Epidendrum cocleense Ames, F.T. Hubb. & C. Schweinf., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 4(1): 6–7. 1936.
TYPE: Panama. Coclé: lower portion of valley and marshes along R. Antón, alt. 500 m, Feb 1935, A.A. Hunter & P.H. Allen 389 (holotype, AMES; isotypes, BM, BR, CAS, F, G, K, MICH, MO, NY, P, S, SEL, U, UC, US).