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Epidendrum paniculatum is an epiphytic orchid in the genus Epidendrum.
Description[]
Plant blooms in the summer with many 2.5 cm wide flowers. Flowers are fragrant.
Distribution[]
Plant is found in the forest of Belize, Costa Rica, Panama, Windwards, French Guiana, Surinam, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil and Argentina at elevations up to 2100 meters
Culture[]
Plants grow in intermediate to warm conditions and can be grown in medium size fir bark with perlite. Plant prefers drying periods between watering and bright light is recommended. Lengthen drying period a bit in the winter.
Naming[]
Common Names: The Paniculate Epidendrum
Synonyms[]
- Epidendrum atacazoicum Schltr 1921
- Epidendrum bifalce Schltr. 1929
- Epidendrum brachythyrsus Kraenzl 1911
- Epidendrum caloglossum Schltr. 1921
- Epidendrum densiflorum Hooker 1840
- Epidendrum falsiloquum Rchb.f. 1885
- Epidendrum fastigiatum Lindl. Fol. Orchid. 3: 56 1853
- Epidendrum floribundum Kunth 1816
- Epidendrum frons-bovis Kraenzl. 1905
- Epidendrum humidicolum Schltr. 1922
- Epidendrum isthmi Schlechter 1922
- Epidendrum laeve Lindley 1844
- Epidendrum longicrure Schltr. 1920
- Epidendrum macroceras Schltr. 1920
- Epidendrum ornatum Lem. 1848
- Epidendrum paniculatum var. longicrure Lindl. 1853
- Epidendrum piliferum Rchb.f 1877
- Epidendrum reflexum A&S 1925
- Epidendrum resectum Rchb.f 1877
- Epidendrum rubrocinctum Lindl. 1843
- Epidendrum syringaeflorum Warsz. ex Rchb. f. 1854
- Epidendrum turialvae Rchb.f 1871