Epidendrum capitellatum C.Schweinf. 1943 GROUP Capitellatum Photo by Ecuagenera and their Ecuador Orchid Website

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Common Name or Meaning The Small Headed Epidendrum [refers to the capitate, sessile inflorescence]

Flower Size .4" [1 cm]

Found in northern Peru at elevations of 2700 to 3000 meters as a small sized, cold growing epiphyte with a simple, cane-like, straight, laterally compressed stem carrying several to many, ovate-lanceolate, acute, fleshy, basally clasping leaves that blooms in the late winter and spring on an apical, racemose, capitate to subglobose inflorescence carrying simultaneously opening resupinate flowers.

I am not sure of this determination, in fact I do not think that there is a flower there, but, I await more info.

Part of the Capitellatum group

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones Orchidacearum 7 Plate 784 Hagsater 2004 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 8 Part 5 Plate 816 Hagsater 2006 drawing hmm; Orchid Species of Peru Zelenko Bermudez 2009 photo fide

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