Epidendrum dixorum Hágsater 1993 GROUP Difforme Photo courtesy of Bill Bergstrom

Common Name or Meaning Dix's Epidendrum [Mr & Mrs - Co-Collectors of species current]

Flower Size 1.6" [4 cm]

Found in Mexico and Guatemala at elevations of 2100 to 2150 meters and is part of the E difforme complex, found as a miniature to small sized, cool growing epiphyte with reed-like, terete, slightly flexuous stem enveloped below by leafless and leaf-bearing sheaths and carrying8 to 12, ellitpic to lanceolate, unequally bilobed apically, basally clasping leaves and blooms at most any time of the year on a terminal ,short, subumbellate inflorescence carrying simultaneous, resupinate, nocturnally foul scented flowers.

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Icones Orchidacearum 2 The Genus Epidendrum Part 1 Plate 129 Hagsater 1993 drawing ok;

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