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Genera or species names that are synonyms of current names are denoted with a ~.
The basiosynonym of a species is denoted with a "*". The basiosynonym is the very first name that a species had before it was changed to the current species name. If you have a name in parenthesis preceding another name, the name in parentheses is the basiosynonym. An example: ~*Ophrys bicolor Naegeli - See Ophrys apifera var. bicolor (Naegeli) Nelson: Ophyrs bicolor is the basiosynonym and in the current name the parentheses, (Naegeli), is the namer of the basiosynonym, while Nelson is the namer of the current species Ophyrs apifera var. bicolor.
If a genus is complete [all of the species are represented] it is preceded by a `
! denotes the Type Species of the genus
* denotes the basionym or original name with the same species taxon
I have decided to include synonyms in the alphabetical listings because I have found it frustrating to find that some growers do not stay currrent in their plant names and as such we the consumer end up buying a plant that we feel is an exotic different species only to find that it is a plant that we have had for years under the correct name. An example, Brassavola rhopalorrhachis Rchb.f is actually the common species Brassavola nodosa [L]Lindley.
Symbol Chart:
Fragrance = 
Light Meter Icons; Full Shade = 
Dappled shade or Partial Shade = 
Bright Light or Full light = 
Full Sun = 
Temperature Icons;
Cold = 
2500 Meters and Up, 50`F to 55`F night average - - Cool = 
1800 to 2500 Meters, 58`F to 60`F night average
Warm = 
1000 meters to 1800 meters, 68`F to 75`F night average - - Hot = 
Sea Level to 1000 Meters, 75`F to 85`F
Season Icons;
Spring = 
Summer = 
Fall = 
Winter = 
SIZE: Miniature - under 6" tall leaf and pseudobulb Small - under 12" tall leaf and pseudobulb Medium - under 24" tall Large - under 48" tall Giant - Over 48" tall
`Baptistonia Barb. Rodr. 1877 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Maxillarieae SUBTRIBE Oncidiinae.
This is a monotypic epiphytic genus from Brazil that is closely allied to Oncidium, with compressed, oblong pseudobulbs with two coriaceous leaves and an inflorescence that arises from the side of a mature pseudobulb.
Common Name or Meaning Named for Baptisto Caetano d'Almeida Nogueira, Brazilian entymologist
Type species = ! = Baptistonia echinata Barb. Rodr. 1877
~Baptistonia brieniana ( Rchb.f. ) V.P.Castro ''&'amp;' Chiron 2004 - See Oncidium brienianum Rchb.f. 1881
~Baptistonia cornigera ( Lindl. ) Chiron '&' V.P.Castro 2004 - See Oncidium cornigerum Lindl. 1833
~Baptistonia cruciata (Rchb.f.) Chiron '&' V.P.Castro 2004 - See Oncidium fimbriatum Lindley. 1833
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~Baptistonia fimbriata (Lindl.) Chiron '&' V.P.Castro, 2004 - See Oncidium fimbriatum Lindley. 1833
~Baptistonia gutfreundiana (Chiron & V.P.Castro) Chiron & V.P.Castro 2004 - See Oncidium gutfreundianum Chiron & V.P.Castro 2003
~Baptistonia kautskyi (Pabst) V.P.Castro '&' Chiron 2004 - See Oncidium kautzkyi Pabst 1976
~Baptistonia leinigii (Pabst) Chiron & V.P.Castro 2004 - See Oncidium leinigii Pabst 1972
~Baptistonia lietzei (Regel) Chiron & V.P.Castro 2004 - See Oncidium lietzei Regel 1880
~Baptistonia nitida (Barb.Rodr.) V.P.Castro & Chiron 2004 - See Oncidium nitidum Barb.Rodr. 1881
