Epidendrum brenesii Schltr.1923 GROUP Arbuscula SUBGROUP Incomptum Specimen by © Romero Epidendra Website THROUGH EARLY

Common Name Brenes' Epidendrum [Costa Rican Botanist in the late 1800 to early 1900's]

Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]

Found in Costa Rica in disturbed forests at elevations of 1000 to 2000 meters as a medium to large sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with simple, erect, cane-like, terete, producedfrom the middle internode of the previous stem, straight stems and carrying 3 to 5, aggregate towards the apex, alternate, subcoriaceous, erect-spreading, oblong, acute, margin entir, articulate below into the base leaves that blooms in the fall though early summer on a terminal, occuring only once, racemose, rarely paniculate, arching, thin, ancipitose, straight, 8 to 12 flowered inflorescence with a lanceolate, acute bract and half as long as the ovary, triangular, acuminate floral bracts and carrying successively opening, weakly afternoon scented flowers.

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones Orchidacearum 8 Plate 814 Hagsater & Sanchez 2006 drawing fide;

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