Epidendrum orchidiflorum
| Epidendrum orchidiflorum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Genus: | Epidendrum |
| Subgenus: | E. subg. Amphiglottium |
| Section: | E. sect. Schistochila |
| Subsection: | E. subsect. Integra |
| Species: | E. orchidiflorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Epidendrum orchidiflorum Salzm. ex Lindl. | |
Epidendrum orchidiflorum is a species of orchid of the genus Epidendrum.
Description
E. orchidiflorum grows in sandy thickets in Bahia, Brazil, according to Reichenbach's[1] reading of Salzmann, and flowers in February, growing in sandy bushy places near Macero, according to Reichenbach's reading of Gardner, 1421. The flat, coriaceous distichous leaves are ovate-oblong and obtuse. The stout, ~3 dm long, terminal peduncle is covered with rough imbricate sheathes and ends in a short raceme of green flowers. The dorsal sepal is obovate, and the lateral sepals are oblong. The two petals are linear-subcuneate. The subrotund lip has two calli at the base, and is tridentate at the apex; the middle tooth is smaller than the lateral teeth.
Synonyms
- E. caespitosum Barb.Rodr. (1877) nom. illeg.
- E. huebneri Schltr. (1925)
- E. acrirachis Pabst (1955)
- E. garayanum A.D.Hawkes (1957) nom. illeg.
References
- ↑ H. G. Reichenbach "ORCHIDES" in Dr. Carl Müller, Ed. Annales Botanices Systematicae Tomus VI 1861. Berlin. p. 385
External links
There is a picture at http://www.orchidstudium.com/Estrangeiras/Epidendrum%20orchidflorum.html