Epidendrum raniferum Lindley 1831 GROUP Cristatum SUBGROUP Cristatum Photo courtesy of Andy's Orchids Copyright © 2002 All rights reserved.

SOMETIMES

Common Name The Frog Carrying Epidendrum [refers to the lip]

Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]

Found from Mexico south to Costa Rica as a giant sized, hot growing epiphyte with rigid, erect, terete stems enveloped bsaslly by several, tubular, scarious, acuminate sheaths and carrying many, lanceolate, elliptic, acute, basally clasping leaves that blooms in the fall but ocasionally in the spring on an erect, terminal, 6 3/4" [18 cm] long, many flowered, racemose inflorescence arising on a mature cane and is very similar to E cristatum but differs inthe "midlobe of the lip which is bilobed, but not conspicuously lacerate [lacinate] but the lateral lobes are lacerate to various degrees". Quote by Hamer

Synonyms Epidendrum raniferum var luteum Lindley 1853; Epidendrum raniferum var lutescens Lindl. ex Broadw. 1926; Epidendrum raniferum var hexadactylum [Barb. Rod.]Cogn. 1898; Epidendrum raniferum var obtusilobum Cogn. 1898;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Bonplandia Rchb.f 1856; Symbolae Antillanae Vol VI Orchidaceae Urban 1909; Symbolae Antillanae Vol VI Orchidaceae Urban 1909 as Epidendrum raniferum var luteum; Repert. Sp. Nov. Regni. Veg. Beih. 19: 126. Costa Rica Schlechter 1923; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum Plate 732 Hamer 1982; Icones Orchidacearum Peruviarum Plate 044 Bennett & Christenson 1993 See Comments section; Icones Orchidacearum 3 Plate 391 Hagsater & Sanchez 2008 see recognition section

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