| Epidendrum ramosum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Epidendreae |
| Subtribe: | Laeliinae |
| Genus: | Epidendrum |
| Subgenus: | E. subg. Amphiglottium |
| Section: | E. sect. Holochila |
| Binomial name | |
| Epidendrum ramosum Jacq. |
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| Synonyms | |
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Isochilus ramosum Spreng. |
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Epidendrum ramosum is a neotropical species of reed-stemmed Epidendrum orchid which grows both epiphytically and terrestrially at altitudes near 1 km.
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E. ramosum stems do not swell into pseudobulbs, are highly branched, and are covered with close, tubular sheathes, the upper ones bearing longish leaves which are rounded at the apex.[1] The short, scaly, apical peduncle bears a raceme with large, alternate floral bracts which nearly cover the long pedicellate ovaries of the few green-yellow flowers.[2] The sepals are oblong-acute, 5–6 mm long and 2 mm wide; the petals are narrower. The cordate acute lip is adnate to the column to its apex, has no lateral lobes, and bears a callus consisting of two keel-like ridges near the column apex. The four pollinia are white.
Five varieties of E. ramosum have been published,[3] three of which are now recognized as separate species:
| External identifiers for Epidendrum ramosum | |
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| ITIS | 43562 |
| NCBI | 544618 |
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