Epidendrum lutheri Hágsater, Icon. Orchid. (Mexico) 2: t. 154. 1993.
TYPE: Panama. Chiriquí-Bocas del Toro: Cerro Colorado, above the Copper Mine, 1600 m, June 1989,Luther, Besse, Halton & Kress 1059 (holotype, SEL; isotypes, AMES, AMO, MO, US; illustration of type).