Epidendrum repens Cogn.
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Authority
Schweinfurth, Charles. 1967. Orchidaceae of the Guayana Highland. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 14: 69-214.
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Family
Orchidaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Distribution and Ecology - VENEZUELA. Bolivar: Mt. Roraima, at Rondon Camp, 2123 m alt., pendent epiphyte in humid temperate forest of the upper slopes, flowers green, December 3, 1927, G. H. H. Tate 483; same locality, southwest-facing forested slopes Rondón Camp and base of sandstone bluffs, 2040-2255 m alt., pendent epiphyte on mossy tree trunk, leaves subcoriaceous, grass-green above and dull green beneath, September 30, 1944, J. A. Steyermark 48968; Auyan-tepui, cumbre de la parte norte de la seccion sur (division occidental del cerro): a lo largo del Rio Churún, entre campamento norte y campamento sur al pie de "Second Wall" de arenisca, 1660 m alt., in riverine forest, epiphyte 0.5-1 m up on branch, leaves subcoriaceous, dull green on both sides. May 14, 1964, Steyermark 93877 (this collection is sterile, but the identity is unquestionable.); Ptari-tepui, on "Cave Rock" above "Cave Camp," on forested south-facing slopes overlying sandstone, 1810 m alt., epiphyte dangling from mossy tree trunk, leaves fleshy, subcoriaceous, deep green above and pale green beneath, October 29, 1944, Steyermark 59522; Chimanta Massif, northwestern part of Abacapa-tepui, in vicinity of Camp 3, 1300 m alt., on forested slopes adjacent to quebrada, epiphyte on mossy branches of Clusia on large sandstone boulder, April 20, 1953, Steyermark 75214 (sterile). The West Indies (JAMAICA, type), MEXICO and COSTA RICA.
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Distribution
VENEZUELA. Bolivar: Mt. Roraima, at Rondon Camp, 2123 m alt., pendent epiphyte in humid temperate forest of the upper slopes, flowers green, December 3, 1927, G. H. H. Tate 483; same locality, southwest-facing forested slopes Rondón Camp and base of sandstone bluffs, 2040-2255 m alt., pendent epiphyte on mossy tree trunk, leaves subcoriaceous, grass-green above and dull green beneath, September 30, 1944, J. A. Steyermark 48968; Auyan-tepui, cumbre de la parte norte de la seccion sur (division o
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