Epidendrum lorifolium Schltr. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih.17: 35. 1922.
TYPE: Panama. Auf Hügeln bei Panama City, C.H. Powell 138 (holotype, B, destroyed; lectotype designated by Christenson (1991), AMES; isolectotype AMES, K, MO).