Epidendrum umbellatum Sw. 1788 GROUP Difforme Photo courtesy of Mark Nir and Orchidaceae Antillannae.

Common Name The Umbrella Epidendrum

Often confused with Epidendrum difforme this species is found in Central America, South America and the Caribbean as a caespitose, medium sized, warm, to cold growing epiphyte with a terminal, sessile, densly several flowered, short, umbellate, racemose inflorescence.

Synonyms Epidendrum panegyricum Hagaster & Sanchez 1999; Neolehmannia difformis [Jacq.] Pabst 1978

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones Orchidacearum 2 Plate 133 Hagsater 1993 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 2 Plate 167 Hagsater 1993 see recognition section; Orchidaceae Antillanae Nir 2000 Icones Orchidacearum 4 Plate 401 Hagsater 2001 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 4 Plate 429 Hagsater 2001 see recognition section; The Orchids of Cuba Llamacho & Larramendi 2005; Icones Orchidacearum 13 Plate 1396 Hasater & Salazar 2010 drawing 0k;

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