Epidendrum bolivianum Schltr. 1912 GROUP Andean SUBGROUP Soratae
Photo by © Roberto Vasquez
Photo by © Ivan Jimenez, Jorge Quezada & Juan Carlos Bermejo and the Orquideas de Cotapata Website
Drawing by Hágsater & Santiago and The AMO Herbaria Website
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Common Name The Bolivian Epidendrum
Flower Size 1.2” [3 cm]
Found near La Paz department of Bolivia at elevations around 2900 to 3200 meters as a small to medium sized, cold growing epiphyte with cane-like, arising from the sub-apical nodes of the previous stem, terete, thin, stems enveloped below by a single, infundibuliform, non foliar sheath and carrying 5 to 6 all along the stem, distichous, articulate, erect-spreadiong, oblong-lanceolate, acute, margin spreading leaves that blooms in the late spring on a terminal, racemose, sub-dense, peduncle short, simultaneously 4 to 6 flowered inflorescence with much smaller than the ovary, triangular-lanceolate, acuminate, amplexicaul floral bracts and carrying glabrous, resupinate, purple-brown flowers.
"Epidendrum bolivianum belongs to the GROUP Andean SUBGROUP Soratae which is characterized by the monopodial branching stem, the acute to obtuse leaves, infundibuliform sheaths, short, racemose inflorescences, and the entire or 3-lobed lipThe species is recognized by the short plants, ca. 10 to 16" [25 to 40 cm] tall, the branches produced from the subapical internodes of the previous stems, oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate leaves 1.2 to 1.6" [3 to 4 cm] long, purple-brown flowers, sepals .52" [13 mm] long, the midlobe of the lip trapezoid, and the strongly arching column. Epidendrum chrysomyristicum Hágsater & E. Santiago has apically profusely branching stems (forming large shrubs), lanceolate to narrowly elliptic leaves, those of the main stem 1.12" ti 4.6" [2.8 to 11.5 cm] long, yellow flowers, sepals .4 to .5 [10 to 12.5 mm] long, and the midlobe of the lip “T” shaped. Epidendrum soratae Rchb.f. also has short plants 8.8 to 10.8" [22 to 27 cm] tall, yellowish green flowers, sepals .24 to .28" [6 to 7 mm] long, and the lip slightly 3-lobed, reniform." Hagsater etal 2009
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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 10: 69 Schlechter 1922; Orchids of Bolivia Vol II Laelinae Vasquez & Ibisch 2004 drawing/photo fide; Icones Orchidacearum 7 Plate 712 Hagsater and Sanchez 2004 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 7 Plate 729 Hagsater and Sanchez 2004 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum Vol 8 Plate 862 Hagsater & Sanchez 2006 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 12 plate 1211 Hagsater & Santiago 2009 drawing fide; Icones Orchidacearum 12 Plate 1216 Hagsater 2009 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 12 Plate 1248 Hagsater 2009 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 12 Plate 1280 Hagsater 2009 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 12 Plate 1291 Hagsater 2009 see recognition section;
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