Epidendrum polystachyum (Epidendrum polystachyum)
Description
Epidendrum polystachyum has a sympodial habit,producing fusiform pseudobulbs,each with several oblong obtuse conduplicate leaves.The terminal inflorescence is a many-branched panicle with few flowers on each branch (Reichenbach 1861 says "scapo polystachyo").The sepals,petals,and lip are peach colored: the dorsal sepal oblong to lanceolate,acuminate and reflexed;the lateral sepals oblique and reflexed;the petals lanceolate-spatulate.The trilobate lip is adnate to the column to its apex: the lateral lobes irregularly obovate with erose to crenulate margins;the medial lobe smaller,deeply emarginate,divided in two at the apex,with a raised oblong yellow-green callus.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Liliopsida
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Order: Asparagales
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Family: Orchidaceae
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Genus: Epidendrum
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