Robust epiphyte. Stems robust, to 1 m long, simple. Leaves many, 2-ranked, oblong to oblanceolate, to 20 cm long, to 4.5 cm wide, dark green. Flowers 1?3, to 6 cm wide, apple green, labellum orange-red, yellow at base; summer to autumn. Sepals and petals similar, oblanceolate, spreading. Labellum simple, almost round, margins wavy, fringed.

Costa Rica, Panama.

E. rigidum Jacq. from the West Indies, N, C and S America is a medium sized epiphyte with cane-like stems and many small, green or yellowish flowers with entire labellum.

Source: Jeanes, J. (2005). Orchidaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 5. Flowering plants. Monocotyledons. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.