Orchidaceae
Lopsided star orchid
Epidendrum secundum
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Epidendrum
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 侧生树兰
- English
- Lopsided star orchid
Synonyms
- Amphiglottis lacera (Lindl.) Britton
- Amphiglottis secunda (Jacq.) Salisb.
- Amphiglottis secunda (Jacq.) Britton
- Epidendrum ansiferum Rchb.f. & Warsz.
- Epidendrum antioquiense Schltr.
- Epidendrum brachyphyllum Lindl.
- Epidendrum bulkeleyi A.D.Hawkes
- Epidendrum coroicoense Schltr.
- Epidendrum corymbosum var. latifolium Cogn.
- Epidendrum crassifolium var. albescens Pabst
- Epidendrum cuzcoense Schltr.
- Epidendrum dolichopus Schltr.
- Epidendrum ellipticum var. freybergense F.J.Zimm.
- Epidendrum giroudianum Rchb.f.
- Epidendrum gracilicaule Rchb.f. & Warsz.
- Epidendrum herzogii Schltr.
- Epidendrum incisum Rchb.f. & Warsz.
- Epidendrum inconstans Ames ex Gleason
- Epidendrum lacerum Lindl.
- Epidendrum lindenii Lindl.
- Epidendrum longihastatum Barb.Rodr.
- Epidendrum novo-granatense Rchb.f. & Warsz.
- Epidendrum polyschistum Schltr.
- Epidendrum secundum f. albescens (Pabst) F.Barros
- Epidendrum secundum var. albescens (Pabst) F.Barros
- Epidendrum sulfuratorium E.H.L.Krause
- Epidendrum tarmense Schltr.
- Epidendrum tricallosum Schltr.
- Epidendrum versicolor Hoehne & Schltr.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
Photos

Photo: Filipe Fortes from Seattle, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philipp Weigell, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philipp Weigell, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philipp Weigell, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dalton Holland Baptista, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marion & Christoph Aistleitner, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marion & Christoph Aistleitner, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: andy_king50, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.