Epidendrum flexicaule Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 403. 1918.
TYPE: Costa Rica. [San José: Carrillo,] La Palma, 1500 m, C. Wercklé s.n. (holotype, B, destroyed; lectotype, designated by Hágsater (1992), tracing of Schlechter's drawing of the holotype, AMES)