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Epidendrum, abbreviated Epi in horticultural trade, is a large neotropical genus of the
orchid family. With more than 1,100 species, some authors describe it as a mega-genus. The genus
name (from Greek, “upon trees”) refers to its epiphytic growth habit. When Carolus Linnaeus named
this genus in 1763, he included in this genus all the epiphytic orchids known to him. Although
few of these orchids are still included in the genus Epidendrum, some species of Epidendrum are
nevertheless not epiphytic. (Source: Wikipedia Encyclopedia.)
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