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* ''Epidendrum brachycladium'' [[Lindl.]] (1853)
* ''Epidendrum brachycladium'' [[Lindl.]] (1853)
* ''Epidendrum brachycladium'' var. ''crassipes'' [[Lindl.]] (1853)
* ''Epidendrum brachycladium'' var. ''crassipes'' [[Lindl.]] (1853)
* ''Epidendrum crassipes'' ([[Lindl.]])[[ Kraenzl.]] (1916)
* ''Epidendrum crassipes'' ([[Lindl.]])[[Kraenzl.]] (1916)
* ''Epidendrum pachypodum'' [[Schltr.]] (1920)
* ''Epidendrum pachypodum'' [[Schltr.]] (1920)
* ''Epidendrum dolabrilobum'' Ames & C. Schweinf. (1925)
* ''Epidendrum dolabrilobum'' Ames & C. Schweinf. (1925)
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== Description ==
== Description ==
''Epidendrum blepharistes'' grows both [[Terrestrial_plant|terrestrially]] and [[epiphyte|epiiphytically]] at altitudes ranging from 1.0&nbsp;km to 3.0&nbsp;km in the [[Neotropics]].<ref>Schweinfurth. "Orchids of Peru" ''Fieldiana: Botany'' '''30'''(1959)446—7. Field Museum, Chicago, IL. as ''Epidendrum funkii''</ref> Like other members of the subgenus [[Epidendrum subg. Amphiglottium|''E.''&nbsp;subg. ''Amphiglottium'']], ''E.&nbsp;blepharistes'' exhibits a sympodial growth habit, with individual stems covered from the base with close, tubular sheaths; on the upper part of the stem, these sheaths are the bases of the distichous leaves. ''E.&nbsp;blepharistes'' differs from most members of ''E.''&nbsp;subg. ''Amphiglottium'' by frequently having a fusiform swelling, up to 1.5&nbsp;dm long, at the base of each stem. The elongate, ovate, obtuse leaves<ref>[[Rchb.f.|H. G. Reichenbach]], "Orchides", nr. 236 in C. Müller, Ed. ''Walpers Annales Botanices Systematicae'' '''6'''(1861)411. Berlin.</ref> can grow more than 22&nbsp;cm long by 3&nbsp;cm wide. The terminal [[Peduncle (botany)|peduncle]] is covered from its base in close tubular sheaths, and carries either a loose [[panicle]] (typical of the section [[Epidendrum sect. Polycladia|''E.''&nbsp;sect. ''Polycladia'']]) consisting of rather few distant [[raceme]]s, or a single raceme. The small flowers are a rich rose color with oval sepals up to 10&nbsp;mm long by 4&nbsp;mm wide, acuminate petals nearly the same length as the sepals but with a denticulate margin, and a quadrilobate [[Labellum (botany)|lip]] which is adnate to the [[Column_(botany)|column]] to its apex. (Schweinfurth 1959 describes the lip as "deeply 3-lobed" and then describes the mid-lobe as "deeply bilobed at the apex".) The lateral lobes of the lip are more or less fringed. There are two calli where the lip diverges from the column, and a keel between them, running part way down the medial lobe of the lip.
''Epidendrum blepharistes'' grows both [[Terrestrial plant|terrestrially]] and [[epiphyte|epiiphytically]] at altitudes ranging from 1.0&nbsp;km to 3.0&nbsp;km in the [[Neotropics]].<ref>Schweinfurth. "Orchids of Peru" ''Fieldiana: Botany'' '''30'''(1959)446—7. Field Museum, Chicago, IL. as ''Epidendrum funkii''</ref> Like other members of the subgenus [[Epidendrum subg. Amphiglottium|''E.''&nbsp;subg. ''Amphiglottium'']], ''E.&nbsp;blepharistes'' exhibits a sympodial growth habit, with individual stems covered from the base with close, tubular sheaths; on the upper part of the stem, these sheaths are the bases of the distichous leaves. ''E.&nbsp;blepharistes'' differs from most members of ''E.''&nbsp;subg. ''Amphiglottium'' by frequently having a fusiform swelling, up to 1.5&nbsp;dm long, at the base of each stem. The elongate, ovate, obtuse leaves<ref>[[Rchb.f.|H. G. Reichenbach]], "Orchides", nr. 236 in C. Müller, Ed. ''Walpers Annales Botanices Systematicae'' '''6'''(1861)411. Berlin.</ref> can grow more than 22&nbsp;cm long by 3&nbsp;cm wide. The terminal [[Peduncle (botany)|peduncle]] is covered from its base in close tubular sheaths, and carries either a loose [[panicle]] (typical of the section [[Epidendrum sect. Polycladia|''E.''&nbsp;sect. ''Polycladia'']]) consisting of rather few distant [[raceme]]s, or a single raceme. The small flowers are a rich rose color with oval sepals up to 10&nbsp;mm long by 4&nbsp;mm wide, acuminate petals nearly the same length as the sepals but with a denticulate margin, and a quadrilobate [[Labellum (botany)|lip]] which is adnate to the [[Column (botany)|column]] to its apex. (Schweinfurth 1959 describes the lip as "deeply 3-lobed" and then describes the mid-lobe as "deeply bilobed at the apex".) The lateral lobes of the lip are more or less fringed. There are two calli where the lip diverges from the column, and a keel between them, running part way down the medial lobe of the lip.


