Epidendrum quisayanum Schltr. 1916 GROUP Megagastrium

Another Flower Photo courtesy of Andy's Orchids, Copyright © 2002 All rights reserved

Common Name or Meaning The Quisaya Epidendrum [a town in Pichincha Ecuador]

Flower Size

Found in Ecuador on the western slopes of the Andes as a small sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte at elevations of 1300 to 3300 meters that blooms in the winter, spring or fall

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list IPNI ; Icones Orchidacearum 3 Plate 373 Hagsater & Sanchez 1999 in recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 4 Plate 417 Hagsater & Sanchez 2001 in recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 4 Plate 482 Hagsater & Sanchez 2001 in recognition section; Orchid Digest Vol 71 No 1 2007 photo;

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