Epidendrum stamfordianum

Found from Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela, in seasonally dry forests on large branches at elevations of 20 to 800 meters, as a small to medium sized, hot to warm growing, epiphytic species with fusiform pseudobulbs carrying 3 to 4, elliptic-oblong leaves that blooms in the winter, spring, summer and fall arising from the base of a newly formed, mature pseudobulb; one of a few species to do this in the genus Epidendrum; to 24" [60 cm] long, many flowered raceme or panicle of showy, long-lasting, fragrant flowers. This species grows best mounted on wood with semi-shady conditions and needs a semi rest in the winter from water and fertilizer. This plant can become dormant after collecting and sit for up to 2 years before responding to cultivation.