The [[diploid]] chromosome number of ''E.&nbsp;blepharistes'' has been determined as 2''n''&nbsp;=&nbsp;40.<ref>page 251 of Leonardo P. Felix and Marcelo Guerra: "Variation in chromosome number and the basic number of subfamily Epidendroideae (Orchidaceae)" ''Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society'' '''163'''(2010)234-278. The Linnean Society of London. downloaded October 2010 from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01059.x/pdf</ref>
The [[diploid]] chromosome number of ''E.&nbsp;blepharistes'' has been determined as 2''n''&nbsp;=&nbsp;40.<ref>page 251 of Leonardo P. Felix and Marcelo Guerra: "Variation in chromosome number and the basic number of subfamily Epidendroideae (Orchidaceae)" ''Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society'' '''163'''(2010)234-278. The Linnean Society of London. downloaded October 2010 from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01059.x/pdf</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
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* holotype of ''E.&nbsp;dolabrilobum'' herbarium sheet pictures: http://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/specimens?id=110482
* holotype of ''E.&nbsp;dolabrilobum'' herbarium sheet pictures: http://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/specimens?id=110482


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[[Category:Epidendrum sect. Polycladia|blepharistes]]
[[Category:Epidendrum sect. Polycladia|blepharistes]]

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Epidendrum blepharistes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Epidendrum
Subgenus: Epidendrum subg. Amphiglottium
Section: Epidendrum sect. Polycladia
Species:
E. blepharistes
Binomial name
Epidendrum blepharistes
Barker ex Lindl. (1844)
Synonyms
  • Epidendrum funkii Rchb.f. (1850)
  • Epidendrum brachycladium Lindl. (1853)
  • Epidendrum brachycladium var. crassipes Lindl. (1853)
  • Epidendrum crassipes (Lindl.)Kraenzl. (1916)
  • Epidendrum pachypodum Schltr. (1920)
  • Epidendrum dolabrilobum Ames & C. Schweinf. (1925)

Epidendrum blepharistes is a species of orchid in the genus Epidendrum native to Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.[1]

Description

Epidendrum blepharistes grows both terrestrially and epiiphytically at altitudes ranging from 1.0 km to 3.0 km in the Neotropics.[2] Like other members of the subgenus E. subg. Amphiglottium, E. blepharistes exhibits a sympodial growth habit, with individual stems covered from the base with close, tubular sheaths; on the upper part of the stem, these sheaths are the bases of the distichous leaves. E. blepharistes differs from most members of E. subg. Amphiglottium by frequently having a fusiform swelling, up to 1.5 dm long, at the base of each stem. The elongate, ovate, obtuse leaves[3] can grow more than 22 cm long by 3 cm wide. The terminal peduncle is covered from its base in close tubular sheaths, and carries either a loose panicle (typical of the section E. sect. Polycladia) consisting of rather few distant racemes, or a single raceme. The small flowers are a rich rose color with oval sepals up to 10 mm long by 4 mm wide, acuminate petals nearly the same length as the sepals but with a denticulate margin, and a quadrilobate lip which is adnate to the column to its apex. (Schweinfurth 1959 describes the lip as "deeply 3-lobed" and then describes the mid-lobe as "deeply bilobed at the apex".) The lateral lobes of the lip are more or less fringed. There are two calli where the lip diverges from the column, and a keel between them, running part way down the medial lobe of the lip.

The diploid chromosome number of E. blepharistes has been determined as 2n = 40.[4]

References

  1. ^ http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?accepted_id=67918&repSynonym_id=-9998&name_id=67918&status=true
  2. ^ Schweinfurth. "Orchids of Peru" Fieldiana: Botany 30(1959)446—7. Field Museum, Chicago, IL. as Epidendrum funkii
  3. ^ H. G. Reichenbach, "Orchides", nr. 236 in C. Müller, Ed. Walpers Annales Botanices Systematicae 6(1861)411. Berlin.
  4. ^ page 251 of Leonardo P. Felix and Marcelo Guerra: "Variation in chromosome number and the basic number of subfamily Epidendroideae (Orchidaceae)" Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 163(2010)234-278. The Linnean Society of London. downloaded October 2010 from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01059.x/pdf
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