Epidendrum volutum Lindl. & Paxton, Paxt. Fl. Gard. 2: 151, f. 215. 1853[1851].
TYPE: A hothouse epiphyte from Central America. Introduced by G.U. Skinner in 1849, G.U. Skinner s.n. (holotype, K; photo of type, AMES-26018, W; illustration of type).