el-salvadorian orchid

[Call_Me_Bob]

does anyone know what this orchid is? my uncle took pictures on his trip. the pictures are from a jungle in el-salvadore

looks like some kind of emcyclia, but i dont know anything about where they are native


i dont think this is the same plant...or even an orchid

[Becca]

I don't know what it is, but it is really cool to see it attached to a tree like that!

[Call_Me_Bob]

isnt it??!! its really cool

[lepanthes89]

The flowering plant is an Odontoglossum sp.
The second is definitely an orchid,a reed stem-type Epidendrum, most probably.

[Call_Me_Bob]

the second one doesnt really look like a reed stem. it looks like a vandaceous type, the leaves do

[ronaldhanko]

The first looks like Odontoglossum cordatum or something very closely related. The second is difficult to identify without flowers, but a reed-stem Epi is the best guess (there are no Vandaceous orchids native to Central and South America).

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

The 1st is an Odontoglossum species.

The 2nd is hard to see. If it's possible to crop the photo to the plant and enlarge it, it'll be easier to get a roundabout ID. It looks like it has a pseudobulb, btw (not sure).

[Call_Me_Bob]

i just took the picture off his facebook, so they are terrible quality. it wouldnt do much to crop it. odontoglossum sp. is good enough! thanks!

[lambelkip]

the second picture is a Campylocentrum, one of the 2 angraecoid genera found in El Salvador.

[Call_Me_Bob]

thankyou!!