Epidendrum pudicum Ames

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Epidendrum

Characteristics

Small, caespitose, epiphytic herbs up to about 20 cm. tall. Stems slender, ob-scurely fractiflex, covered with the persistent, pergameneous, amplexicaul leaf-sheaths. Leaves 15-30 mm. long and 1-3 mm. broad, linear, obtuse, fleshy. Inflorescence a 1-to few-flowered subumbel. Dorsal sepal 8-10 mm. long-and 1.5-2.5 mm. broad, linear-oblanceolate, acute. Lateral sepals similar to the dorsal but slightly arcuate. Petals about; 8 mm. long and nearly 1-mm. broad near the apex. Lip unguiculate; claw adnatte to the column; lamina about 5 mm. long and 7 mm. broad, subtriangular-cordate to reniform, obscurely 3-lobed, acute, pro-vided with 2 slightly divergent submammillate calluses at the base.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.2
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Distribution

Epidendrum pudicum world distribution map, present in Panama

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:92050-2
WFO ID wfo-0000951165
COL ID 6G3W3
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Synonyms

Epidendrum pudicum