Epidendrum durangense Hágsater & Holman 1984 Photo courtesy of Noble Bashor.

Common Name The Durango Epidendrum [North Mexico State]

Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]

Sinaloa Mx., 1920m elev., near Devils Backbone on Mazatlan to Durango rd. epyhitic on oaks

Found in Sinaloa and Durango states of Mexico on the Pacific coast in pine-oak forests at elevations of 1100 to 1920 meters with a cane-like stem carrying several disitchous, linear, acute, basally clasping leaves that blooms on a terminal, arcuate to pendant, racemose, few flowered inflorescence with the scented flowers opening simultaneously. P{art of the E anisatum/gladiatum complex but differs from E anisatum in a scent other than anise, wider leaves amd cuneate lip [instead of triangular], red to purple flowers with a darker disc and flowers in the su7mmer and fall.

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References W3 Tropicos [http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/vast.html] , Kew Monocot list [ http://www.kew.org/wcsp/home.do ], IPNI [ http://www.us.ipni.org/ipni/plantsearch?request_type=search&output_format=query&ret_defaults=on ]; Flora Novo-Galaciana Vol 16 McVaugh 1985;