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Orchid Species: Epidendrum clowesii
(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)
Epidendrum clowesii is an orchid species identified by Bateman ex Lindl. in 1844.
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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