Epidendrum coronatum

Epidendrum coronatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Laeliinae
Genus: Epidendrum
Binomial name
Epidendrum coronatum
Ruiz & Pav.
Synonyms

Epidendrum compositum Vell.
Epidendrum sulphuroleucum Barb.Rodr.
Epidendrum moyobambae Kraenzl.
Epidendrum subpatens Schltr.
Epidendrum benignum Ames
Epidendrum amazonicum Schltr.

Epidendrum coronatum is a reed-stemmed epiehytic Epidendrum orchid that grows wild in the Neotropics at medium to low altitudes.

Description

E. coronatum is a sympodial epiphyte that produces slitghtly thickened stems up to 70 cm long,[1] covered by the basal sheaths of the fleshy, alternate, ovate-lanceolate leaves,[2] which grow up to 10 cm long and 2.5 cm wide.[3] The arching apical racemose inflorescence has small sheaths at its base, and carries many waxy-textured, green to cream colored flowers. The dorsal sepal, at 20 mm long, is slightly longer than the lateral sepals and the petals, which measure 18 mm. The lip is adnate to the column to its apex, and convex beyond the column. Ruiz and Pavon describe the lip as trilobate, with the medial lobe carrying two smaller divisions; Dodson and Vásquez use the term "4-lobed" to include the divergent processes of the medial lobe.

References

  1. Alec Pridgeon The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids p. 120. Timber Press, Portland, Oregon. 1992.
  2. Hipólito Ruiz & José Pavón, Systema Vegetabilium Florae Peruvianae et Chilensis I(1798) pp. 242-243. http://www.epidendra.org/taxones/Epidendrum/Epidendrum%20coronatum/Epidendrum%20coronatum%20PROT.pdf
  3. C. Dodson & R. Vásquez "EPIDENDRUM CORONATUM R. & P.", Plate 0392 of Icones Plantarum Tropicarum, Series II Orchids of Bolivia Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis. 1989.

External links

External identifiers for Epidendrum coronatum
Encyclopedia of Life 1104303
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