TYPE Photo by L. Valenzuela G. / TYPE Drawing by R Jimenez M. and The AMO Herbario Website
Common Name The Tundayme Cirrhatum Epidendrum [refers to the locality of the species and the two apical lobes of the mid-lobe of the lip]
Flower Size .5" [1.25 cm]
Found in Pasco department of Peru within the Parque Nacional in primary montane forest at elevations of 1800 to 2400 meters as a mini-miniature sized cool to cold grwing epiphyte with simple, cane-like, laterally compressed, straight, gradually becoming slightly thinner and shorter, new stems produced from near the base of the previous one and carrying 6 to 12, aggregate along the stem, light green concolor, alternate, articulate, spreading, unequal in size, the lower ones generally larger, sub-coriaceous, twisted at the base so as to be in the same plane as the stem; sheaths tubular, laterally compressed, light green; blade ovate-lanceolate, acute, margin entire, spreading leaves that blooms in the summer on a terminal, without a spathe peduncle reduced, laterally compressed, straight, light green; rachis 5.6 mm long, short, laterally compressed to terete, thick, straight, .6" [1.5 cm] long overall, apical, racemose, sub-umbellate, straight simultaneously 4 to 7 flowered inflorescence with prominent, almost the same length as the ovary, decreasing towards the apex, ovate-triangular, acute, margin slightly dentate, light green floral bracts and carrying resupinate, light green flowers with the lip with light green overtones, column white, turning green towards the apex and the fragrance was not registered
"Epidendrum vesicinanum belongs to the GROUP Nanum SUBGROUP Nanoecallosum , which is characterized by the Dichaea like pendulous stems, the inflorescence produced by pairs of opposite flowers, without spathaceous bracts, but with prominent floral bracts. The new species is recognized by the green flowers, inflated nectary at the apical half of the pedicellate ovary, and the small column. Epidendrum integrinanum Hágsater has large, caespitose plants (about ca. 2.4 to 12" [6 to 30 cm] long, widely lanceolate leaves, with cream-greenish tone flowers, resupinate, with dorsal sepal oblanceolate, and lateral sepals oblanceolate-elliptic .372 to .384" x .1 to .104' [9.3 to 9.6 x 2.5 to 2.6 mm] and by the small sub-entire lip, .16 x .1" [4.0 x 2.5 mm], the mid-lobe triangular, longer than wide and the the lateral lobes very reduced, hemi-orbicular and rounded. Epidendrum bonitense Hágsater & Dodson has long plants 4 to 12" [10 to 30 cm], stems horizontal to hanging, all covered with ancipitose sheaths, flowers glaucous green with a faint purple tinge, a long ovary .48" [12 mm], long sepals and petals .48 and .4" [12 mm and 10 mm], respectively, a trilobate lip .2" [5 mm] long, with mid-lobe subrectangular. Epidendrum leuconanum Hágsater & L.Valenz., is found in the same general area of Oxapampa, but in low montane forest on white sand and has apical and axillary inflorescences, with pale greenish white flowers and the pedicellate ovary thin, not inflated, with a 3- lobed lip, lateral lobes .044 x .052" [1.1 x 1.3 mm] and the mid-lob .08 x .06" [2.0 x 1.5 mm] long. Epidendrum tingo-mariae Hágsater has an arched column with a prominent, erose clinandrium, green flowers, with the anther also green, and the short nectary that does not penetrate further than the perianth and thus ovary thin throughout." Hagsater etal 2019
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones Orchidacearum 17(1) Plate 1732 Hagsater & Jimenez 2019 see recognition section; * Icones Orchidacearum 17(1) Plate 1755 Hagsater & Jimenez 2019 Drawing fide; Icones Orchidacearum 18(1) plate 1826 2020 see recognition section
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