Epidendrum subpurum Rchb.f. 1854 GROUP Amblostoma SUBGROUP Amblostomioides
Plant and Inflorescence Photos by © Karl Senghas and Swiss Orchid Foundatiion at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Common Name The Almost Epidendrum purum Epidendrum
Flower Size 1/4" [7mm]
Found in Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela, Brazil and Ecuador on coffee shade trees at elevations around 1200 meters as a small sized, warm growing epiphyte with erect, terete below, thickening towards the middle stem enveloped by close fitting, tubular, grey sheaths and carrying on the apical half, to 15, linear, sub-mucronate apically, mid nerve lightly sulcate leaves that blooms on a terminal, erect, paniculate, to 6" [15 cm] long, many flowered inflorecescence with delicately scented flowers
CAUTION I have no way of verifying this determination so please use with caution. This specis is said to be synomonous with E hartii so if true then this name takes precedence.
Synonyms Amblostoma subpurum (Rchb.f.) Pabst 1977;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated Vol 4 Dunsterville & Garay 1966 drawing ok; Flora de Venezuela Volumen 15 Parte 3 Foldats 1970 drawing ok; Orchids of Venezuela an Illustrated Field Guide Vol 1 Dunsterville & Garay 1979 drawing ok; Orchids of Venezuela [An illustrated field guide] Vol. 1 Ramiro and Carnevali 2000 drawing fide;
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
