Epidendrum silvanum V.P.Castro & Chiron 2003 GROUP Loefgrenii
Photo by © Charles Bringer and his Flickr Orchid Photo Website
Photos by © Vitorino P. Castro Neto and The Richardiana Website
Common Name The Forest Loving Epidendrum
Flower Size
Found in Bahia state of Brazil.
Epidendrum silvanum is part of the GROUP Loefgrenii characterized by the sympodial, caespitose plants blooming on a terminal, subumbelliform inflorescence subtended by prominent, wide, truncate, spathaceous bracts and has an ovary with an inflated nectary that forms a vesicle.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Richardiana 4: 36 V.P.Castro & Chiron 2003 drawing/photo fide; Icones Orchidacearum Brasilienses Plate 145 V P Castro 2006 drawing fide;
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