- Source: Epidendrum serpens
- Daftar spesies Epidendrum
- Epidendrum serpens
- List of Epidendrum species
- Epidendrum subg. Hormidium
- Hormidium
- List of least concern plants
- List of plants of Atlantic Forest vegetation of Brazil
- List of critically endangered plants
- List of descriptive plant species epithets (I–Z)
- List of plants in the Gibraltar Botanic Gardens
Epidendrum serpens is a sympodial pseudobulbous orchid that grows among lichens on trees near the tree line at altitudes of 1.6-3.5 km in Peru and Ecuador, including the states of Azuay and Pichincha.
Description
The flattened oblong cylindrical pseudobulbs grow to 2 cm long and bear one or two to three leaves. The short, terminal, racemose inflorescence bears three to seven rather large flowers, up to 2 cm across, colored deep violet (Reichenbach) to wine-red (Dodson & Dodson). The lip is heart-shaped where it diverges from the apex of the column, is bolobate at the apex, bears a low keel down the middle, and is slightly fringed on the edge.