Epidendrum campylostele Hágsater & R.Vásquez 2004 GROUP Elleanthoides SUBGROUP Guacamayense

TYPE Drawing by © Jimenez, Hágsater & E.Santiago and The AMO Herbario Website

Common Name The Incurved Column Epidendrum

Flower Size .6" [1.5 cm]

Found in Bolivia in cloud forests at elevations around 1750 to 1850 meters as a small sized, cool growing epiphyte with cane-like, terete, branching, thin, arising from the upper middle area of the main stem, branches shorter and carrying 4 to 6, towards the apex, linear-lanceolate, acute, apiculate, crenulate apically margin leaves that blooms in the summer on a terminal, paniculate, distichous, arching-nutant, .8 to 1.6" [2 to 4 cm] long including the .28" [7 mm] long, filiform, laterally compressed apically peduncle, rachis somewhat flexuous, successively 2 to 4 flowered inflorescence with triangular, acuminate, as long as the ovary floral bracts and carrying 2 greenish white to yellow green flowers open at any one time.

"Epidendrum campylostele belongs to the GROUP Elleanthoides SUBGROUP Guacamayense, characterized by the thin, branching stems, long, linear, grassy leaves, filiform peduncle and rachis of the inflorescence. The new species is recognized by the relatively intermediate flowers for the group: sepals .24 to .036" [6 to .9 mm] long, the incurved column arching upwards, and the falcate lateral sepals. Epidendrum elleanthoides has smaller flowers, the sepals .148 to .44" [3.7 to 4.4 mm] long, lip transversely ovate, and bicarinate callus.Epidendrum guacamayense Hágsater & Dodson , has the inflorescence 1.4 to 5.2" [3.5 to 13 cm] long, rachis zig-zag, sepals -28 to .3" [7.0 to 7.5 mm] long, the ecallose lip completely embracing and covering the column. Epidendrum montispichinchense Hágsater & Dodson has a short, thick, straight column, forming a wide cavity with the lip, sepals are .256 to .276" [6.4 to 6.8 mm] long, the apical margin of the leaves is entire. Epidendrum elleanthodiceras Hágsater & E. Santiago has larger flowers with sepals .4" [10 mm] long, acute teeth at the apex of the long, thin, arched, column, unlike any oiher species of the group, and a triangular lip; Epidendrum hesperium Hágsater & E. Santiago has a generally simple, racemose inflorescence witn up to 15 flowers, shorter sepals and does not form a foot-like bud with a prominent heel." Hagsater etal 2004

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Icones Orchidacearum 7 Plate 718 Hagsater & Dodson 2004 drawing fide; Icones Orchidacearum 7 Plate 743 Hagsater and Sanchez 2004 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 7 Plate 790 Hagsater and Sanchez 2004 see recognition section;

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