From the ever-green forests of Papantla and Nautla comes the epidendrum vanilla, whose odoriferous fruit is used as a perfume. |
Epidendrum, genus of tropical orchids, family Orchidaceae, with about 1,000 species that are distributed from southeastern North America to central South America. |
Generically, it is nearly allied to Epidendrum, from which its eight pollen masses at once distinguish it. |
The same observer has put on record instances of a similar kind in epidendrum Stamfordianum. |
To handle a consignment of epidendrum bicornutum demands some nerve. |
It looks like a depauperate L. epidendrum, but seems to be constantly collected. |