Epidendrum ovatilabium Hágsater, E.

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 : 18

15. Epidendrum ovatilabium Hágsater, E. Santiago et Edquén, (2022: t. 1930:). ( Figure 9E ).

Type:— PERU. Amazonas: Prov. Chachapoyas: Distr. Granada, comunidad campesina de Diosán, sector Canchi , 3100 m, 22 October 2018, J . D. Edquén 816, (holotype: HURP!)

Distribution:— Peru, in the departments of Amazonas and San Martín. Known only from northern Peru, within the Alto Mayo protection forest, inhabiting humid montane ecosystems.

Notes:— Epidendrum ovatilabium is similar to E. constricolumna but is distinguished by the narrowly elliptic lip (vs. orbicular lip), the 4–8 flowers (vs.3–4 flowers), and the sepals 12–12.5 mm long, oblong-oblanceolate, strongly falcate (vs. 8 mm long, oblong-elliptic, oblique). It is also similar to E. vesicolumna , but that species has the lip transversely elliptic, the sepals oblique but not falcate, and the column constricted near the apex.

Conservation Status:— DD. Data deficient.

Examined specimens:— PERU. San Martín: Rioja: Distr. Pardo Miguel Naranjos: sector Venceremos , 2711 m, 22 December 2019, J . D. Edquén 2311, (digital images, AMO!)

Figures

FIGURE 9. Species of the Soratae subgroup of the genus Epidendrum present in Peru. Photographs by: Luis Ocupa Horna (A). M. Salas G. (B). J. D. Edquén (C–E). L. Valenzuela G. (F).