This species is recorded from Esmeralda, Ecuador, and is often confused as an
Epi. nocturum. My plant is a specimen, about 3 feet wide by 4 feet tall... the longest cane is about two and a half feet... the old stems keep blooming from the same, old, dead-looking inflorescence...
Epi. pseudonocturnum was described by Hágsater & Dodson in 1993.
This plant has been in constant bloom since the summer, and has many more new growths, inflorescences, and buds coming. The flowers last two days, instead of the single day in
Epi. nocturnum.
I find that this species has much larger flowers and longer canes than
Epi. nocturnum, but
Epi. pseudonocturnum does not compare in height to my
Epi. tumuc-humaciense (
Epi. nocturnum var.
tumuc-hamaciense)...
-Pat
Epidendrum pseudonocturnum; revisited
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