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Epidendrum brachiatum is an orchid species identified by A.Rich. & Galeotti in 1845. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Prosthechea brachiata.
ORIGIN: Found in Guerrero and Oaxaca states of Mexico in moist pine-oak forests, relatively dry barranca forests or montane rainforests at elevations of 1700 to 2200 meters in very wet pine-oak forests.
DESCRIPTION: Small sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with loosely clustered, ovoid, strongly flattened pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, coriaceous-subfleshy, elliptic to narrowly elliptic to oblong-elliptic, acute, strongly conduplicate basally leaf that blooms on an erect, 6" to 10" [15 to 25 cm] long, several to many [13 to 24] flowered, racemose inflorescence occurring in the fall through mostly spring and carrying strongly fragrant flowers.
FLOWER SIZE: 0.6 inches [1.5 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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