Epidendrum_nocturnum

another view of this rainy season orchid !

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Claire Hamilton

Lion

And the spider is???? Kidding, lovely orchid! Posted 9 years ago
1. Annette Flottwell
  
  Lion
  
  Touché, there is a sharper one of the spider :) . Only I totally lack the skill to ID our local spiders. I have at least 20 on my HD that I can't ID :( Posted 9 years ago
2. 1. Claire Hamilton
    
    Lion
    
    Oh you are not alone in that one. So many spiders around here and many of them can't be identified even by the experts. You should post the good shots, maybe some of us can at least get it to a genus. Posted 9 years ago

Gary Yong Gee

Giant Tortoise

This is Epidendrum oerstedii [syn. Coilostylis oerstedii] distributed in Central America from Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. Note that the inflorescence is carrying 4 flowers from a maturing bifoliate [two-leaved] pseudobulb.

Epidendrum nocturnum produces one flower at a time from the apex of a tall cane-like reed-stemmed plant. Posted 6 years ago

The Epidendrum nocturnum

''Epidendrum nocturnum'' is the type species of the genus ''Epidendrum'' of the Orchidaceae .

It is usually autogamous and sometimes cleistogamous .

The haploid chromosome number of ''E. nocturnum'' has been determined as ''n'' = 20. The diploid chromosome number has been determined both as 2''n'' = 40 and as 2''n'' = 80

In 1984, the variety ''E. nocturnum'' var. ''guadeloupense'' was determined to have a diploid chromosome number of 2''n'' = 42—48. On November.. more

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Similar species: Agaves, Aloes, Onions

Species identified by Annette Flottwell

By Annette Flottwell

Uploaded Jan 29, 2016. Captured Jul 22, 2015 10:34 in Unnamed Road, Tilarán, Costa Rica.

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NIKON D3X
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Captured in the summer. More summer photos.