Orchid Species: Epidendrum macrophysum

ORIGIN: Found in Choco department of Colombia on the western slope of the Cordillera Occidental in cloud forests at elevations around 1400 to 1500 meters.

DESCRIPTION: Medium sized, cool growing epiphyte with cane-like, simple, straight, thin, basal half terete, ancipitose towards the apex stems carrying 4 to 5, all along the apical half of the stem, basally smaller, , linear-lanceolate, long-acuminate, central veined as well as 2 evident secondary veins on the upper side, margin entire leaves that blooms in the fall on a terminal, arising through a single, aat the apex of the peduncle, narrowly elliptic, obtuse, conduplicate, ancipitous, spathe, pluriracemse, arching-pendant, with up to 4 racemes forming from within the apex peduncle, peduncle filiform, to 7.8” [19 cm] long, ancipitous, two winged, thin, rachis to.4” [1 cm] long, short, hidden within the floral bracts, densely, successively single, few flowered inflorescence with shorter tha the ovvary, basally sub oblong, apically elliptic, rounded and apiculate, conduplicate, dorsally carinate, distichous, imbricate at the base, persistent, pale green with irregular lilac spoted floral bracts and carrying resupinate, pale green flowers with the apex of the column greenish white as well as the callus and disc being greenish white.

FLOWER SIZE: 0.8 inches [2 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).