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(Last Modified On 11/16/2012)
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(Last Modified On 11/16/2012)
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Species
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EPIDENDRUM PARKINSONIANUM Hook.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Bot. Mag. 67: t. 3778. 1840.
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Synonym
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Epidendrum aloifolium Batem. Orch. Mex. & Guat. t. 25. 1840, non L. Epidendrum falcatum Lindl. var. Zeledoniae Schltr. in Fedde Rep. Sp. Nov. Beih. 19:37. 1923.
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Description
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Repent epiphytic herbs up to about 6 dm. long. Stems creeping, branched, cylindric or somewhat swollen. Leaves 15-50 cm. long and 1-4.5 cm. broad, ligulate to lanceolate-ligulate, acute, very thick, more or less flaccid, occasionally pustulate, usually pendent. Inflorescence a very short, few-flowered raceme; bracts short, ovate; pedunculate ovaries up to about 16 cm. long. Sepals 5.5-9 cm. long and 0.6-1.2 cm. broad, linear-lanceolate to linear, acute or acuminate, spreading. Petals 5-8 cm. long, similar to the sepals. Lip 6-8.5 cm. long (from the base of the column) and 3-4 cm. broad, 3-lobed, the base adnate to the col- umn; lateral lobes 2.5-4 cm. long, broadly lunate to oblong-lunate; mid-lobe 3-6 mm. long, linear.
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Distribution
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Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica and Panama.
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Specimen
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CHIRIQUI: Pueblo del Volcain, alt. 1800-1960 m., Gaines; Upper Rio Chiriqui Viejo, vicinity of Monte Lirio, alt. 1300-1900 m., Seibert 214, 217.
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Note
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A curious species with large and handsome flowers. It is allied to E. ciliare and E. pugioniforme but is easily distinguished from them by the flaccid, differently shaped leaves.
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