~Baptistonia pabstii (Campacci & C.Espejo) Chiron & V.P.Castro 2004 - See Oncidium pabstii Campacci & C.Espejo 1998
~Baptistonia pubes (Lindl.) Chiron '&' V.P.Castro 2004 - See Oncidium pubes Lindl. 1826
~Baptistonia pulchella (Regel) Chiron '&' V.P.Castro 2004 - See Leochilus pulchellus (Regel) Cogn. 1906
~Baptistonia remotiflora (Garay) Chiron '&' V.P.Castro 2004 - See Oncidium truncatum Pabst 1955
~Baptistonia riograndense (Cogn.) Chiron '&' V.P.Castro 2004 - See Oncidium riograndense Cogn. 1906
~Baptistonia sarcodes (Lindl.) Chiron '&' V.P.Castro 2004 - See Oncidium sarcodes Lindl. 1849
~Baptistonia silvana (V.P.Castro & Campacci) V.P.Castro & Chiron 2004 - See Oncidium silvanum V.P.Castro & Campacci 1991
~Baptistonia truncata (Pabst) Chiron '&' V.P.Castro 2004 - See Oncidium truncatum Pabst 1955
~Baptistonia uhlii Chiron & V.P.Castro 2006 - See Oncidium uhlii (Chiron & V.P.Castro) Königer 2008
~*Baptistonia velteniana V.P.Castro & Chiron 2005 - See Oncidium veltenianum (V.P.Castro & Chiron) Königer 2005
~Baptistonia verrucosissima (Cogn.) V.P.Castro & Chiron 2004 - See Oncidium brienianum Rchb.f. 1881
~Baptistonia widgrenii (Lindl.) V.P.Castro '&' Chiron 2004 - See Oncidium widgrenii Lindl. 1855
Barbosella Schlechter 1918 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Pleurothallidinae.
According to Carl Luer. There are almost 21 dwarf miniature cool to cold growing epiphytes found from Central America south to Venezuela then to Peru and Brazil that have short ramicauls, solitary flowers that emerge laterally from the ramicauls without an annulus, and a column that is well developed carring a hooded ventral anther and stigma, the fat column foot is set into a concavity at the base of the lip forming a ball and socket joint allowing the lip to move, four equally sized pollina are present which distinguish it from Pleurothallis which has two. This genus can be grown with the same culture as Masdevallia.
Common Name or Meaning Named for Barbosa Rodriguez Brazilian Botanist
Type species = ! = Pleurothallis gardneri Lindley = Barbosella gardneri [Lindley]Schlechter 1842
~Barbosella anaristella (Kraenzl.) Garay 1974 - See Barbosella dolichorhiza Schltr.1920
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~Barbosella australis var. loefgrenii (Cogn.) Hoehne 1947 - See Barbosella australis (Cogn.) Schltr. 1918
~ Barbosella bradeorum Schltr. 1923 - See Barbosella dolichorhiza Schltr.1920
~Barbosella brenesii Schltr. 1923 - See Barbosella prorepens (Rchb. f.) Schltr. 1918
~Barbosella caespitifica (F. Lehm. '&' Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1974 - See Barbosella prorepens (Rchb. f.) Schltr. 1918
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~Barbosella crassifolia var. aristata Hoehne 1947 - See Barbosella crassifolia (Edwall) Schltr. 1918
~Barbosella crassifolia var. genuina Hoehne 1947 - See Barbosella crassifolia (Edwall) Schltr. 1918
~Barbosella crassifolia var. hamburgensis (Kraenzl.) Garay 1953 - See Barbosella crassifolia (Edwall) Schltr. 1918
~Barbosella crassifolia var. minor Hoehne 1947 - See Barbosella crassifolia (Edwall) Schltr. 1918
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~Barbosella dussii (Cogn.) Dod 1986 - See Barbosella prorepens (Rchb. f.) Schltr. 1918
~Barbosella fuscata Garay 1969 - See Barbosella dolichorhiza Schltr.1920
