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Epidendrum orchidiflorum is a species of orchid of the genus Epidendrum.
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| Epidendrum orchidiflorum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Epidendrum |
| Subgenus: | Epidendrum subg. Amphiglottium |
| Section: | Epidendrum sect. Schistochila |
| Subsection: | Epidendrum subsect. Integra |
| Species: | E. orchidiflorum
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Description
editE. orchidiflorum grows in sandy thickets in Bahia, Brazil, according to Reichenbach's[1] reading of Salzmann, and flowers in February, growing in sandy bushy places near Macero, according to Reichenbach's reading of Gardner, 1421. The flat, coriaceous distichous leaves are ovate-oblong and obtuse. The stout, ~3 dm long, terminal peduncle is covered with rough imbricate sheathes and ends in a short raceme of green flowers. The dorsal sepal is obovate, and the lateral sepals are oblong. The two petals are linear-subcuneate. The subrotund lip has two calli at the base, and is tridentate at the apex; the middle tooth is smaller than the lateral teeth.
Synonyms
edit- E. caespitosum Barb.Rodr. (1877) nom. illeg.
- E. huebneri Schltr. (1925)
- E. acrirachis Pabst (1955)
- E. garayanum A.D.Hawkes (1957) nom. illeg.
References
edit- ^ H. G. Reichenbach "ORCHIDES" in Dr. Carl Müller, Ed. Annales Botanices Systematicae Tomus VI 1861. Berlin. p. 385
External links
editThere is a picture at https://web.archive.org/web/20090429111228/http://www.orchidstudium.com/Estrangeiras/Epidendrum%20orchidflorum.html