Epidendrum pseudomancum Hágsater & L.Sánchez 2004 GROUP Mancum SUBGROUP Mancum

TYPE Drawing by © M Lopez R and The AMO Herbaria Website

MID EARLY

Common Name The False E mancum Epidendrum

Flower Size .6” [1.5 cm]

Found in Colombia and Ecuador at elevations of 2800 to 3200 meters as a small to medium sized, cold growing epiphyte with cane-like, straight, laterally compressed stems carrying 2 to 3, all along the apical half of the stem, erect, ovate-elliptic, unequally bilobed, with a dorsal keel, coriaceous, margin entire leaves that blooms in the mid fall through early summer on an erect, terminal, racemose, with 1 to 2, oblong, ancipitous, acute spathe, peduncle terete, to somewhat laterally compressed, straight, cylindrical, simultaneously 14 to 50 flowered inflorescence with much shorter than the ovary, progressively smaller towards the apex, triangular, acuminate floral bracts and carrying non-resupinate flowers with the sepals and petals brownish red on the outer surface, sepals green olive, the petals greenish yellow and the column and lip are white with pink dots.

"Epidendrum pseudomancum belongs to the GROUP Mancum SUBGROUP Mancum, which is characterized by the sympodial growth, narrow spathaceous bracts with parallel sides, erect raceme with non-resupinate flowers and a generally reduced, fleshy lip. The species can be recognized by its wide, ovate-elliptic leaves, suborbicular-spathulate, crenulate petals, and a trullate lip. It is similar to Epidendrum mancum but this species has smaller plants, narrower leaves, spathulate petals with an entire to sinuate margin, subquadrate, rounded lip, rarely with minute, subglobose lateral lobes. Epidendrum pachoi Hágsater & L. Sánchez from Colombia has 1 to 2 apical, smaller leaves, elliptic, entire petals, and a three-lobed lip. Epidendrum microglossum Schltr. has longer plants, narrower, linear-lanceolate leaves, entire, elliptic-lanceolate petals, and a three-lobed lip. Epidendrum brachyglossum Lindl. has linear-lanceolate leaves, linear, entire petals and an obscurely three-lobed lip. Epidendrum adenoglossum Lindl. has larger plants, longer, linear-lanceolate leaves, linear-oblanceolate petals and an entire, linear lip." Hagsater etal 2004

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; * Icones Orchidacearum 7 Plate 782 Hagsater & Sanchez 2004 drawing fide; Icones Orchidacearum 11 Plate 1173 Hagsater 2008 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 12 Plate 1204 Hagsater 2009 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 12 Plate 1262 Hagsater 2009 see recognition section; Orchids of the Department of Valle De Cauca Colombia Vol 2 Kolanowska, Hagsater etal. 2014 drawing fide; Orquideas, Tesoro de Colombia Vol 2 Ortiz & Uribe 2017 drawing fide;

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