RECOGNITION (from the schlecerterianum text) : Epidendrum schleclíterianum belongs to the Nanodes Group, characterized by the caespitose to creeping,

symRodial plantsf the short stems completely coverea by the base of the non-articulate, fleshy, imbricating leaves; sessile,

few-flowered inf orescences. The species is recognized by the two-flowered inflorescence with relatively long, greenish

purple to olive green flowers tinged witn red, the

oblong-Ianceolate, 17-20 mm long sepals, co rdatereniform,

minutely apiculate lip, anáthe column 10-14

mm long with the anther elongate, subacute and

apically' fímbriate. Epidendrum congestum Rolfe has 2-

3, much smaller flowers (sepals 7- ro mm long) and the

lip cordiform, with the apex acute, and tlíe anther

widely ovoid and aRically truncate, the margin

something dentate. Epiaendrum congestoides Ames &

C.Schweinf. also has a two-flowered IIlflorescence, but

the flowers are smaller, greenish to reddish green,

sepals ovate to ovate-lance6Iate, 8-1 0[13] mm long, the

lip reniform-semiorbi cular, somewhat embracing the

sliort column (4 .5-5.8 [6.6] mm long) in natural

position, and the anther is short, the marglll fimbriate