Epidendrum mantinianum Rolfe 1892 GROUP Kalopternix Photo by © Patricia Harding and The Orchidstudium Website

Another Flower? Peru Photo by © Karl Senghas and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Part shade LATE SummerEARLYfall

Common Name The Mantini? Epidendrum

Flower Size .8" [2 cm]

Found in Brazil? and in the case of the Peruvian specimen, blooming in the late summer and early fall.

CAUTION I have no way of verifying this determination so please use with caution

Synonyms Kalopternix mantinianus (Rolfe) Garay & Dunst.1976

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated Vol 6 Dunsterville & Garay 1976 as Kalopternix deltoglossus ; The Cattleyas and Their Relatives, the Debateable Epidendrum Withner and Harding 2004

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