Help Identifying in-situ Cattleya from Peru

[schwing]

A friend of mine is in Peru with some friends and they are hiking to Machu Picchu. He's been posting some photos on Facebook and unknowingly posted a photo of a cattleya-type plant. I would like to tell him what it is and maybe get him looking for some others.

The sheath looks very cattleya-like but I've never seen this many flowers on an inflorescence.

If anyone has any ideas what this may be, or even the correct genus, that would be awesome.

Thanks!
-ken

[ronaldhanko]

It appears to be an Epidendrum, but I'm not well acquainted enough with them to know which species.

[ronaldhanko]

After another look, perhaps Epidendrum secundum or Epidendrum syringothyrsus.

[schwing]

Oh, I didn't even think to look at epidendrums! I saw the sheath and immediately thought cattleya.

I think it looks close to the Epi. syringothyrsus.

Also, I found this link to a book that is available to download called "Orchids of Peru":

Internet Archive: Free Download: Orchids of Peru

One of the first sketches in the book has one of Epidendrum ampliracemum that looks similar, too.

Ooooh, this is great fun trying to find this one!!
-ken

[Marissa]

I took this photo from our recent OS show and it's labeled Epi. capricornu.

Never mind...lol. Now I see the difference looking at the pictures.

[pheli]

I don't know the name but love its color. That's really pretty.