Finding
SITF confirms this plant as Epidendrum uleinanodes (Oct 2026). The flower size and form and plant matches the photos in the IOSPE and in the OW. The description and drawing of Epi. uleinanodes by Eric Hágsater can be found in the Icones Orchidacearum 18(2): plate 1894 (2021).
Leaf Length: 2.7
Leaf Width: 0.9
Leaf Margin: entire
Leaf Shape: lanceolate
Inflorescence Overall Length: 0.9
Ovary Length: 0.35
Ovary Width: 0.15
Ovary Shape: trigonous
Ovary Color: chartreuse
Flower Natural Spread Length: 1.8
Flower Natural Spread Width: 1.6
Dorsal Sepal Length: 1.6
Dorsal Sepal Width: 0.55
Lateral Sepals Length: 1.6
Lateral Sepals Width: 0.5
Petals Width: 0.4
Judging Center: Great Plains Juding Center
Award Number: 20253581
Award Date: June 21, 2025
Awarded As: CBR
ight flowers borne on three apical, short inflorescences to 0.9-cm; plant caespitose, cane-like, flexuous, new growths arising from the base of the previous stem, 8.0 cm wide x 11.5 cm long, leaves succulent, rigid, nonarticulate, persistent; sheath tubular; blades lanceolate, obtuse, largest 0.9 cm wide x 2.7 cm long; roots basal, thin, 0.1 cm in diameter, root tips brown, active growing tip green; flowers resupinate, chartreuse, tinged maroon; sepals lanceolate, dorsal sepal more heavily tinged maroon distal one-half; petals lanceolate, downswept; lip entire, reniform, rounded, fleshy, margin revolute, ecallose, sidelobes underlaid maroon, overlaid glaucous coating; column stout, straight, clinandrium prominent, deeply fimbriate; ovary trigonous, not inflated, concealed by foliage 0.15 cm wide x 0.35 cm long; substance heavy; texture beaded, lip waxy; fragrance noted; species from Peru; literature cited EPIDENDRUM ULEINANODES Hágsater*, Icon. Orchid. 3: pl. 392. 1999; ID by SITF ___________. Plant came from Orquideas Amazónicas in Peru.
