About Epidendrum fimbriatum Kunth
Epidendrum fimbriatum produces fairly slender stems that do not form pseudobulbs. From the stem base up to the last fully developed leaf, the stem is covered by tight, tubular, overlapping sheaths. On the upper section of the stem, these sheaths carry distichous, leathery, ovate-oblong retuse leaves, which reach up to 66 mm long and 6 mm wide.
The apical inflorescence grows from the last regular leaf, and is not covered by any sheath or spathe. It usually ends in a single congested raceme, with floral bracts that can grow to nearly 1 cm long. The fleshy, non-resupinate flowers are white to light rose, with purple spots. The sepals are lanceolate to elliptic oblong, and grow to nearly 6 mm long; the narrower petals are somewhat shorter. The fimbriated, unlobed, slightly pointed lip is adnate to the column up to near the column's middle, a feature more typical of the genus Prosthechea.
