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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Epidendrum acunae
|accepted_authority=Dressler
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull.
|place=28: 358, figs. 1–4. 1959
|year=1959
}}
|common_names=Galé’s epidendrum
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae;Orchidaceae tribe Epidendreae;Orchidaceae (tribe Epidendreae) subtribe Laeliinae;Epidendrum;Epidendrum acunae
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Orchidaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Orchidaceae tribe Epidendreae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Orchidaceae (tribe Epidendreae) subtribe Laeliinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Epidendrum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Epidendrum acunae]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 609
|treatment_page=page 610
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>hanging, 50–160 cm. <b>Roots</b> basal or from proximal branches, 2–3 mm diam. <b>Stems</b> branched, sinuous, terete, main stem to 160 cm, leaves 100–120 mm × 12–22 mm; vegetative branches to 60 cm, leaves 58–110 × 10–20 mm; flowering branchlets 3–8 cm, leaves 20–60 × 9–13 mm, flowering branchlets produced from both main stem and vegetative branches. <b>Leaves</b> many, distributed throughout stems; petiole to 4 cm; blade narrowly lanceolate, 2-lobed, fleshy-leathery. <b>Inflorescences</b> distichous-imbricate; peduncle 1 cm; bracts 2–3, conduplicate, 8–18 mm. <b>Flowers</b> 1–3, not resupinate, simultaneous, brownish green; sepals spreading, lanceolate, abaxially keeled, many veined, 12–21 × 3–6 mm, apex acute; petals partly open, elliptic, many veined, 12–18 × 2.5–5 mm, apex obtuse to rounded; lip cordate, callus V-shaped, prolonged into central keel, 9–14 × 5–9 mm; column suffused with purple, 5 mm; clinandrium erose, short; anther obovate, 2-cleft; ovary 15–20 mm. <b>Capsules</b> ovoid, body 18–24 × 10–12 mm, tapered beak 5–6 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Jun.
|habitat=Epiphytic on main trunks of larger trees in Fahkahatchee Swamp
|elevation=0–30 m
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies (Cuba);Central America.
|discussion=<p><i>Epidendrum acunae</i>, described from Cuba, was discovered in Florida in 1962, as a single population, and it has apparently become extirpated because of overcollecting (R. Sauleda, pers. comm.). Only one specimen from Florida has been found (Sauleda 942, FTG), of which a photograph of the live flower is at AMO, apart from the record in C. A. Luer (1972). The description has been prepared from Luer and from Cuban and Mexican material.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Epidendrum acunae
|authority=Dressler
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Orchidaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Jun.
|habitat=Epiphytic on main trunks of larger trees in Fahkahatchee Swamp
|elevation=0–30 m
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies (Cuba);Central America.
|reference=None
|publication title=Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull.
|publication year=1959
|special status=
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|subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae
|tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Epidendreae
|subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Epidendreae) subtribe Laeliinae
|genus=Epidendrum
|species=Epidendrum acunae
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