Epidendrum criniferum
Common Name 2
Bract Carrying Epidendrum
Location 2
Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
Description 2
Medium sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with clustered stems enveloped basally by several tubular scarious sheaths and carry densely many linear-lanceolate, acute, basally conduplicate leaves and blooms on a terminal, erect, loosely 3 to 7 flowered, compressed inflorescence with the peduncle enveloped by imbricating, long-pointed sheathing bracts with showy, fragrant, long-lived flowers occuring in the winter. Flowers are 2 cm wide.
Habitat Type 2
Wet pre-montane and montane forests at 100 to 3,000 m asl.
It has been found in tall forest, disturbed roadsides and in secondary growth.
References 2
http://www.orchidspecies.com/epicriniferum.htm
Romand-Monnier, F. & Chadburn, H. 2013. Epidendrum criniferum. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. . Downloaded on 25 February 2014.
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Más información
- NaturaLista página del taxón
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- Catalogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- eFloras.org
- Flora of North America (beta)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- World Flora Online
Range Map
NaturaLista Mapa
| Color | purple, white, yellow |
|---|---|
| Family | Orchidaceae |
