Epidendrum pseudepidendrum

Epidendrum pseudepidendrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Order:Asparagales
Family:Orchidaceae
Subfamily:Epidendroideae
Genus:Epidendrum
Subgenus:Epidendrum subg. Epidendrum
Section:Epidendrum sect. Planifolia
Subsection:Epidendrum subsect. Paniculata
Species: E. pseudepidendrum
Binomial name
Epidendrum pseudepidendrum
Rchb.f. (1856)
Synonyms
  • Pseudepidendrum spectabile Rchb.f. (1852)
Botanical illustration of Epidendrum pseudepidendrum.

Epidendrum pseudepidendrum (the "False Epidendrum Epidendrum") is a species of orchid native to Costa Rica and Panama. The upright canes, which can reach 5 ft., bear paniculate inflorescences which can re-bloom for several years.[1] According to Reichenbach, the strange name is the result of first being named Pseudepidendrum spectabile, before being moved to Epidendrum.

The species E. xanthoianthinum Hágsater (1993) was first described as a gold variety of this species, with the name E. pseudepidendrum var. auratum Rchb.f. (1885).

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  1. ↑ A. Phillips and C. Hill. "Reed-Stem Epidendrums" Orchids, Sep. 1998, the American Orchid Society
  • H. G. Reichenbach "ORCHIDES" in Dr. Carl Müller, Walpers Annales Botanices Systematicae 6(1861)414, Berlin.

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