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Epidendrum cycnostalix is an orchid species identified by Rchb.f. in 1852. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Epidendrum stamfordianum.
ORIGIN: Found from Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela, in seasonally dry forests on large branches at elevations of 20 to 800 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Medium sized, hot to warm growing, epiphytic species with fusiform pseudobulbs with 3 to 4, elliptic-oblong leaves and is an erect epiphytic orchid, flowering in the winter, spring and summer and fall arising from the base of a newly formed, mature pseudobulb; one of a few species to do this in the genus Epidendrum; to 24 [60 cm] long, many flowered raceme or panicle of showy, long-lasting, fragrant flowers growing best mounted on wood with semi-shady conditions and needs a semi rest in the winter from water and fertilizer. This plant can become dormant after collecting and sit for 2 years before responding to cultivation.
FLOWER SIZE: To more than 1 1/2 inches [more than 3.75 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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