Epidendrum sculptum Rchb.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Epidendrum

Characteristics

Pendent or repent epiphytic herbs up to about 50 cm. long. Stems simple or branched, densely leaved, covered with the chartaceous leaf-sheaths or becoming naked with age. Leaves 2-4.5 cm. long and 1-1.8 cm. broad, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, retuse, coriaceous. Inflorescence with 1-3, usually 2, terminal flowers subtended by spathaceous bracts; flowers green or greenish-yellow. Dorsal sepal 10-14 mm. long and 2.5-3 mm. broad, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, ob-tuse. Lateral sepals 10-15 mm. long and about 3 mm. broad, oblong-lanceolate, oblique, acute. Petals 9-14 mm. long and 2-3 mm. broad, elliptic-linear to nar-rowly oblanceolate, oblique, obtuse. Lip unguiculate; claw adnate to the column; lamina 9-13 mm. long and 5.5-7 mm. broad, lanceolate-ovate, acute, 3-lobed; lateral lobes small, rounded, reaching to about the middle of the lip; mid-lobe lanceolate; disc provided with two callus-like thickenings at the base on the lateral lobes and with two longitudinal ridges along the median line and reaching to about the middle of the lip.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Images

Epidendrum sculptum unspecified picture

Distribution

Epidendrum sculptum world distribution map, present in Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Suriname, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:632726-1
WFO ID wfo-0000951364
COL ID 6FRX3
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 732033
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Epidendrum biflorum Epidendrum colonense Epidendrum florijugum Epidendrum sculptum Epidendrum boissierianum Epidendrum sculptum var. arevaloi