose, arching, thin, ancipitose inflorescence with a bract towards the middle that is similar to the shorter than the ovary, triangular, acuminte floral bracts and carrying 6 to 9 successively opening, non-resupinate, nocturnally fragrant flowers

CAUTION The drawing is the type so it must be correct but the two flower photos are quite different and I cannot be sure of which is correct if not both.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Icones Orchidacearum 8 Plate 812 Hagsater & Sanchez 2006 drawing ok; Icones Orchidacearum Part 13 Plate 1386 Hagsater 2010 see recognition section;

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