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Epidendrum adenoglossum

Epidendrum adenoglossum is a rarely seen epiphytic orchid known mainly from a single herbarium specimen collected in Peru, so little is documented about its cultivation. Grow it like other Epidendrum epiphytes: mounted or in an airy orchid mix with bright, filtered light and steady moisture.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water when the medium starts to dry, and keep the roots lightly moist without letting them sit soggy.
Soil
Fast-draining orchid bark or mounted on a slab with good air around the roots.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 12 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Peru
Climate
wet tropical

About

Epidendrum adenoglossum is an orchid known primarily from its type herbarium specimen, Mathews 1073, collected in Peru near Pangoa. When Lindley published the name, he placed the species in the subgenus E. subg. Spathium Lindl. (1841). In 2005, Hágsater & Soto designated this species as the lectotype of E. subg. Spathium Lindl. (1841).

Other Epidendrum plants

Epidendrum alpicola · Epidendrum alsum · Epidendrum amictum · Brown-flower butterfly orchid · Epidendrum apaganoides · Epidendrum armeniacum · Epidendrum bambusiforme · Funky Orchid · Epidendrum brachyglossum · Epidendrum brevivenium · Beautiful Blooming Epidendrum · Epidendrum campestre

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Epidendrum adenoglossum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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