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Epidendrum secundum 'Meyers' × 'Swanson'
 
 
 
 
Number: TN1682
Name: Epidendrum secundum 'Meyers' × 'Swanson'
Type: outcross    (What's that?)
Seed Donor: Dale Borders
 
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Culture Notes from Donor: Parent plants: Temperature range I (60-83°F)
 
Comments: Pod parent plant: This is a very vigorous cultivar of the species.
 
For additional origin/habitat information supplied courtesy of Charles and Margaret Baker, see further below, near the bottom of this page.

Temperatures we attempt to use in the lab & greenhouse:
For Species:   Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter: days average 65°F, nights 44°F; best fit is Cool-Cold 64-44°F (Source: Baker's Web OSC)

About the name...
Etymology of Epidendrum   From Greek "epi" upon; "dendron" tree. (Source: Pridgeon 1992)
Etymology of secundum   From Latin "secundus" (blooming) one-sided. The flowers all point in one direction. (Source: Mayr & Schmucker 1998)
Pronunciation of Epidendrum   eh-pee-DEN-drum (Source: Pridgeon 1992)
Pronunciation of secundum   se-KUN-dum (Source: Hawkes 1978)
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Availability: Capsules failed. We were not able to make any flasks.
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The origin/habitat information below is supplied courtesy of Charles and Margaret Baker

The following information is based on the name of the plant provided by the donor, and assumes that the name is correct. If the plant has been misidentified, then the following information may not be correct.
This text is copyrighted by the Bakers and may not be reproduced without permission.

ORIGIN/HABITAT: The American tropics, where it is common and wide-spread from northern South America to Brazil. The Venezuelan habitat is used for the following climate tables. Dunsterville (1979) associated different plant types with different habitats so Growing Conditions are discussed individually. The general descriptions of the other habitats indicate a habitat as diverse as is found in Venezuela. In Brazil, plants grow in hot, humid lowlands as well as the cooler, wetter, ocean-facing slopes of the coastal mountains in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul. In Ecuador, plants have been collected at numerous locations throughout the country. It grows on trees and on the surface of the ground on steep slopes in wet, low elevation, tropical forests or mountain cloudforests at 3300-8200 ft. (1000-2500 m). In Peru, plants grow in wet forests in the Departments of Cajamarca and Huanuco at 4600-10,500 ft. (1400-3200 m). They are usually found on open, rocky, clay banks of road cuts and old landslides and only rarely on trees. Dunsterville and Garay (1961) reported the occurrence of this species in Venezuela as follows. "Generally very common in hilly or mountainous country, such as open slopes of grass and fern above Junquito at 7000 ft. [2150 m], Colonia Tovar-La Victoria road at 6500 ft. [1200 m] in low scrub, or above el Hatillo (Oripoto) at 4000 ft. [1200 m] in light forest. An orange-red variety occurs on the Choroní road at 5000 ft. [1450 m] In very damp tall forest at El Volcán near Sanare, at 6000 ft., the white variety grows high up in the trees as an epiphyte while the yellow variety grows in the same area as a terrestrial where the forest gives way to open grassland." The wide distribution and extremely variable size, shape, and color of the flowers help explain the lengthy list of synonyms. Dunsterville (1979) described the habitat location, type, and elevation of the various color forms of Epidendrum elongatum (E. secundum) as they occur in Venezuela.
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