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~Barbosella gardneri var. dusenii (A.Samp.) Hoehne 1947 - See Barbosella dusenii (Samp.) Schltr. 1918
~Barbosella gardneri var. genuina Hoehne 1947 - See Barbosella gardneri (Lindl.) Schltr. 1918
~Barbosella hamburgensis (Kraenzl.) Hoehne 1947 - See Barbosella crassifolia (Edwall) Schltr. 1918
~Barbosella handroi Hoehne 1934 - See Barbosella cogniauxiana (Speg. '&' Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1918
~Barbosella loefgrenii (Cogn.) Schltr. 1918 - See Barbosella australis (Cogn.) Schltr. 1918
~Barbosella longiflora (Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1921 - See Barbosella cucullata (Lindl.) Schltr. 1918
~Barbosella longipes Schltr. 1920 - See Barbosella cucullata (Lindl.) Schltr. 1918
~Barbosella microphylla (Barb.Rodr.) Schltr. 1918 - See Barbosella gardneri (Lindl.) Schltr. 1918
~Barbosella miersii (Lindl.) Schltr. 1918 - See Barbrodria miersii (Lindl.) Luer 1981
~Barbosella monstrabilis (Ames) Garay 1974 - See Barbosella prorepens (Rchb. f.) Schltr. 1918
~Barbosella porschii (Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1918 - See Barbosella cogniauxiana (Speg. '&' Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1918
Barbosella prorepens (Rchb.f.) Schltr.1918
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~Barbosella reichenbachiana (Endres ex Rchb.f.) Schltr.1923 - See Restrepiopsis reichenbachiana (Endres ex Rchb.f.) Luer 1981
~Barbosella rhynchantha (Rchb. f. '&' Warsz.) Schltr. 1918 - See Barbosella cucullata (Lindl.) Schltr. 1918
~Barbosella riograndensis Dutra ex Pabst 1959 - See Barbosella cucullata (Lindl.) Schltr. 1918
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~Barbosella tolimensis (Kraenzl.) Garay 1974 - See Barbosella prorepens (Rchb.f.) Schltr.1918
~Barbosella varicosa (Lindl.) Schltr. 1918 - See Barbosella cucullata (Lindl.) Schltr. 1918
`Barbrodria Luer 1981 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Pleurothallidinae.
A monotypic genus found in Brazil that was removed from Barbosella to accomodate this species that differs in having a simply hinged lip, and a short column with an apical anther and stigma as well as 4 pollina. This genus is best grown culturally the same as Masdevallia.
Common Name or Meaning Named to honor J. Barbosa Rodrigues a Brazilian Orchidiologist in the early 1900's
Type species = ! = Barbrodria miersii (Lindl.) Luer 1981
Barkeria Knowles & Westcott 1838 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Laeliinae.
There are 10 to 15, small to medium sized epiphytes or lithophytes in this Central American genus that grow with warm to cool conditions, and need a bright rest in winter as they drop their leaves, watering should be resumed after the new growth appears in the spring. This genus is characterized by having thick roots, with slender, cane-like, fusitorm to cylindrical, enveloped by scarious leaf sheaths carrying alternate, linear-lanceolate to broadly ovate, articulated, sessile, soft textured, deciduous leaves and blooms on a terminal, racemose, few to many flowered inflorescence. Best grown mounted on wood branches or tree fern slabs, given a well ventilated or airy space, brightly lit, with high humidity and lots of fertilizer while growing and a definitive rest through the winter months only to resume with the onset of new growth in the spring.
