Epidendrum physophorum Schltr. 1913 GROUP Epidendropsis SUBGROUP Gracillimum

Photo by © Roberto Vasquez

Common Name The Inflated Epidendrum

Flower Size

Found in Santa Cruz Province of Bolivia at elevations around 1300 to 1600 meters as a cool growing epiphyte that blooms in the spring and summer.

" Epidendrum cryptorhachis from central Ecuador is similar but E physophorum has a much shorter inflorescence, the branches widespread, flowers smaller, a short, inflated nectary, a comparatively slender column, sepals .121" [3.25 mm] long, petals linear, and the reniform, entire lip with a dentate-erose margin." Hagsater adapted from plate 822 etal 2006

Synonyms Epidendrum huebneri f. denticulatum (C.Schweinf.) C.Schweinf. 1967; Epidendrum rectopedunculatum C.Schweinf. 1943; Epidendrum rectopedunculatum f. denticulatum C.Schweinf. 1962

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae Brasilense Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing fide; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 9 513 - 576 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977 as E rectopedunculatum; Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana Vol 7 Steyermark, Berry, Yatskievych and Holst 2003; Orchids of Bolivia Vol 2 Laelinae Vasquez and Ibisch 2004 drawing/photo fide; Icones Orchidaceaeum 8 Plate 822 Hagsater & Sanchez 2006 see recgnition section; Orquideas, Tesoro de Colombia Vol 2 Ortiz & Uribe 2017 drawing/photo fide;

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