Epidendrum cornutum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Epidendrum
Subgenus: Epidendrum subg. Spathium
Species:
E. cornutum
Binomial name
Epidendrum cornutum
Synonyms

Epidendrum anthoceros Lind. & Rchb.f. (1854)
Epidendrum Pavonianum Rchb.f. (1856)
Epidendrum melinoacron Schltr. (1921) [1]

Epidendrum cornutum is the accepted name[2] for a species of Epidendrum native to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela at altitudes of 2.4–3 km.

The stem of this epiphyte is covered by close, tubular sheathes which bear bamboo-like (lnarrow, linear-lanceolate, very acute, with a cuneate sessile base) leaves on the upper part of the stem. The foot-long terminal inflorescence emerges from 1—3 large sheathes which completely cover the peduncle, and ends in a densely flowered raceme of fragrant, fleshy, flowers with filiform petals and a deeply three-lobed lip with slightly denticulate margins.[3] The flower color can be white, light yellow, light green, or tan.

Homonymy

The identity of this taxon has been confused by the publication, in 1894, of a description of Stanhopea oculata (first described in 1832) under the name Epidendrum cornutum.

References

  1. ↑ Schweinfurth. "Orchids of Peru" Fieldiana: Botany 30(2) 1959. p. 425
  2. ↑ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew".
  3. ↑ Lindley, J. Bot. (Hooker) 3:86 (1841)


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