Epidendrum frutex
Epidendrum frutex is a high-altitude species of reed-stemmed "Epidendrum" orchid native to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Description. "E. frutex" is closely related to E. frigidum , growing terrestrially in "open sphagnum uplands". The tall sympodial plants grow from 3/4 to 5 m tall. As is typical of the subgenus "E." subg. "Epidendrum", the stems are covered from the base with distichous, tubular, leaf-bearing sheaths. The narrow leathery leaves of "E. frutex" can grow more than 2 dm long. The terminal inflorescence is a distichous (not secund) compound panicle bearing numerous small, fleshy yellow to green  to brown flowers. The triangular sepals are no longer than 6 mm. The linear petals are slightly shorter than the sepals. The lip is adnate to the column to its apex, heart-shaped where it diverges from the column, broader than it is long, and not divided into lobes. A linear keel runs down the center of the lip. This large "Epidendrum" is notable for producing seed capsules that are more than ten times the size of the flowers.