Epidendrum stamfordianum Bateman 1856
Another Color Form Super Flower Closeup
Lip and column detail Photos courtesy of Jay Pfahl
Closeup of in situ flowers Photo courtesy of Weyman Bussey
Common Name Stamford's Epidendrum [English Orchid Enthusiast 1800's]
Flower Size to more than 1 1/2" [more than 3.75 cm]
Found from Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela, in seasonally dry forests on large branches at elevations of 20 to 800 meters, as a medium sized, hot to warm growing, epiphytic species with fusiform psuedobulbs with 3 to 4, elliptic-oblong leaves and is an erect epiphytic orchid, flowering in the winter, spring and summer and fall arising from the base of a newly formed, mature psuedobulb; one of a few species to do this in the Epidendrum; to 24" [60 cm] long, many flowered raceme or panicle of showy, long-lasting, fragrant flowers growing best mounted on wood with semi-shady conditions and needs a semi rest in the winter from water and fertilizer. This plant can become dormant after collecting and sit for 2 years before responding to cultivation.
Synonyms Auliza stamfordiana (Bateman) Brieger 1977; Epidendrum basilare Klotzsch 1843; Epidendrum cycnostachys Benth. 1881; Epidendrum cycnostalix Rchb.f 1852; Epidendrum stamfordianum var. lawrenceanum hort. ex Stein 1892; Epidendrum stamfordianum var. leeanum Rchb. f. 1888; Epidendrum stamfordianum Batem. var parviflorum Regel 1856; Epidendrum stamfordianum var. pictum Lem. 1852;Epidendrum stamfordianum var. wallacei Rchb. f. 1887; Psilanthemum basilare (Klotzsch) Stein 1892
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Venezuelan Orchids Vol 2 Dunsterville & Garay 1961; Flora de Venezuela Foldats Volumen XV Part 3 1970; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum plate 1434 Atwood 1992; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum plate 738 Dodson 1982; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 2 COS 1991; Vanishing Beauty; Native Costa Rican Orchids Vol 1 Pupulin 2005
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