Epidendrum porphyrophyllum Schltr. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 17: 37–38. 1922.
TYPE: Panama. Auf Hügeln bei Panama City, C.H. Powell 183 (holotype, B, destroyed; lectotype designated by Christenson (1991), AMES; isolectotype, MO).