Epidendrum hunterianum Schltr.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Epidendrum

Characteristics

Pendent or erect epiphytic herbs up to about 30 cm. long. Stems simple, somewhat compressed, densely leaved. Leaves to 7.5 cm. long and 4 cm. broad, oblong or broadly oblong, obtuse, unequally bilobed. Inflorescence short, terminal, 4-to 6-flowered, subumbellate; bracts ovate, obtuse to acuminate. Sepals about 1.5 cm. long, oblong-ligulate, subacute, the laterals oblique. Petals about as long as the sepals but narrower, lanceolate-ligulate, subacute, narrowed at the base. Lip unguiculate, the claw adnate to the column; lamina about 11 mm. long and about 10 mm. broad, suborbicular-cordate, very obtuse, base with 2 oblique calluses, median nerves thickened.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
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Images

Flower

Epidendrum hunterianum flower picture by Bertrand Ducos de Lahitte (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Epidendrum hunterianum world distribution map, present in Costa Rica and Panama

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:308333-2
WFO ID wfo-0000950363
COL ID 6FSB5
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Synonyms

Epidendrum hunterianum