Brand new species - Epidendrum puniceoluteum F.Barros & F.Pinheiro

[Shirley]

That is a stunning orchid, Mauro. Thank you for informing us. The blooms remind me of an Epiphronitis veitchiana that I had many years ago but it seems that this is a much larger plant.

[kiki-do]

That is so awesome! Thanks for bringing this beauty to us.

[dgenovese1]

Thanks Mauro! I appreciate that you've taken the time to post this for all of us here on the OB. It truly is a remarkable flower.

[Rosim_in_BR]

Thanks you all! It is my pleasure to share.

Originally Posted by Shirley

That is a stunning orchid, Mauro. Thank you for informing us. The blooms remind me of an Epiphronitis veitchiana that I had many years ago but it seems that this is a much larger plant.

Yes, Shirley, the plant can easily reach 6 feet in height.
BTW, now that you mention, I remember Epiphronitis Veitchiana, a cross between Sophronitis coccinea and Epidendrum radicans, if memory serves me well. Intense red flowers, but the plant itself seemed a little strange to me .

[Bruno De Toni]

Very nice pictures. It looks very much alike to the red colored epidendrum radicans which grows in the southern regions of Venezuela. I was wondering about the main differences between them.

[Rosim_in_BR]

Originally Posted by Bruno De Toni

Very nice pictures. It looks very much alike to the red colored epidendrum radicans which grows in the southern regions of Venezuela. I was wondering about the main differences between them.

The main differences are in the three huge yellow horns or calluses, in front of the column. In Epi radicans the third is more like a crest that run across the lip. The overall color is also another point, radicans commonly showing spots and large yellow areas in the lip, which is not the case with this new species. There's also the fact that the two species are geographically apart, this one being endemic to a large Island here in Brazil !

[Bruno De Toni]

This week I was looking to my epidendrum and I saw a lot of similarities with the one you showed a few weeks ago considered as a new specie found in Brazil. I would like to know your opinion about the pictures that I am enclosing with this note. Thanks a lot.

[Don Perusse]

Amen to that Mauro. Sometime we just need to LOOK before we step or clear. I imagine there are so many more that are not seen until they bloom and someone with enought knowledge about orchids that happens to be there when they do. Beautiful red by the way.

[Rosim_in_BR]

Originally Posted by Bruno De Toni

This week I was looking to my epidendrum and I saw a lot of similarities with the one you showed a few weeks ago considered as a new specie found in Brazil. I would like to know your opinion about the pictures that I am enclosing with this note. Thanks a lot.

Both flowers are similar yes. Petals and sepals are the same. At first sight the lip also looks similar, but actually there are a few morphological differences, especially in the relative sizes of the lip parts and also the precise point the three calluses are inserted relatively to the side lobes. Some of the differences are illustrated in the photo below. Of course this all can be nothing more than cosmetic differences a closer photo of your flowers would help a lot to clarify. Another point to clarify is whether your plant has or not adventitious roots.
I asked the authors of the species (through a common friend) the original publication to check out their explanations of the reasons to consider it new, besides the geographic isolation.

[Bruno De Toni]

Thanks Mauro for you reply, I think that those flowers have same characteristics and yes mine has also adventitious roots. I believed they are the same epidendrum specie, even though geographically distant to each other. I will try to take closer pictures next weekend.