GROUP Pseudepidendrum SUBGROUP Densiflorum
GROUP Pseudepidendrum SUBGROUP Paniculatum
Characterized by the caespitose habit with cane-like stems carrying acute to acuminate leaves usually booming on an apical inflorescence and carrying flowers with filiform petals, and a usually 3 lobed lip with 3 parallel fleshy keels, with the apical lobe often bifurcate and the "bird wing" type pollina.
GROUP Pseudepidendrum SUBGROUP Pluriracemosum
GROUP Pseudepidendrum SUBGROUP Porphyreum
GROUP Pseudepidendrum SUBGROUP Turialvae
Characterized by a racemose and few-flowered inflorescence on an elongate peduncle, usually producing new racemes over the years and thus pluriracemose.
Characterized by the caespitose, sympodial habit, the subcoriaceous leaves, the prominent spathaceous bracts and the wide [not filiform] petals, the pollina that is laterally compressed but not quite to the bird wing type, and the midlobe of the lip is bifid.
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Symbolae Antillanae Vol VI Orchidaceae Urban 1909; Venezuelan Orchids Vol 2 Dunsterville & Garay 1961 as E fastigiatum; Venezuelan Orchids Vol 2 Dunsterville & Garay 1961; Flora de Venezuela Foldats Volumen XV Part 3 1970; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum plate 082 Dodson 1980 see observations; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum plate 382 Dodson 1980; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum plate 742 Dodson 1982 see observations as Epidendrum turialvae; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum plate 1323 Atwood 1989; Icones Orchidacearum 2 Plate 102 Hagsater & Dodson 1993 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 2 Plate 108 Hagsater & Dodson 1993 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 2 Plate 109 Hagsater & Dodson 1993 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 2 Plate 152 Hagsater & Dodson 1993 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 2 Plate 173 Hagsater & Dodson 1993 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 2 Plate 180 Hagsater & Dodson 1993 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 2 Plate 181 Hagsater & Dodson 1993 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 2 Plate 183 Hagsater & Dodson 1993 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 2 Plate 187 Hagsater & Dodson 1993 see recognition section as E isthmusii; Icones Orchidacearum 2 plate 196 Hagsater & Salazar 1993 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 2 Plate 197 Hagsater 1993 see recogntion section; Icones Orchidacearum Peruviarum Plate 249 Bennett & Christenson 1995 see observations; Icones Orchidacearum Peruviarum Plate 466 Bennett & Christenson 1998 see observations; Icones Orchidacearum 3 Plate 302 Hagsater 1999 see recogntion section; Icones Orchidacearum 3 Plate 307 Hagsater 1999 see recogntion section; Icones Orchidacearum 3 Plate 334 Hagsater & Sanchez 1999 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 3 Plate 347 Hagsater & Sanchez 1999 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 3 Plate 348 Hagsater & Sanchez 1999 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 3 Plate 380 Hagsater 1999 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 3 Plate 382 Hagsater 1999 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 3 Plate 384 Hagsater 1999 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 4 Plate 404 Hagsater 2001 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 4 Plate 410 Hagsater 2001 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 4 Plate 416 Hagsater 2001 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 4 Plate 438 Hagsater 2001 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 4 Plate 446 Hagsater 2001 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 4 Plate 447 Hagsater 2001 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 4 Plate 463 Hagsater 2001 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 4 Plate 471 Hagsater 2001 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 4 plate 489 Hagsater & Sanchez 2010 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum Vol 8 Plate 846 Hagsater & Sanchez 2006 see recognition section; Orchids of Bolivia Vol 2 Laelinae Vasquez and Ibisch 2004 Vanishing Beauty; Native Costa Rican Orchids Vol 1 Pupulin 2005 as Epidendrum isthmusii; Vanishing Beauty; Native Costa Rican Orchids Vol 1 Pupulin 2005 as as Epidendrum piliferum; Orquideas de la Serrania del Baudo Misas Urreta 2006; Icones Orchidacearum Vol 11 Plate 1112 Hagsater & Sanchez 2008; Icones Orchidacearum 11 Plate 1131 Hagsater 2008 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 11 Plate 1132 Hagsater 2008 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 11 Plate 1133 Hagsater 2008 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 11 Plate 1160 Hagsater 2008 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 11 Plate 1165 Hagsater 2008 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 11 Plate 1170 Hagsater 2008 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 11 Plate 1185 Hagsater 2008 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 11 Plate 1193 Hagsater 2008 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum Vol 11 Plate 1196 Hagsater & Sanchez 2008 as epidendrum verricipes; Icones Orchidacearum 12 Plate 1293 Hagsater 2009 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 13 Plate 1303 Hagsater 2010 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 13 Plate 1304 Hagsater 2010 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 13 Plate 1305 Hagsater 2010 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 13 Plate 1307 Hagsater 2010 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 13 Plate 1309 Hagsater & Santiago 2010 