Epidendrum persimile Schltr. 1920 GROUP Secundum SUBGROUP Secundum

TYPE Drawing by © Schlechter

Common Name The Very Similar Epidendrum

Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]

Found in the department of Cauca Colombia without locational data, as a large sized terrestrial?, epiphyte? with simple, terete, cane-like stems carrying several, erect-patent, ligulate, obtuse, coriaceous leaves that blooms on a terminal, long-pedunculate, to 6" [15 cm] long, with 6 bracts, rachis to 3.2" [8 cm] long, densely many flowered inflorescence with patent, lanceolate, acuminate, much shorter than the ovary floral bracts and carrying glabrous flowers.

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 7: 142 Schlechter 1920; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 7: 250 Schlechter 1920; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 57: 193 Figuren Atlas Schlechter 1929 drawing fide

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