Epidendrum geminiflorum

Epidendrum geminiflorum is a tropical epiphytic orchid native to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela[1] at elevations of 2.3—2.9 km.[2][3]

Epidendrum geminiflorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Epidendrum
Subgenus: Epidendrum subg. Spathium
Species:
E. geminiflorum
Binomial name
Epidendrum geminiflorum
Synonyms

E. cajamarcae Schltr

Description

Epidendrum geminiflorum displays a sympodial habit, producing upright, slightly flexible stems ~1.5 dm tall, covered by tubular sheathes and ending in three to four oblong, obtuse to retuse, leathery leaves and a terminal spathe, through which the inflorescence erupts. The fleshy yellow-green to brown-green flowers have oblong-lanceolate sepals ~1.8 cm long and slightly shorter linear-lanceolate petals. The sepals curl backwards along their margins. The obscurely trilobate lip is adnate to the column to its apex, and cordate at the base. The medial lobe is acute.

References
  1. R. Govarts, World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do
  2. H. G. Reichenbach, "Orchides", nr. 197, in C. Müller, Ed. Walpers. Annales Botanices Systematicae 6(1861)368
  3. Schweinfurth. "Orchids of Peru" Fieldiana: Botany 30(2) 1959. p. 448

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