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Epidendrum viridifuscatum is an orchid species identified by De Wild. in 1904. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Epidendrum clowesii.
ORIGIN: Found in Oaxaca and Chiapas states of Mexico south to Guatemala, and El Salvador on sunny slopes and ravine walls in tropical deciduous forests at elevations of 500 to 2100 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Medium to large sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte with cane-like, leafy stems carrying relatively broad, articulate to the stem, few to 12, oblong to oblanceolate, acute or subacute leaves that blooms in the fall through late winter on a terminal, often arching, to 12 [30 cm], simple or branched, few to several flowered inflorescence carrying slightly fragrant, simultaneously opening flowers occurring in the spring and summer.
FLOWER SIZE: Less than 1 inch [less than 2.5 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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