The subgenus ''Epidendrum'' subg. ''Epidendrum'' was published as "''Euepidendrum''" in 1841 with the diagnosis "Caulis foliosus. Pedunculus brevis esquamatus. Labellum adnatum." This reed-stemmed genus includes

sympodial Sympodial growth is a bifurcating branching pattern where one branch develops more strongly than the other, resulting in the stronger branches forming the primary shoot and the weaker branches appearing laterally. A sympodium, also referred to a ...

''Epidendrum'' plants with stems covered with imbricating sheaths which show no tendency to swell into

pseudobulb The pseudobulb is a storage organ found in many epiphytic and terrestrial sympodial orchids. It is derived from a thickening of the part of a stem between leaf nodes and may be composed of just one internode or several, termed heteroblastic a ...

s, and with terminal

inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed ...

s which lack any sheath or spathe at the base. Reichenbach recognized four sections in this subgenus: H. G. Reichenbach, "Orchides" C. Müller, Ed. ''Walpers. Annales Botanices Systematicae Tomus VI'' p. 397. Berlin. 1861 * ''E''. ''Equitantia'' * ''E''. ''Sarcophylla'' * ''E''. ''Teretifolia'' * ''E''. ''Planifolia''

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