Epidendrum parkinsonianum Hook.

Species

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Characteristics

Repent epiphytic herbs up to about 6 dm. long. Stems creeping, branched, cylindric or somewhat swollen. Leaves 15-50 cm. long and 1-4.5 cm. broad, ligulate to lanceolate-ligulate, acute, very thick, more or less flaccid, occasionally pustulate, usually pendent. Inflorescence a very short, few-flowered raceme; bracts short, ovate; pedunculate ovaries up to about 16 cm. long. Sepals 5.5-9 cm. long and 0.6-1.2 cm. broad, linear-lanceolate to linear, acute or acuminate, spreading. Petals 5-8 cm. long, similar to the sepals. Lip 6-8.5 cm. long (from the base of the column) and 3-4 cm. broad, 3-lobed, the base adnate to the col-umn; lateral lobes 2.5-4 cm. long, broadly lunate to oblong-lunate; mid-lobe 3-6 mm. long, linear.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

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Images

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Distribution

Epidendrum parkinsonianum world distribution map, present in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:632447-1
WFO ID wfo-0000950989
COL ID 6G3T2
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Synonyms

Coilostylis parkinsoniana Coilostylis pugioniformis Epidendrum pugioniforme Epidendrum aloifolium Epidendrum parkinsonianum Epidendrum falcatum var. zeledoniae Brassavola pescatorii