Epidendrum cristatumRuiz & Pav.

WFO wfo-0000949911 Accepted WFO 2026-06 7 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–g · 6 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 6 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Epidendrum cristatum, photographed by William G. Borges
fig. a William G. Borges, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-24 / obs. 190376420
Epidendrum cristatum, photographed by Victor De la Cruz
fig. b Victor De la Cruz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 136547345
Epidendrum cristatum, photographed by J Alejandro González Castillo
fig. c J Alejandro González Castillo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 105494550
Epidendrum cristatum, photographed by Adriana García Ramírez
fig. d Adriana García Ramírez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 106147481
Epidendrum cristatum, photographed by Juan Cruzado Cortés
fig. e Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 57935907
Epidendrum cristatum, photographed by Claudio Cantú Muñiz
fig. f Claudio Cantú Muñiz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 3459240
Epidendrum cristatum, photographed by William G. Borges
fig. g William G. Borges, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 190376203

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Native range 22 botanical countries

Regions where Epidendrum cristatum is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeBoliviaBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastColombiaCosta RicaEcuadorGuatemalaGuyanaHondurasNicaraguaPanamáPeruSurinameTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela
Native distribution of Epidendrum cristatum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Belize BLZ SOUTHERN AMERICA
Bolivia BOL
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Ecuador ECU
Guatemala GUA
Guyana GUY
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Peru PER
Suriname SUR
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 14 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Epidendrum alexandri Schltr.
  • Epidendrum bathyschistum Schltr.
  • Epidendrum calliferum Lem.
  • Epidendrum hexadactylum Barb.Rodr.
  • Epidendrum longovarium Barb.Rodr.
  • Epidendrum raniferum Lindl.
  • Epidendrum raniferum var. hexadactylum (Barb.Rodr.) Cogn.
  • Epidendrum raniferum var. lofgrenii Cogn.
  • Epidendrum raniferum var. lutescens Lindl. ex Broadway
  • Epidendrum raniferum var. luteum Lindl.
  • Epidendrum raniferum var. obtusilobum Cogn.
  • Epidendrum rantierium Lindl. ex C.Gajón Sánchez
  • Epidendrum tigrinum Sessé & Moc.
  • Epidendrum validum Schltr.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.