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Epidendrum anceps 'Red' × 'Halcyon'
 
 
 
 
Number: TN2503
Name: Epidendrum anceps 'Red' × 'Halcyon'
Type: outcross    (What's that?)
Seed Donor: Carol J. Watson  (Email: CJWatson@cox.net)
 
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Culture Notes from Donor: Does well mounted, and will accept temperatures from warm to cool.
Pod parent plant: Temperature range W (70-90°F)
Pollen parent plant: Temperature range I (60-83°F)
 
Comments: Has drooping racemes of small flowers, reblooms from old spikes and therefore is continuously in bloom from leads of all ages. Plant is upright to 40" (1m) in height and is widespread from Florida to northern South America.

Pod parent plant: This cultivar is red with a purple lip.
 
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 77°F, nights 60°F; best fit is Cool-Intermediate 75-58°F (Source: Baker's Web OSC)

About the name...
Etymology of anceps   From Latin "anceps" two headed, two sided, two edged, double. (Source: Brown 1956)
Etymology of Epidendrum   From Greek "epi" upon; "dendron" tree. (Source: Pridgeon 1992)
Pronunciation of anceps   AN-seps (Source: Hawkes 1978)
Pronunciation of Epidendrum   eh-pee-DEN-drum (Source: Pridgeon 1992)
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Availability: We have sold all of the flasks for this item.
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Yield Estimate: 270 plants (based on flask surveys done 09/17/2002 )
Yield estimates are only approximate, but may appear to be fairly exact numbers because they are a combination of large rough estimates in remaining mother flasks and more accurate small estimates in reflasks.
Plantlet Sizes: From many flasks 30 - 55 mm plants (based on flask surveys done 05/13/2003 )
From one most recently surveyed flask 30 - 55 mm (05/13/2003)
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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: As currently accepted by many taxonomists, this species is widespread from Florida, the West Indies, Mexico, throughout Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Peru, Ecuador, and Brazil. Plants grow epiphytically in damp forests at elevations between sea level and 6550 ft. (0-2000 m). In most areas, however, they are most often found at 1650-3950 ft. (500-1200 m). In Mexico, plants are found in the states of Veracruz and Chiapas, but details of habitat location and elevation were not reported. In Belize, plants are reported as E. secundum have been found but are uncommon in the Orange Walk and Cayo Districts, including the Mountain Pine Ridge Reserve. In Guatemala, plants have been collected on both the Pacific and Caribbean watersheds in the Departments of Alta Verapaz, Izabal, and Suchitepequez. Collections are widespread through Honduras and Nicaragua, but they are usually made on the Caribbean watershed at 650-1650 ft. (200-500 m). In Costa Rica and Panama, plants have are recorded in lowlands on both coasts usually below 3300 ft. (1000 m). In Venezuela, plants are found on coffee shade trees at about 3000 ft. (910 m) near Caripe in the coastal mountains east of Barcelona and at about 4000 ft. (1220 m) above Caucaguita, which is near Caracas. In Surinam (Dutch Guiana), plants (reported as E. secundum) are found in moderately moist forests and along streams in both the coastal lowlands and higher inland regions. In Ecuador, plants have been collected at numerous locations on the western slopes of the Andes growing in tropical wet and mountain cloudforest at 250-2150 ft. (80-650 m). In Peru, plants have been collected near Tarma and San Ramon in the Department of Junin at 2200-4600 ft. (670-1400 m). This species is widespread throughout the islands of the Caribbean. Plants are found in many areas in Cuba and Jamaica. In Puerto Rico, they are widespread throughout the island, particularly the west and north coasts and the western interior. They grow in moist or wet forests at 350-2800 ft. (100-850 m). Plants have also been found on St. John, St. Thomas, and Virgin Gorda in the Virgin Islands and other Carribean islands including St. Martin, Antigua, Saba, St. Eustatius, Quills, St. Kitts, Guadeloupe, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Barbados, and Grenada in the Lesser Antilles. Habitat details on these islands were not reported. In Florida, Luer (1972) reported that this species is widespread throughout the forests and hammocks of the Big Cypress Swamp and the Everglades. The type specimen was collected on Martinique
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