Epidendrum lehmannii Rchb.f. 1878 GROUP Excisum SUBGROUP Leucochilum Photo by © Lourens Grobler

Common Name Lehmann's Epidendrum [German Consul to Colombia 1800's]

Flower Size 1.2" [3 cm]

Found in Ecuador and Peru at elevations around 1800 meters as a medium sized, warm to cool growing, large to giant sized terrestrial that blooms in the spring with flowers that smell of Papaya.

Similar to E lacustre but differs in the has a few very wide leaves and smaller flowers that appear to be or be related to E nocturnum but has spathaceous bracts and flowers only once.

Synonyms Epidendrum euspathum Kraenzl. 1905

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Otia Botanica Hamburgensia Rchb.f 1878; Orchids of Peru, Fieldiana, First Supplement, Schweinfurth 1970; Icones Orchidacearum 8 Plate 820 Hagsater 2006 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum Vol 11 Plate 1135 Hagsater & Sanchez 2008 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum Part 12 Plate 1260 Hagsater 2009 see recognition section;

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