Epidendrum acunae Dressler

Acuna's star orchid (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Epidendrum

Characteristics

Plants hanging, 50–160 cm. Roots basal or from proximal branches, 2–3 mm diam. Stems branched, sinuous, terete, main stem to 160 cm, leaves 100–120 mm × 12–22 mm; vegetative branches to 60 cm, leaves 58–110 × 10–20 mm; flowering branchlets 3–8 cm, leaves 20–60 × 9–13 mm, flowering branchlets produced from both main stem and vegetative branches. Leaves many, distributed throughout stems; petiole to 4 cm; blade narrowly lanceolate, 2-lobed, fleshy-leathery. Inflorescences distichous-imbricate; peduncle 1 cm; bracts 2–3, conduplicate, 8–18 mm. Flowers 1–3, not resupinate, simultaneous, brownish green; sepals spreading, lanceolate, abaxially keeled, many veined, 12–21 × 3–6 mm, apex acute; petals partly open, elliptic, many veined, 12–18 × 2.5–5 mm, apex obtuse to rounded; lip cordate, callus V-shaped, prolonged into central keel, 9–14 × 5–9 mm; column suffused with purple, 5 mm; clinandrium erose, short; anther obovate, 2-cleft; ovary 15–20 mm. Capsules ovoid, body 18–24 × 10–12 mm, tapered beak 5–6 mm.
Life form perennial
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Epidendrum acunae world distribution map, present in Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:91204-2
WFO ID wfo-0000949334
COL ID 6FQLH
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Synonyms

Epidendrum acunae