Epidendrum imthurnii Ridl. 1886 Photo by © Vladimir Dinets and his Climbing Mt Roraima Website ***** check it out!

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Common Name Imthurn's Epidendrum [E. F. in der Thurn, German Orchid Collector in Guyana 1800's]

Flower Size small

Found in Venezuela, Guyana, Fr. Guiana and Amazonian Brazil on tepui tops or on the slopes at elevations of 1400 to 2900 metrs as a medium sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial or lithophyte

Synonyms Epidendrum ulei Schltr.1914

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora de Venezuela Volumen 15 Parte 3 Foldats 1970; Flora de Venezuela Volumen 15 Parte 3 Foldats 1970 drawing ok; Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated Vol 5 Dunsterville & Garay 1972 as E imthurnii drawing ok; Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated Vol 6 Dunsterville & Garay 1976; Orchids of Venezuela ; An Illustrated Field Guide Vol 1 Dunsterville & Garay 1979 as E dendrobioides drawing good; Orchids of Venezuela ; An Illustrated Field Guide Vol 1 Dunsterville & Garay 1979 drawing ok; Orchids of Venezuela [An illustrated field guide] Vol. 1 Ramiro and Carnevali 2000 as E ulei drawing fide; Orchids of Venezuela [An illustrated field guide] Vol. 1 Ramiro and Carnevali 2000 drawing okAOS Buletin Vol 71 No 5 2002 photo; Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana Vol 7 Steyermark, Berry, Yatskievych and Holst 2003; Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana Vol 7 Steyermark, Berry, Yatskievych and Holst 2003 as E ulei drawing fide;

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