Epidendrum nitens Rchb. f. 1866 GROUP Rigidum Photo courtesy Noble Bashor.

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Common Name The Bright Epidendrum

Flower Size

Foun in Oaxaca Mx. as well as Belize and Guatemala at elevations of 900 to 2103 meters on Puerto Escondido Rd, as a epiphyte on oaks where it blooms on a terminal, short, erect, few flowered inflorescence with successive opening flowers.

Synonyms Epidendrum johannis Schltr. 1920

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list IPNI ; Icones Orchidacearum 3 Plate 357 Hagsater 1999 see recognition section; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 11 2008 photo