Epidendrum hagsateri Christenson 1995 GROUP Falcatum Photo by Asocciacion Mexicana de Orquideas Website

NOCTURNAL

Common Name Hagsater's Epidendrum [Mexican Orchidist and Epidendrum specialist current]

Flower Size 2" [5 cm]

Found in Guerrero and Oaxaca Mexico at elevations around 1900 to 2550 meters as a small sized, cool to cold, pendant to hanging epiphyte with simple, thickened, fusiform pseudobulbs enveloped in youth by 3 to6 papiraceous sheaths and carrying 3 to 5, aggregate towards the apex, subcoriaceous, elliptic to oblanceolate, acute, articulate below into the base leaves that blooms in the spring and summer on an apical, erect, racemose, cylindrical, terete, short, 3 to 8 flowered inflorescence with 1 to 2, conduplicate, oblong-triangular, acuuminate to acute bracts and much shorter than the ovary, triangular, acuminate floral bracts and carrying simultaneous, nocturnally soap fragrant flowers arising on a newly developing to mature stem.

In my scheme this would be better in Coilostylis but has not been named as such yet.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones Orchidacearum 1 Plate 39 as E pugioniforme not = E hagsateri drawing fide; Icones Orchidacearum 13 Plate 1337 Hagsater 2010 drawing fide

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