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Epidendrum / ˌ ɛ p ɪ ˈ d ɛ n d r əm /, [1] abbreviated Epi in the horticultural trade, [2] is a large neotropical genus of the orchid family. With more than 1,500 species, [3] some authors describe it as a mega-genus. The genus name (from Greek επί, epi and δένδρον, dendron, "upon trees") refers to its epiphytic growth habit.
Epidendroideae is a subfamily of plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Epidendroideae is larger than all the other orchid subfamilies together, comprising more than 15,000 species in 576 genera. Most epidendroid orchids are tropical epiphytes, typically with pseudobulbs.
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It is the most northern-growing epiphytic orchid in North America, being found wild in the southeastern United States in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina and South Carolina and also in northeastern Mexico (Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas).
Dendrobium antennatum is an epiphytic orchid with cylindrical, yellowish green pseudobulbs 300–600 mm (10–20 in) long and 20–25 mm (0.8–1 in) wide. There are between eight and twelve egg-shaped leaves 80–140 mm (3–6 in) long and 30–40 mm (1–2 in) wide on the upper two-thirds of the pseudobulb.
Dendrobium aemulum is an epiphytic herb that has hard, straight, projecting, reddish or purplish brown pseudobulbs 50–180 mm (2–7 in) long and 7–12 mm (0.3–0.5 in) wide. There are between two and four dark green, leathery leaves 20–50 mm (0.8–2 in) long, 20–30 mm (0.8–1 in) wide and folded along the midline.
Dendrobium epiphyticum, commonly known as the Illawarra rock orchid, [2] is a species of epiphytic or lithophytic orchid that is endemic to New South Wales.It has tapered or cylindrical pseudobulbs, up to five thick, leathery leaves and up to fifty cream-coloured or pale yellow flowers with reddish purple markings on the labellum.
Earina mucronata is species of plant endemic to New Zealand. [2] The specific epithet means "pointed" and refers to the shape of the tips of this orchid's very narrow leaves. . The leaves are arranged alternately in one plane along a flattened, unbranched pseudobulb which can grow up to 1 m in length but which is generally short