Epidendrum × purpureum Barb.Rodr. 1877
Comparison photo showing parents and offspring
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Common Name The Purple Epidendrum
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Found in Rio de Janiero state of Brazil in forest clearings on montain ridges amongst grasses and shrubs at elevations of 1200 to 1400 meters as a natural hybrid between E. denticulatum and E. orchidiflorum and blooms in the spring in Brazil as a giant sized, cool growing terrestrial with erect, thick stems carrying alternate, deep green, in the upper 2/3's of the stem, elliptic, fleshy, keeled leaves that blooms in the late spring on a terminal, to 4" [10 cm] long, fasciculate, loose, 15 to 20 flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms Epidendrum × ormindoi F.E.L.Miranda 1993
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 purpureum; The Organ Mountain Range Its History and its Orchids Miller, Warren, Miller & Seehawer 2008 drawing fide;
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