5. Epidendrum chrysomyristicum Hágsater & E. Santiago, (2005: t. 723). (Figure 4D).

Type:— PERU. Cusco: La Convención; near Camp 7, ca 28 km walking distance NE from Hacienda Luisiana and the Apurimac River, 3400, 17 July 1968, T. R. Dudley 11213 (holotype: F! isotypes MO! USM!)

Distribution:— Peru, in the departments of Ayacucho, Cusco and Pasco. The species is distributed in the eastern cordillera of the Andes in central and southern Peru.

Notes:— Epidendrum chrysomyristicum is morphologically similar to E. fruticulus, but is distinguished by having leaves with the blade lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, margin entire (vs. blade oblong to ovate, margin crenulate towards the apex), 7 flowers, bright golden yellow to slightly red, very fragrant (vs. 8–12 flowers, yellow, without fragrance), lateral sepals aristate, with a prominent dorsal keel, 7-veined (vs. ventral margin involute, with a crenulate dorsal keel, 3-veined), the lip with mid-lobe widely “T” shaped, with a cuneate isthmus and narrow perpendicular lobes, the apex widely apiculate, margin entire (vs. mid-lobe nearly as long as the laterals, rectangular at the base, the apex widened and rounded, the apex sub-emarginate, margin entire at the base, crenulate above).

It is the only species in the subgroup known to have flowering events throughout the year.

Conservation Status:— DD. Data deficient, but it is listed in CITES appendix II and at national level has been suggested as Vulnerable.

Examined specimens:— PERU. Ayacucho: La Mar: Between Tambo San Miguel and Ayna and Hacienda Luisiana, 3400–3600 m, 24 August 1968, Dudley 12037, MO ! — Cusco: La Convención: Distr. Santa Teresa: Illaspay, Yerbabuenayoc, 3800 m, 24 October 2005, I . Huamantupa 7079, (MO! SEL! USM!) — Pasco: Parte alta de Santa Marta, 3489 m, 30 April 2021, J . D. Edquén 5030, digital images, (AMO!). See Santiago, Hágsater & Edquén, Epidendrum chrysomyristicum in Hágsater & Santiago (2022: t. 1909) .