Epidendrum alabastrialatum

Epidendrum alabastrialatum

Epidendrum alabastrialatum is a species of orchid found in Oaxaca Mexico and Nicaragua in wet montane cloud forests at elevations of 1100 to 1600 meters.
Epidendrum alabastrialatum Taken at Selva Negra Ecolodge, Matagalpa, Nicaragua Epidendrum alabastrialatum,Geotagged,Nicaragua,Winter

Appearance

It is a small to medium sized, cool growing epiphyte with a much branched stem enveloped completely by imbricate sheaths and carrying 2 to 4, apical, articulate, lanceolate, acute, subcoriaceous leaves that blooms in the later summer and fall on a terminal, drooping, to 2.4" [6 cm] long, racemose, to about 10 flowered inflorescence. Flower size 1.2" [3 cm].

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassMonocots
OrderAsparagales
FamilyOrchidaceae
GenusEpidendrum
SpeciesEpidendrum alabastrialatum
Photographed in
Nicaragua