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Epidendrum rigidum

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Filed as Epidendrum rigidum Jacq. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Filed as Epidendrum rigidum Jacq. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Holotype of Epidendrum glumarum Hamer & Garay [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Filed as Epidendrum rigidum Jacq. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Holotype of Epidendrum rigidum Jacq. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Type? of Epidendrum ramosum Jacq. var. lanceolatum Griseb. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Filed as Epidendrum rigidum Jacq. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Filed as Epidendrum rigidum Jacq. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Filed as Epidendrum rigidum Jacq. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Filed as Epidendrum rigidum Jacq. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Filed as Epidendrum rigidum Jacq. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Syntype of Epidendrum rigidum Jacq. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Filed as Epidendrum rigidum Jacq. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Epidendrum rigidum
Holotype of Epidendrum rigidum Jacquin var. angustisegmentum L. O. Williams [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Type of Epidendrum cardiophorum Schltr. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Filed as Epidendrum rigidum Jacq. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Filed as Epidendrum rigidum Jacq. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Type? of Epidendrum rigidum Jacq. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Filed as Epidendrum rigidum Jacq. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Filed as Epidendrum rigidum Jacq. [family ORCHIDACEAE]
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Name

Identification
Epidendrum rigidum Jacq. [family ORCHIDACEAE ]
Related name
  • Epidendrum rigidum
Common name
  • Rigid epidendrum, Flora of North America Vol. 26

Flora

Entry for Epidendrum rigidum Jacquin [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 26,
Names
Epidendrum rigidum Jacquin [family ORCHIDACEAE], Enum. Syst. Pl., 29. 1760
Spathiger rigidus (Jacquin) Small [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Eric Hágsater
Information
Plants creeping, to 40 cm. Roots from nodes along creeping rhizome, 1–2 mm diam. Stems 2 cm apart, ascending, compressed, to 20 cm. Leaves 2–7, near apex of stem; petiole 15–26 mm, compressed; blade elliptic, 3–8 × 0.8–1.5 cm, leathery, apex obtuse. Inflorescences distichous-elongate, usually erect, rarely arching, sinuous, 5–15 cm; peduncle 1–3 cm. Flowers 3–10, with underside of lip always facing rachis, not resupinate, somewhat successive, green; sepals ovate, 5 × 2.5 mm, apex acute to obtuse; petals linear, 5 × 1 mm; lip ovate to nearly quadrangular, 3 × 3 mm, apex obtuse to rounded, 2-callose; column 3 mm; clinandrium hood denticulate; anther ovoid, with low keel in front; ovary 10–11 mm, covered by prominent, conduplicate bracts often somewhat longer than ovary. Capsules ovoid; pedicel 1–2 mm; body 10–12 × 7–9 mm; beak 3–4 mm.
Phenology
mar-may (spring), sep-nov (fall), dec (winter)
Altitude range
0–30 m;
Distribution
West IndiesBermudaSouth America.USA Fla.
Discussion
Epidendrum rigidum is the most widespread and common epidendrum in the tropical regions of the Western Hemisphere. In Mexico and Central America it is replaced by a closely related species, E. cardiophorum Schlechter.

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