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Epidendrum vallis-silentii M.Díaz & Karremans. Lankester Composite Digital Plate (LCDP) prepared from the plant that served as the holotype. A. habit. B. flower. C. dissected perianth. D. inflorescence. E. column (ventral and lateral views). F. lateral view of the column and the lip. Other material studied:—COSTA RICA. Puntarenas: Foothills of the Cordillera de Talamanca, trail between Tres Colinas and Cerro Bekom, 2,500 m, 9°07–10' N 83°04' W, 28 March 1984, davidse & Herrera Ch. 26195 (CR-INB!).
Source publication
Two new species of Epidendrum from the Costa Rican montane rainforest, E. hartmanniorum and E. vallis-silentii, are de- scribed, illustrated and compared with similar species. Epidendrum stolidium and E. unicallosum are reported as new records of this genus for the country.
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