Epidendrum orchidiflorum

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Epidendrum orchidiflorum
Epidendrum orchidiflorum
Scientific classification
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
Binomial name
Epidendrum orchidiflorum ex Lindl.

Epidendrum orchidiflorum is a species of orchid of the genus Epidendrum.

Description[]

E. orchidiflorum grows in sandy thickets in Bahia, Brazil, according to Reichenbach's^[1] reading of  [es], and flowers in February, growing in sandy bushy places near , 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[]

• E. caespitosum Barb.Rodr. (1877) nom. illeg.
• E. huebneri Schltr. (1925)
• E. acrirachis Pabst (1955)
• E. garayanum A.D.Hawkes (1957) nom. illeg.

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