Epidendrum quinquepartitum Schltr. 1922 GROUP Cristatum SUBGROUP Cnemidophorum Photo courtesy of Shawnee Lyons

to LATE and EARLY

Common Name The 5 Lobed Epidendrum [refers to the 5 lobed lip]

Flower Size 1.6" [4 cm]

Found in Bolivia at elevations of 1300 to 1800 meters as a medium to large sized, warm growing reed stem epiphyte with an erect, strict to substrict stem envelopped completely by leaf bearing sheaths and carrying erect-patent, ligulate to sub-lanceolate, ligulate, obliquely obtuse, coriaceous, glabrous leaves that blooms on an arching to pendant, 8 to 10" [20 to 25 cm] long, laxly several flowered inflorescence enveloped by several imbricating bracts occuring in the fall and winter

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Die Orchideen der Sudamerikanischen Kordillerenstaaten V Bolivia Schlechter 1922; Orchids of Bolivia Vol 2 Laelinae Vasquez and Ibisch 2004

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