Epidendrum fusagasugaense
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Epidendrum fusagasugaense faces severe pressure from rapid urban expansion around Fusagasugá, Colombia, where residential and agricultural development continues to fragment its cloud forest habitat. The species' extremely limited range makes it particularly vulnerable to localized disturbances, while climate change threatens to shift the specific temperature and humidity conditions required for this epiphytic orchid's survival.
Habitat
This epiphytic orchid inhabits cloud forests and montane humid forests at elevations between 2,000-2,800 meters in the Colombian Andes. It grows attached to tree trunks and branches in areas with consistent moisture and cool temperatures typical of Andean cloud forest ecosystems.