Are they potentially one in the same?
They are absolutely one and the same. (As for differences in appearance, it could be differences in age or just normal variation, or one or both could be mislabelled.)
This species, among others, used to be called Epidendrum and some people don't quite get that when you change the genus name, the species name may have to change to agree with the grammatical gender of the new (Latinized) genus name.
Michael
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