Epidendrum melanogastropodium Hágsater & Dodson 2004 GROUP Diothonea SUBGROUP Gastropodium

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LATE THROUGH

Common Name The The Black Column with the Inflated Belly Epidendrum

Flower Size .6" [1.5 cm]

Found in Ecuador on the western slopes of the Andes at elevations of 2400 to 3600 meters as aminiature to medium sized, cold growing terretrial or rarely epiphyte with branching throughout the length of the main, terete, thin, stem, branching again from the upper internodes of the secondary stems and carrying 5 to 8, from the branches on the upper half of the stem, coriaceous, narrowly lanceolate, truncate apically, bilobed, margin minutely crenulate to entire leaves that blooms in the late spring through fall on a terminal, racemose, nutant, occuring only once, terete, several to many flowered inflorescence with a bract similar to the much shorter than the ovary, triangular, acute flora lbracts and carrying 7 to 12 successively opening, resupinate, cupshaped, non-fragrant flowers

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Icones Orchidacearum 7 Plate 758 Hagsater & Salazar 2004 drawing fide;

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