Epidendrum secundum Jacq.

Barberena, Felipe Fajardo Villela Antolin, Silva, Roberto da & Lopes, Rosana Conrado, 2022, Copacabana is more than a beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: the orchid flora of Parque Estadual da Chacrinha, Caldasia 44 (1), pp. 30-40 : 37

10. Epidendrum secundum Jacq. ,

Enum. Syst. Pl.: 29. 1760. Fig. 2g

Rupicolous herb. Leaves 13, sessile, distributed along the caulome; blade green, immaculate, coriaceous, flat, conduplicate, oblong to narrow-elliptical, obscurely parallel-veined, apex acute to rounded. Inflorescence in subcorymbiform to corymbiform raceme, terminal, 8-flowered, glabrous. Flowers non-resupinate, ecalcarate; sepals and petals pink to lilac, immaculate; lip pinkish to lilac, white or yellowish at the disc, trilobed.

Distribution: Central America, Venezuela, Guyana, and Brazil; in this country, it occurs in the Atlantic Forest, Amazon, Caatinga and Cerrado domains (Pessoa c2020).

Specimens examined: 10 Dec 2003 (fl), L.J.T. Cardoso 48 ( RB); 22º57’40’’ S, 43º10’48’’ W, 4 Aug 2017 (fl), R. Silva 4 ( RFA); 22º57’44’’ S, 43º10’54’’ W, 28 Feb 2018 (fl), R. Silva s.n. ( RFA 43318 ) .

Figures

Figure 2. Parque Estadual da Chacrinha (PE Chacrinha) in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: landscapes and species. a. Park entrance, b. Fragment of lowland dense ombrophilous forest, c. Rocky outcrop, d. Brassavola tuberculata Hook., e. Cyrtopodium flavum Link & Otto ex Rchb.f., f. Eltroplectris triloba (Lindl.) Pabst, g. Epidendrum secundum Jacq., h. Habenaria leptoceras Hook., i. Maxillaria subulata Lindl., j. Oeceoclades maculata (Lindl.) Lindl., k. Prescottia plantaginifolia Lindl. ex Hook., l. Trichocentrum pumilum (Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams. Photos by Felipe Fajardo Villela Antolin Barberena (a-c, f, g-j, and l) and Roberto da Silva (d-e, and k).