Epidendrum sect. Holochila
Epidendrum sect. Holochila Rchb.f. 1861 is a section of subgenus Epidendrum subg. Amphiglottium of the Orchidaceae. It differs from section E. sect. Polycladia by bearing inflorescences that are racemes, not panicles. It differs from section E. sect. Schistochila by having a lip with no lobes. Like the other sections of E. subg. Amphiglottium, plants of E. sect. Holochila exhibit slender stems covered with close imbricating sheaths which do not swell to form pseudobulbs, and terminal inflorescences covered at the base with close imbricating sheaths but without spathes.
When he published the section, Reichenbach included fourteen species. Kew recognizes thirteen of these as separate species..Epidendrum anceps Jacq. 1763 Epidendrum biforatum Lindl. 1844 Epidendrum costatum A.Rich. & Galeotti 1845 Epidendrum eustirum Ames, F.T.Hubb. & S.Schweinf. 1935 Epidendrum filicaule Lindl. 1831 Epidendrum hemiscleria Rchb.f. 1862 Kew accepts two subspecies:Epidendrum longipetalum A.Rich. & Galeotti 1845 Epidendrum martianum Lindl. 1840 Epidendrum miserrimum Rchb.f.1855 Epidendrum propinquum A.Rich. & Galeotti 1845 Epidendrum proligerum Barb.Rodr. 1877 Epidendrum ramosum Jacq. 1760 Epidendrum fruticosum Pav. ex Lindl. 1831