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Oerstedella myriantha is an orchid species identified by (Lindl.) Hágsater in 1981. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Epidendrum myrianthum.
ORIGIN: Found in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras as a large sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial on grassy slopes and rocky banks in forests and thickets or epiphyte at elevations of 1200 to 2370 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Found in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras as a large sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial on grassy slopes and rocky banks in forests and thickets or epiphyte at elevations of 1200 to 2370 meters with clustered, cane-like, terete, thin, erect stems enveloped by tubular sheaths and carrying 10 to 28, distichous, articulate, erect spreading, fleshy, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, basally clasping leaves and blooms on a terminal, erect, branched, 18 [45 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence with fragrant flowers arising in the summer.
FLOWER SIZE: 3/4 inch [1.8 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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