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Orchid Species: Epidendrum labiatum

Kew currently accepted name is Leochilus labiatus

Epidendrum labiatum is an orchid species identified by (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in 1788. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Leochilus labiatus.
Genus
Epidendrum (Epi.)
Grex
labiatum
Parents
Species
Author
(Lindl.) Rchb.f.
Year
1788
ORIGIN: Found in Venezuela and Brazil at elevations of 600 to 900 meters.

DESCRIPTION: Warm growing, variable sized epiphyte with club-shaped, slightly compressed pseudobulbs subtended by several greenish, thin textured sheaths and carrying a single, apical, oblong, obtuse, coriaceous leaf that blooms mostly in the fall and early winter on a short, few [2 to 5] flowered inflorescence subtended by a double, leathery sheath.

FLOWER SIZE: 7 inches [17.5 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Leochilus Lchs labiatus 1891 (Sw.) Kuntze
Add+ Leochilus Lchs salvus 1866 (Rchb.f.) Griseb.
Add+ Oncidium Onc salvum 1865 Rchb.f.
Add+ Cyrtochilum Cyr depauperatum 1917 (F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.) Kraenzl.
Add+ Leochilus Lchs cochlearis 1842 (Lindl.) Lindl.
Add+ Leochilus Lchs gracilis 1923 Schltr.
Add+ Oncidium Onc depauperatum 1899 F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.
Add+ Oncidium Onc labiatum 1863 (Sw.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers
Add+ Oncidium Onc lansbergii 1876 Rchb.f.
Add+ Rodriguezia Rdza cochlearis 1842 Lindl.
Add+ Liparis Lip labiata 1826 (Sw.) Spreng.
Add+ Leochilus Lchs depauperatus 1922 (F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.) Kraenzl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.)
Most awarded/recent cultivars: C. labiata 'Goliath' (4 awards from 1993 to 2015) C. labiata h.f. semialba 'Lorena' (3 awards from 2017 to 2018) C. labiata h.f. roxobispo 'Urbano' (3 awards from 2014 to 2018) C. labiata h.f. rubra 'Ching Hua #1' (3 awards from 2005 to 2017) C. labiata 'Eisenheim' (3 awards from 2011 to 2013) C. labiata h.f. semialba 'Carlota Joaquina' (2 awards from 2015 to 2018) C. labiata 'Elisabeth' (2 awards from 2013 to 2018) C. labiata h.f. rubra 'Feitigo' (2 awards from 2010 to 2017) C. labiata 'Laetitia' (2 awards from 2011 to 2016) C. labiata h.f. semialba 'Mossoró' (2 awards from 2014 to 2016) C. labiata h.f. semialba 'Mossoro' (2 awards from 2011 to 2016) C. labiata 'Lorena' (2 awards in 2016) C. labiata f. coerulea 'Eisenheim' (2 awards from 2011 to 2015) C. labiata 'Ipanema' (2 awards in 2015) C. labiata h.f. semialba 'Marina' (2 awards from 2004 to 2015) C. labiata h.f. rubra 'Claire' (2 awards in 2014) C. labiata h.f. rubra 'São Carlos' (2 awards in 2014) C. labiata 'Allambie Whitewings' (2 awards in 2014) C. labiata 'Canellas' (2 awards in 2014) C. labiata 'Sherwood Forest' (2 awards from 1991 to 2011)
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