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Epidendrum secundum

Epidendrum secundum

Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family:Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
SubTribe: Laeliinae
Genus: Epidendrum
Species: Epi. secundum
Alliance:
Binomial name
Epidendrum secundum
Jacq. 1760


Epidendrum secundum is an epiphytic orchid in the genus Epidendrum.

Description[]

Plant blooms at any time of the year with 1.2 cm wide flowers.

Distribution[]

Plant is found growing terrestrially and in trees of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil at elevations of 600 to 3200 meters

Culture[]

Plants grow in cool to warm conditions and can be grown in medium size fir bark with perlite. Plant prefers drying periods between watering and bright light.

Varities[]

Image Name Description
Epi secundum Epidendrum secundum variant Sepals and petals are purple, lip is yellow

Naming[]

Common Names: All the Flowers In One Plane Epidendrum (but the flowers are not all in one plane : "sed floribus non secundis")

Synonyms[]

  1. Amphiglottis corymbosa (Ruiz & Pav.) Britton 1924
  2. Amphiglottis lacera (Lindl.) Britton 1924
  3. Amphiglottis secunda (Jacq.) Salisb. 1812
  4. Amphiglottis secunda (Jacq.) Britton 1924
  5. Encyclia pulcherrima Dodson & D.E. Benn. 1989
  6. Epidendrum antioquiense Schltr. 1920
  7. Epidendrum brachyphyllum Lindl. 1853
  8. Epidendrum bulkeleyi A.D.Hawkes 1957
  9. Epidendrum coroicoense Schltr. 1929
  10. Epidendrum crassifolium Lindl. 1853
  11. Epidendrum crassifolium var. albescens Pabst 1976
  12. Epidendrum cuzcoense Schltr. 1921
  13. Epidendrum dichotomum C. Presl. 1853
  14. Epidendrum dolichopus Schltr. 1920
  15. Epidendrum ellipticum Graham 1826
  16. Epidendrum elongatum Jacq 1789
  17. Epidendrum evectum Hook. f. 1871
  18. Epidendrum expansum Rchb.f. 1877
  19. Epidendrum fastigiatum Lindl. Fol. Orchid. 3: 71 1853
  20. Epidendrum fimbria Rchb.f. 1854
  21. Epidendrum giroudianum Rchb. f. 1856
  22. Epidendrum gracilicaule Rchb. f. & Warsz. 1854
  23. Epidendrum herzogii Schltr. 1913
  24. Epidendrum incisum Rchb. f. & Warsz. 1854
  25. Epidendrum inconstans Ames ex Gleason 1931
  26. Epidendrum juruaense Cogn. 1906
  27. Epidendrum lacerum Lindley 1838
  28. Epidendrum lindenii Lindl. 1845
  29. Epidendrum longihastatum Barb.Rodr. 1877
  30. Epidendrum novogranatense Rchb.f. & Warsz. 1854
  31. Epidendrum pachyphyllum Schltr. 1920
  32. Epidendrum polyschistum Schltr. 1920
  33. Epidendrum secundum f. albescens (Pabst) F.Barros 2002
  34. Epidendrum secundum var. albescens (Pabst) F.Barros 1996
  35. Epidendrum sulfuratorium Krause 1914
  36. Epidendrum tarmense Schltr. 1921
  37. Epidendrum tricallosum Schltr. 1919
  38. Epidendrum versicolor Hoehne & Schltr. 1926
  39. Prosthechea pulcherrima (Klotzsch) W.E. Higgins 1997
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