Epidendrum stictoglossum Hágsater & D.Trujillo

Quispe-Melgar, Harold Rusbelth, Llacua-Tineo, Elizabeth Santiago Ayala Yashira Stefani & Hágsater, Eric, 2023, Synopsis of the Peruvian species of Epidendrum (Orchidaceae: Laeliinae) belonging to the Scabrum group, subgroup Soratae: diversity and description of a new species, Phytotaxa 603 (1), pp. 1-26 : 19

20. Epidendrum stictoglossum Hágsater & D.Trujillo , (2007: t. 992). ( Figure 10D )

Type:— PERU. Ancash: Prov. Yungay, Huascarán National Park, Quebrada Yanapaccha, a lateral of Quebrada Ranincuray , 3700–3840 m, 19 April 1985, Smith 10479, (holotype: USM! isotypes: CPUN! HUT! MO!) .

Distribution:— Peru, in the departments of Ancash and La Libertad. Restricted to the northwestern region of the Peruvian Andes, including records within the Huascarán National Park, in semi-humid environments at elevations above 3500 m.

Notes:— Epidendrum stictoglossum is recognized by the plants to 130 cm tall, the leaves linear, erect and parallel to stems, the flowers yellow tinged purple, the lip 3-lobed with purple-red dots, and the sepals 9–12 mm long. Epidendrum ypsilum is vegetatively similar, but the flowers are yellow with scarce red dots, the sepals 6.2–8 mm long, and the mid-lobe sub-triangular with the apex emarginate.

Conservation Status:— DD. Data deficient. As most orchids, listed in CITES appendix II.

Examined specimens:— PERU. La Libertad: Prov. Pataz, Chihualen , 3550 m, 28 January 1996, Villalobos 23, ( MOL!) .

Figures

FIGURE 10. Species of the Soratae subgroup of the genus Epidendrum present in Peru. Illustrations by: R. Jiménez M. (A–E). M. López R. & R. Jiménez M. (F).