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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 SPONDIADUM Reichb. f.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Bot. Zeit. 10:731. 1852
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Reference
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Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. 119: t. 7273. 1893.
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Synonym
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Epidendrum platycardium Schltr. in Fedde Rep. Sp. Nov. Beih. 17:36. 1922.
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Description
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Repent or caespitose epiphytic herbs up to about 35 cm. tall. Pseudobulbs 3-12 cm. long and 0.6-1.3 cm. broad, cylindric to narrowly ovoid, unifoliate. Leaves 10-28 cm. long and 2.5-5 cm. broad, ensiform to elliptic, obtuse. In- florescence shorter than the leaves, few-flowered; sheath about 2.5 cm. long. Flowers with sepals and petals greenish to white and the lip rose to purple. Sepals 13-20 mm. long and 3-6 mm. broad, lanceolate, acuminate or acute, the laterals oblique. Petals 12-17 mm. long and 3.5-6.5 mm. broad, lanceolate to lanceolate- ovate, acute or acuminate. Lip 12-15 mm. long and 10-12 mm. broad, short- unguiculate; claw adnate to the column; lamina suborbicular-reniform to cordate, apiculate, provided with a small subfoveate callus under the apex of the column which usually has 3 thickened nerves extending outward.
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Distribution
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Costa Rica, Panama and possibly Jamaica.
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Specimen
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CHIRIQUI: Palo Alto Hill, alt. 1500 m., Powell 141.
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Note
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Very closely allied to Epidendrumn fragrans Sw. and perhaps only a variation of that.
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