Icones Orchidacearum 13 Plate 1318 Hagsater & Santiago 2010 See recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 13 Plate 1319 Hagsater & Santiago 2010 See recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 13 Plate 1320 Hagsater & Santiago 2010 See recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 13 Plate 1323 Hagsater & Santiago 2010 See recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 13 Plate 1328 Hagsater & Santiago 2010 See recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 13 Plate 1330 Hagsater & Santiago 2010 See recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 13 Plate 1332 Hagsater & Santiago 2010 See recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 13 Plate 1336 Hagsater & Santiago 2010 See recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 13 Plate 1339 Hagsater & Dodson 2010 See Recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 13 Plate 1340 Hagsater & Dodson 2010 See Recognition section; Icones Icones Orchidacearum 13 Plate 1344 Hagsater & Dodson 2010 See Recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 13 Plate 1347 Hagsater & Dodson 2010 See Recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 13 Plate 1351 Hagsater & Dodson 2010 See Recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 13 Plate 1352 Hagsater & Dodson 2010 See Recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 13 Plate 1366 Hagsater & Dodson 2010 See Recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 13 Plate 1369 Hagsater & Dodson 2010 See Recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 13 Plate 1373 Hagsater & Dodson 2010 See Recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 13 Plate 1376 Hagsater & Dodson 2010 See Recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 13 Plate 1377 Hagsater & Dodson 2010 See Recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 13 Plate 1379 Hagsater & Dodson 2010 See Recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 13 Plate 1385 Hagsater & Santiago 2010 See recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 13 Plate 1388 Hagsater & Santiago 2010 See recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 14 Plate 1408 Hagsater & Santiago 2013 See recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 14 Plate 1413 Hagsater & Santiago 2013 See recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 14 Plate 1418 Hagsater & Santiago 2013 See recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 14 Plate 1423 Hagsater & Santiago 2013 See recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 14 Plate 1427 Hagsater & Santiago 2013 See recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 14 Plate 1428 Hagsater & Santiago 2013 See recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 14 Plate 1432 Hagsater & Santiago 2013 See recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 14 Plate 1436 Hagsater & Santiago 2013 See recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 14 Plate 1440 Hagsater & Santiago 2013 See recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 14 Plate 1441 Hagsater & Santiago 2013 See recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 14 Plate 1447 Hagsater & Santiago 2013 See recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 14 Plate 1450 Hagsater & Sanchez 2013 see recognition section; Epidendrum chondrochilum. Icones Orchidacearum 14 Plate 1455 Hagsater & Sanchez 2013 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 14 Plate 1462 Hagsater & Sanchez 2013 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 14 Plate 1463 Hagsater & Sanchez 2013 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 14 Plate 1464 Hagsater & Sanchez 2013 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 14 Plate 1467 Hagsater & Sanchez 2013 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 14 Plate 1468 Hagsater & Sanchez 2013 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 14 Plate 1469 Hagsater & Sanchez 2013 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 14 Plate 1470 Hagsater & Sanchez 2013 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 14 Plate 1472 Hagsater & Sanchez 2013 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 14 Plate 1476 Hagsater & Sanchez 2013 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 14 Plate 1479 Hagsater & Sanchez 2013 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 14 Plate 1484 Hagsater & Sanchez 2013 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 14 Plate 1492 Hagsater & Santiago 2013 See recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 14 Plate 1494 Hagsater & Santiago 2013 See recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 14 Plate 1495 Hagsater & Santiago 2013 See recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 14 Plate 1500 Hagsater & Sanchez 2013 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 15 [1] Plate 1526 Hagsater & Sanchez 2015 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 15 [1] Plate 1567 Hagsater & Sanchez 2015 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 16[1] Plate 1610 Hagsater & Santiago 2018 See recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 16[1] Plate 1630 Hagsater & Santiago 2018 See recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 17(1) Plate 1736 Hagsater & Jimenez 2019 See recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 17(1) Plate 1798 Hagsater & Jimenez 2019 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 18(1) plate 1810 2020 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 18(2) Plate 1856 Hagsater & Jimenez 2021 see recognition section Icones Orchidacearum 18(2) Plate 1857 Hagsater & Jimenez 2021 see recognition section
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