Epidendrum boricuarum Hágsater & Sánchez Mata 1993 GROUP Difforme Photo courtesy of Richard Gautier and His Guadeloupe Orchid Page

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Common Name The Boricuas Epidendrum [Indigenous name of The Puerto Rican People, pre Colombian]

Flower Size 1/8" [3 cm]

Found in Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and Guadeloupe at elevations of sealevel to 1000 meters as a small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Icones Orchidacearum 2, The genus Epidendrum. Part 1. A century of new species in Epidendrum; Fascicle 2: pl. 114 Hagsater 1993; Icones Orchidacearum 2 Plate 133 Hagsater 1993 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 2 Plate 167 Hagsater 1993 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 3 Plate 321 Hagsater 1999 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 4 Plate 401 Hagsater 2001 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 4 Plate 429 Hagsater 2001 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 8 Plate 827 Hagsater 2006 see recognition section;

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