Epidendrum croceoserpens Hágsater & Salas Guerr.

, Icon. Orchid. 17(2): t. 1765 (2020).
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77218395-1
Publication
Icones Orchidacearum. Mexico City
Collation
17(2): t. 1765
Date of Publication
11 May 2020
Family as entered in IPNI
Orchidaceae

Type Information

Collector Team
José Dilmer Edquén Oblitas 1967
Locality
San Martin: Provincia: Rioja, Sector: Chisquilla, ingresando por la Comunidad Granada, próximo a las 7 lagunas, espaldas del Cerro Campanario, 3513 m
Collection Date
1 Mar 2020
Type Herbaria
holotype USM
isotype HURP
Distribution Of Types
Peru (Western South America, Southern America)

Remarks

The specifice epithet is from the Latin croceus, saffron, and serpens, snake, in reference to saffron (orange) colored flowers of this species of the Serpens subgroup, due to the long line of alternating, wavy pseudobulbs typical of older plants.