Common Name or Meaning Named for George Barker English orchid enthusiast
Synonyms `Dothilophis Raf. 1836[1838]; Pachyphyllum Kunth 1816
According to Carl Withner
Type species = ! = Barkeria elegans Knowles '&' Westc. 1838 = Barkeria uniflora (La Llave '&' Lex.) Dressler '&' Halb. 1977
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~Barkeria chinensis (Lindl. ex Benth.) Thien 1966 - See Barkeria obovata (C. Presl) Christenson 1988
~Barkeria chinensis subsp. naevosa (Lindl.) Thien 1970 publ. 1971 - See Barkeria naevosa (Lindl.) Schltr. 1923
~Barkeria chinensis ssp. palmeri [Rolfe] Thein, Brittonia 1970 -See Barkeria palmeri [Rolfe]Schlechter 1918
~Barkeria cyclotella Rchb.f Gard. 1880 - See Barkeria scandens (La Llave '&' Lex.) Dressler '&' Halb 1977
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~Barkeria elegans Knowles '&' Westc. 1838 - see Barkeria uniflora (La Llave '&' Lex.) Dressler '&' Halb. 1977
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~Barkeria lindleyana var centrae Rchb.f 1873 - See Barkeria lindleyana Bateman ex Lindl. 1842
~Barkeria lindleyana var. cyclotella [Rchb.f] Thein 1970 - See Barkeria scandens (La Llave '&' Lex.) Dressler '&' Halb 1977
~Barkeria lindleyana ssp. lindleyana [Batem. ex Lindl. Thein 1970 - See Barkeria lindleyana Bateman ex Lindl. 1842
~Barkeria lindleyana ssps. spectabile [Batem ex Lindl.] Rchb.f 1862 - See Barkeria spectabilis Bateman ex Lindley 1842
~Barkeria lindleyana subsp. vanneriana (Rchb. f.) Thien 1970- See Barkeria vanneriana Rchb. f. 1885
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~Barkeria naevosa subsp. strophinx (Rchb.f.) Halb. 1974 - See B. obovata [C.Presl.]Christenson 1988
~Barkeria nonchinensis Schlechter 1914 - See B. obovata [C.Presl.]Christenson 1988
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~Barkeria skinneri var major Paxton 1849 - See Barkeria skinneri (Bateman ex Lindl.) A. Rich. '&' Galeotti 1844
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~`Barlaea Rchb.f. 1876 - See Cynorkis Thou. 1809 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Orchidieae, SUBTRIBE Orchidinae
~Barlaea calcarata (Thouars) Rchb.f. 1876 - See Cynorkis squamosa (Poir.) Lindl. 1835
Barlia Parlat 1860 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Orchideae, SUBTRIBE Orchidinae.
There are two species in this old world intermediate to cool growing, terrestrial genus that arise from buried root stem, ovoid or round tuberoids with deciduous leaves arising from a elongated stem from which a terminal, cylindric, dendly many flowered inflorescence carrying fragrant flowers.
Common Name or Meaning Named for Barla, a Brazilian amatuer botanist
Synonyms Loroglossum L.C.Rich. 1817
Type species = ! = Barlia longibracteata [Biv.] Parl. 1858 = B. robertiana [Loisel.]W. Grueter 1967
~ Barlia canariensis (Lindl.) Szlach. 2001 - See Orchis canariensis Lindl.1835
~Barlia cazorlensis (Lacaita) Szlach. 2001 - See Orchis cazorlensis Lacaita 1930
~Barlia collina (Banks '&' Sol. ex Russell) Szlach. 2001 - See Orchis collina Banks '&' Solander 1794
~Barlia longibractea (Bivona) Parlatore 1858 - See Barlia robertiana (Loisel.) Greuter 1967
~*Barlia metlesicsiana W.P.Teschner 1982 - See Himantoglossum metlesicsianum (W.P.Teschner) P.Delforge 1999
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~Barlia spitzelii (Saut. ex W.D.J.Koch) Szlach. 2001 - See Orchis spitzelii Sauter ex W. Koch 1837
~`Barombia Schlechter 1914 - See Aerangis Rchb.f 1865 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Vandeae, SUBTRIBE Aerangidinae.
The single species in this genus has been moved to Aerangis
~Barombia gracillima[Kraenzel]Schlechter 1914 - See Aerangis gracillima [Kraenzel]J.Stewart '&' Arends 1989
`Bartholina R. Br. 1813 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Orchidieae, SUBTRIBE Orchidinae.
There are two species in this terrestrial genus endemic to the Cape Province of South Africa needing a perfectly drained sandy compost and moist cool temperatures until leaf fall which denotes the need for a decided rest until the new growth appears.
