Epidendrum paniculatum Ruiz and Pavon 1798 GROUP Pseudepidendrum SUBGROUP Paniculatum TYPE Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt, plant grown by OrchidMania.
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Common Name The Paniculate Epidendrum
Flower Size about 1" [about 2.5 cm]
A giant sized, variable, erect, cool to warm growing epiphytic or terrestrial species found in Belize, Costa Rica, Panama, Windwards, French Guiana, Surinam, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil and Argentina in wet tropical forests up to 2100 meters in elevation with clustered, terete stems enveloped by grey to brown leaf-sheaths carrying lanceolate, thin in texture, acute, purplish, basally clasping leaves that blooms in the summer but can occur at other times in a year on a loose, to several feet long, terminal raceme or panicle with lanceolate, acute bracts at the base of each branch with a few to many fragrant, variable in color, flowers opening in succession over a long period of time.
Synonyms Epidendrum atacazoicum Schltr 1921; Epidendrum bifalce Schltr. 1929; Epidendrum brachythyrsus Kraenzl 1911; Epidendrum caloglossum Schltr. 1921; Epidendrum densiflorum Hooker 1840; Epidendrum falsiloquum Rchb.f. 1885; Epidendrum fastigiatum Lindl. Fol. Orchid. 3: 56 1853; Epidendrum floribundum Kunth 1816; Epidendrum frons-bovis Kraenzl. 1905; Epidendrum humidicolum Schltr. 1922; Epidendrum isthmi Schlechter 1922; Epidendrum laeve Lindley 1844; Epidendrum longicrure Schltr. 1920; Epidendrum macroceras Schltr. 1920; Epidendrum ornatum Lem. 1848; Epidendrum paniculatum var. longicrure Lindl. 1853; Epidendrum piliferum Rchb.f 1877; Epidendrum reflexum A&S 1925; Epidendrum resectum Rchb.f 1877; Epidendrum rubrocinctum Lindl. 1843; Epidendrum syringaeflorum Warsz. ex Rchb. f. 1854; Epidendrum turialvae Rchb.f 1871
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list IPNI ; Symbolae Antillanae Vol VI Orchidaceae Urban 1909; Die Orchideen der Sudamerikanischen Kordillerenstaaten II Colombia Schlechter 1920 as E longicrure; Die Orchideen der Sudamerikanischen Kordillerenstaaten II Colombia Schlechter 1920 as E macroceras; *Die Orchideen der Sudamerikanischen Kordillerenstaaten III Ecuador Schlechter 1921 as E caloglossum; Die Orchideen der Sudamerikanischen Kordillerenstaaten V Bolivia Schlechter 1922 as E humidicolum; Repert. Sp. Nov. Regni. Veg. Beih. 17: 34. Panama Schlechter 1922 E isthmi; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 6 1958; Venezuelan Orchids Vol 2 Dunsterville & Garay 1961 as E fastigiatum; Venezuelan Orchids Vol 2 Dunsterville & Garay 1961; AOS Bulletin VOl 38 No 6 1969; Flora de Venezuela Foldats Volumen XV Part 3 1970; AOS Bulletin Vol 49 No 5 1979; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum plate 082 Dodson 1980 see observations; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum plate 382 Dodson 1980; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum plate 742 Dodson 1982 see observations as Epidendrum turialvae; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum plate 1323 Atwood 1989; Icones Orchidacearum 2 Plate 102 Hagsater & Sanchez 1993 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 2 plate 109 Hagsater & Salazar 1993 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum Plate 108 Hagsater 1993 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 2 Plate 156 Hagsater 1993 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 2 Plate 173 Hagsater 1993 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 2 Plate 180 Hagsater 1993 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 2 Plate 181 Hagsater & Sanchez 1993 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 2 plate 183 Hagsater & Salazar 1993 see recognition section as E isthmusii; Icones Orchidacearum 2 plate 196 Hagsater & Salazar 1993 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum Peruviarum Plate 249 Bennett & Christenson 1995 see observations; Icones Orchidacearum 3 Plate 384 Hagsater 1999 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum Peruviarum Plate 466 Bennett & Christenson 1998 see observations; Icones Orchidacearum 3 Plate 347 Hagsater 1999 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 3 Plate 380 Hagsater 1999 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 4 Plate 438 Hagsater 2001 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 4 Plate 446 Hagsater 2001 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 4 Plate 471 Hagsater 2001 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 4 Plate 489 Hagsater 2001 see recognition section; Orchids of Bolivia Vol 2 Laelinae Vasquez and Ibisch 2004 Vanishing Beauty; Native Costa Rican Orchids Vol 1 Pupulin 2005 as Epidendrum isthmusii; Vanishing Beauty; Native Costa Rican Orchids Vol 1 Pupulin 2005 as as Epidendrum piliferum; Orquideas de la Serrania del Baudo Misas Urreta 2006; Icones Orchidacearum Vol 11 Plate 1131 Hagsater & Sanchez 2008 as Epidendrum hondurense; Icones Orchidacearum Vol 11 Plate 1132 Hagsater & Sanchez 2008 as Epidendrum isthmii; Icones Orchidacearum Vol 11 Plate 1131 Hagsater & Sanchez 2008 in recognition section as Epidendrum resectum; Icones Orchidacearum Vol 11 Plate 1170 Hagsater & Sanchez 2008 as Epidendrum resectum; Icones Orchidacearum Vol 11 Plate 1196 Hagsater & Sanchez 2008 as epidendrum verricipes
The Pseudepidendrum GROUP E paniculatum SUBGROUP
GROUP Pseudoepidendrum SUBGROUP Turialvae
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