LANKESTERIANA


1 cm


FIGURE 4. Comparison of dissected perianths of Epidendrum adnatum (A) and E. maduroi (B). ILLUSTRATION VOUCHERS: A,
 Bogarin 2378 (JBL-spirit); B, Bogarin 601 (JBL-spirit). Drawings by A. Karremans.


 L.O.Williams) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, Lindleyana
 17: 101. 2002. Type: Nicaragua: Chontales:
 epiphytic at Pistacho Peak near Babilonia Mine,
 alt. 650 m, July 1962, A. Heller 6620 holotypee, F,
 not seen).
DISTRIBUTION: Nicaragua, Costa Rica Venezuela,
Ecuador.

ETYMOLOGY: from the Latin lappiformis, "stone-
shaped" or "bur shaped", in reference to the round and
hard consistency of the flowers.

HABITAT IN COSTA RICA: epiphytic in tropical wet forest,
premontane belt transition, and premontane wet forest,
basal belt transition, along the Caribbean lowlands.

COSTA RICAN MATERIAL STUDIED: Heredia: Sarapiqui,
Horquetas, C. Ossenbach 265 (JBL-spirit!). Limon:
Pococi, Guapiles, carretera Braulio Carrillo, ca. 2 km
hacia abajo de la entrada del Teleferico del Bosque
Lluvioso, en lomas a orilla de la carretera, 520 m,
10011'33"N 84054'27"W, bosque muy humedo
tropical transicion a premontano, epifitas en arboles
caidos en bosque secundario, 9 julio 2004, D. Bogarin
890 & F Pupulin (JBL-spirit!) (Fig. 3, 15-C).

LANKESTERIANA8(2), August 2008. 0 Universidad de Costa Rica, 2008.


 This species is distinguished by the dark
purple, hairy flower, with the tip of the narrow
dorsal sepal touching the apex of the synsepal. The
sepals are rugose-verrucose in the inner surface.
A closely related species, Brenesia stone (Luer)
Luer, endemic to Costa Rica, is distinguished by
the broad dorsal sepal, free from the synsepal,
spathulate, rugose petals and narrowly uncinate
lateral lobes of the lip.

4. Epidendrum maduroi Hagsater & Garcia-Cruz,
 Icon. Orchid. (Mexico) 3: pl. 352. 1999. Type:
 Panama: Chiriqui: Norte de Guadalupe, Cerro
 Punta, Volcan Baru, 2000-3000 m, collected
 15 March 1981, pressed 22 February 1983, E.
 Hcigsater & R.L. Dressier 6468 holotypee, AMO,
 not seen; isotype, MO, not seen).

DISTRIBUTION: Costa Rica and Panama.

EPONYMY: dedicated to Andres Maduro, owner of Finca
Dracula, Panama, where the collectors were based
when collecting the type.

HABITAT IN COSTA RICA: epiphytic in premontane