Common Name or Meaning Named for Bartolin a Dutchman
~Bartholina lindleyana Rchb.f. ex Rolfe 1912 - See Bartholina burmanniana (L.) Ker Gawl. 1818
~Bartholina pectinata (Thunb.) R.Br. in W.T.Aiton 1813 - See Bartholina burmanniana (L.) Ker Gawl. 1818
Basiphyllaea Schltr. 1921 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Laeliinae.
Common Name or Meaning refers to the basally positioned leaves orchid
Synonyms Carteria Small 1910 non Diesing 1866
Type species = ! = Basiphyllaea sarcophylla (Rchb.f.) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 78 (1921
Baskervilla Lindl. 1840 SUBFAMILY Spiranthoideae, TRIBE Cranichideae SUBTRIBE Cranichidinae.
There are 10 species in this terrestrial genus occuring in central and Andean South America that are characterized by having a basal rosette of leaves with an apical inflorescence with a dense head of nonresupinate flowerswith the petals and the lip adnate to the collumn at a distance from the base. The sepals are free and the petals are adnate to the dorsal side of the column which carries 4 soft pollina.
Common Name or Meaning English botanist and protege of Lindley 1800's]
Type species = ! = Baskervilla assurgens Lindl.1840
Batemania Rchb. f. 1834 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Maxillarieae, SUBTRIBE Zygopetalinae.
~*Batemannia apiculata Rchb.f. 1876 - See Huntleya apiculata (Rchb.f.) Rolfe 1916
~Batemania beaumontii (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1852 - See Batemannia ciliata (Morel) Cogn. 1906
~Batemania fimbriata Linden '&' Rchb. f. 1854 - See Galeottia fimbriata L. Linden '&' Rchb. f. 1854
~Batemania meleagris [Lindley]Rchb.f 1855 - See Huntleya meleagris Lindl. 1837
~Batemania ciliata (Morel) Cogn. 1906 - See Batemannia ciliata (Morel) Cogn. 1906
~Batemania peruviana Rolfe 1895 - See Batemannia colleyi Lindley 1834
~Batemania petronia Barb Rodr. 1891 - See Batemannia colleyi Lindley 1834
~Batemania yauaperyensis Barb Rodr. 1891 - See Batemannia colleyi Lindley 1834
Batemannia Lindley 1834 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Maxillarieae, SUBTRIBE Zygopetalinae.
There are 4 species spread throughout the Amazon basin that grow as epiphytes and have clustered, one-noded, ovoid pseudobulbs with 2 to 3 apical, plicate leaves, giving rise to a basal, short, raemose inflorescence that has a few to many, medium sized, showy flowers with generally narrow lateral sepals attached at the end of the column foot and downturned. They have fairly broad petals, a trilobed lip withn erect lateral lobes, a downturned apical lobe , a wingless column with four pollina and a short, broad stipe. This genus and Bifrenaria can be grown in the same manner.
Common Name or Meaning Named for James Bateman an English orchid enthusiast
Synonyms `Petronia Barb. Rodr. 1877
Type species = ! = Batemannia colleyi Lindley 1834[1835]
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~Batemania beaumontii (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1852 - See Galeottia ciliata (Morel) Dressler & Christenson 1989
~Batemannia burtii Endr. '&' Rchb.f 1872 - See Huntleya burtii [Endres '&' Rchb.f] Pfitzer 1889
~Batemannia ciliata (Morel) Cogn. 1906 - See Galeottia ciliata (Morel) Dressler & Christenson 1989
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~Batemannia fimbriata Linden '&' Rchb. f. 1854 - See Galeottia fimbriata L. Linden '&' Rchb. f. 1854
~Batemannia grandiflora [A.Rich]Rchb.f 1856 - See *Galeottia grandiflora A. Rich 1845
~*Batemannia gustavi Rchb. f. 1877 - See Huntleya gustavii (Rchb.f.) Rolfe 1916
~*Batemannia lalindei Linden 1873 - See Pescatoria lalindei (Linden) Dressler 2005
~Batemannia meleagris [Lindley]Rchb.f 1855 - See Huntleya meleagris Lindl. 1837
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~Batemannia petronia Barb Rodr. 1891 - See Batemannia colleyi Lindley 1834
~*Batemannia wallisii Rchb.f 1880 - See Huntleya wallisii Batem 1837
~Batemannia yauaperyensis Barb Rodr. 1891 - See Batemannia colleyi Lindley 1834
~`Bathiea Schltr. 1915 - See Neobathiea Schltr. 1925 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Vandeae, SUBTRIBE Angraecinae.
