Epidendrum fujimorianum D.E.Benn. & Christenson 1998GROUP GROUP Arbuscula SUBGROUP Incomptum Photo by © Erica Morón

Common Name or Meaning Fujimori's Epidendrum [Former President of Peru late 1900's]

Flower Size .6" [1.5 cm]

Found in Peru at elevations around 2400 meters as a small sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte in Amazon slope, wet montane cloud forests with simple, cane-like, terete, thin, arising from the middle of the previous stem and carrying 3 to 4, towards the apex of the stem, oblong-elliptic, acute, entire margin leaves that blooms fall and winter on a terminal, racemose, occuring only once, somewhat laxl, simultaneously few to several flowered inflorescnece with floralbracts that cover only half of the ovary and carry non-fragrant flowers

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Icones Orchidacearum Peruviarum Plate 459 Bennett & Christenson 1998 wrong drawing see next; Icones Orchidacearum 8 Plate 834 Hagsater & Sanchez 2006 drawing fide