''Epidendrum cylindrostachys'' is an epiphytic orchid native to the mountainous

rainforest Rainforests are characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire. Rainforest can be classified as tropical rainforest or temperate rainfores ...

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and Peru, at altitudes near 2.5 km. According to the World Checklist, this binomial has no synonyms or homonyms.

Description

''Epidendrum cylindrostachys'' is a reed-stemmed '' Epidendrum'' which H. G. Reichenbach placed in the subgenus ''E''. subg. ''Spathium'' because the terminal inflorescence erupts through two narrow, ancipitous spathes. H. G. Reichenbach "ORCHIDES", nr. 186 in C. Müller, Ed. ''Walpers. Annales Botanices Systematicae'' 6(1861)365. Berlin. The closely spaced slender stems grow little more than 1 dm tall and are covered from the base by thin, imbricating sheaths. The top two or three of these sheaths bear linear-ligulate leaves which are longer than the stem. The inflorescence is a cylindric raceme bearing many small

resupinate Resupination is derived from the Latin word ''resupinus'', meaning "bent back with the face upward" or "on the back". "Resupination" is the noun form of the adjective "resupine" which means "being upside-down, supine or facing upward". The word " ...

purple-spotted flowers subtended by very short linear-acute floral bracts. The oblanceolate-oblong dorsal sepal is 5 mm long, the obovate-oblong lateral sepals are slightly longer and noticeably broader. The lanceolate-liner petals are shorter than the sepals. The trilobate lip is

adnate Adnate may refer to: * Adnation, in botany, the fusion of two or more whorls of a flower * Adnate, in mycology, a classification of lamellae (gills) * Conjoined twins Conjoined twins – sometimes popularly referred to as Siamese twins – are ...

to the

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to its apex. The lateral lobes of the lip are shaped like a half-moon. The fleshy central lobe is lanceolate and obtuse to retuse at the apex.

References

External links

* * Pictures of the flower may be found at:
The Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia
{{Taxonbar, from=Q5382756 cylindrostachys Orchids of Colombia Orchids of Peru