Epidendrum rigidum Jacq.

Repent epiphytic herbs up to about 35 cm. long. Stems slender, simple, cov-ered with the amplexicaul leaf-sheaths, sometimes appearing ancipitous. Leaves 3-13 cm. long and 0.4-2 cm. broad, linear to lanceolate-oblong or oblong, obtuse, coriaceous, the apex usually unequally bilobed. Inflorescence a strict raceme up to about 15 cm. long, few-to several-flowered; bracts up to about 15 mm. long, ovate, acute or obtuse, semi-equitant or usually the base surrounding the peduncle, usually with a median keel which is decurrent onto the peduncle; flowers usually greenish. Dorsal sepal 5.5-9 mm. long and 2-3 mm. broad, oblong to lanceolate-ovate, obtuse. Lateral sepals 5-9 mm. long and 2-4 mm. broad, ovate-lanceolate to obovate, oblique, obtuse. Petals 5-9 mm. long and 1.2-2 mm. broad, ovate-lanceolate to obovate, oblique, obtuse. Lip unguiculate; claw adnate to the column; lamina 4-6 mm. long and about as broad, cordate-orbicular, obtuse or obscurely retuse, lateral margins revolute; disc fleshy, with 2 mammillate calluses at the apex of the column.