Epidendrum stenocalymmum Hágsater & Calatayud 2004 GROUP Macrostachyum SUBGROUP Aquaticum

Inflorescence Photos By © Eric Rodriguez

Common Name or Meaning The Narrow Hood-Shaped Lip Epidendrum

Flower Size .2" [5 mm]

Found in Peru at elevations around 2200 meters as a small to large sized, cool growing terrestrial in wet montane cloud forests with branching towards the apex of the mature, erect, cane-like, terete, somewhat flexuous stem with the branches shoreter than the main stem and carryingnumerous on the main stem, 11 to 18 on each branch, distributed throughout, ovate, small, subacute, prominent dorsal keel, slightly undulate margin leaves that blooms in the winter and spring on a terminal, occuring only once, racemose, distichous, erect, streongly flexuous rhachis, 4 to 9 flowered inflorescence with non-resupinate, successive, 2 to 4 open at any one time flowers

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Icones Orchidacearum 7 Plate 790 Hagsater & Sanchez 2004