Epidendrum yungasense Rolfe ex Rusby 1855 GROUP Pseudepidendrum SUBGROUP Paniculatum Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt, plant grown by Dan Newman of Hanging Gardens.

Common Name The Yungas Epidendrum [A northern Region of Bolivia]

Flower Size .8" [2 cm]

Found in Bolivia in wet montane forests at elevations of 1200 to 2200 meters as a warm to cool growing epiphyte.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones Orchidacearum 3 Plate 302 Hagsater & Sanchez 1999 in recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 4 Plate 489 Hagsater 2001 see recognition section; Orchids of Bolivia Vol 2 Laelinae Vasquez and Ibisch 2004; Icones Orchidacearum 13 Plate 1340 Hagsater 2010 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum Part 13 Plate 1373 Hagsater 2010 see recognition section;

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