Epidendrum pseudepidendrum (the "False Epidendrum Epidendrum") is a species of orchid native to Costa Rica and Panama. The upright canes, which can reach 5 ft., bear paniculate inflorescences which can re-bloom for several years.[1] According to Reichenbach, the strange name is the result of first being named Pseudepidendrum spectabile, before being moved to Epidendrum.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Epidendrum |
| Subgenus: | Epidendrum subg. Epidendrum |
| Section: | Epidendrum sect. Planifolia |
| Subsection: | Epidendrum subsect. Paniculata |
| Species: | E. pseudepidendrum
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| Binomial name | |
| Epidendrum pseudepidendrum Rchb.f. (1856)
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The species E. xanthoianthinum Hágsater (1993) was first described as a gold variety of this species, with the name E. pseudepidendrum var. auratum Rchb.f. (1885).
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- ^ A. Phillips and C. Hill. "Reed-Stem Epidendrums" Orchids, Sep. 1998, the American Orchid Society
- H. G. Reichenbach "ORCHIDES" in Dr. Carl Müller, Walpers Annales Botanices Systematicae 6(1861)414, Berlin.
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