Epidendrum macrostachyum Lindl.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Venezuela

• State/Province

  Zulia

• Locality

  Perijá. "Campamento Frontera VI", on tepuí-like sandstone ridge 4 x 0.5 - 1 km running E-W, east of the international border, between the headwaters of Río del Norte and southermost branch of Río Aricuaisa

• Elevation

  Alt. 2400 m. (7874 ft.)

• Coordinates

  9.5, -73.1

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Ministerio de Agricultura y Cria
INSTITUTO BOTANICO-CARACAS
HERBARIO NACIONAL DE VENEZUELA
Epidendrum macrostachyum Lindl*
det. G.C.K.Dunsterville 8/74
Terrestrial, 1 3/4m tall in heavy
litter? roots purple-white with
white!dots; old stalk lustrous pur-
plsunder old grey sheaths; leaves
brittle coriaceous, dull green flusk
purple: sepals dull purple-green,
succulent; lateral petals similar
but less thick; lip hard and thick,
mustard yellow-brown; column dill
purple; anthers yellow.
"Campamento Frontera VI", (Lat.	9°30‘ N, Long. 73°06' W), on tepuf-like
sandstone rid§e k x 0.5-1 km running E - W, east of the international
border, between the headwaters	of Rfo del Norte and the southernmost
branch of Rfo Aricuaisa;	Distrito Perlja, Estado Zulia; ca.
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