~Bathiea perrieri (Schltr.) Schltr. 1915 - See Neobathiea perrieri (Schltr.) Schltr. 1925
~Beadlea Small 1903 - See Cyclopogon C. Presl 1827 SUBFAMILY Spiranthoideae, TRIBE Cranichideae, SUBTRIBE Spiranthinae
~Beadlea argyrifolia (Barb.Rodr.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982 - See Cyclopogon argyrifolius (Barb.Rodr.) Barb.Rodr. 1877
~Beadlea dutraei (Schltr.) Garay 1982 - See Cyclopogon elatus (Sw.) Schltr. 1919
~Beadlea calophylla (Barb.Rodr.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982 - See Cyclopogon calophyllus (Barb.Rodr.) Barb.Rodr. 1877
~Beadlea cranichoides (Griseb.) Small 1913 - See Cyclopogon cranichoides (Griseb.) Schltr. 1920
~Beadlea cranichoides f. alba P.M.Br. & C.L.McCartney 1995 - See Cyclopogon cranichoides (Griseb.) Schltr. 1920
~Beadlea cranichoides f. albolabia P.M.Br. & C.L.McCartney 1995 - See Cyclopogon cranichoides (Griseb.) Schltr. 1920
~Beadlea elata (Sw.) Small 1918 - See Cyclopogon elatus (Sw.) Schltr. 1919
~Beadlea elegans (Hoehne) Garay 1980 publ. 1982 - See Cyclopogon elegans Hoehne 1944
~Beadlea epiphytica Dodson 1980 - See Cyclopogon epiphytica (Dodson) Dodson 1989
~Beadlea iguapensis (Schltr.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982 - See Cyclopogon iguapensis Schltr.1922
~Beadlea lindleyana (Link, Klotzsch '&' Otto) Garay '&' Dunst 1979 - See Cyclopogon lindleyanus (Link, Klotzsch '&' Otto) Schltr. 1920
~Beadlea longibracteata (Barb. Rodr.) Garay 1982 - See Cyclopogon longibracteatus (Barb. Rodr.) Schltr. 1920
~Beadlea multiflora (Schltr.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982 - See Cyclopogon multiflorus Schltr.1922
~Beadlea oligantha (Hoehne) Garay 1980 publ. 1982 - See Cyclopogon oliganthus (Hoehne) Hoehne & Schltr. 1926
~Beadlea plantaginea (Schltr.) Garay 1978 - See
~Beadlea storeri (Chapm.) Small 1903 - See Cyclopogon cranichoides (Griseb.) Schltr. 1920
~Beadlea subalpestris (Schltr.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982 - See Cyclopogon subalpestris Schltr. 1925
~Beadlea taquaremboensis (Barb. Rodr.) Garay 1982 - See Cyclopogon elatus (Sw.) Schltr. 1919
~Beadlea truncata (Lindl.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982 - See Cyclopogon truncatus (Lindl.) Schltr. 1920
Beclardia A.Rich. 1828 SUBFAMILY Epidendrodeae, TRIBE Vandeae, SUBTRIBE Aerangidinae.
There is one species in this monotypical, variable, epiphytic genus that occurs only in the Mascarenes and Madagascar.
Common Name or Meaning [Beclard's Orchid [French Botanist 1800's]
Type species = ! = Beclardia macrostachya (Thouars) A. Rich. 1828
~Beclardia brachystachya (Thouars) A.Rich. 1828 - See Beclardia macrostachya (Thouars) A. Rich. 1828
~Beclardia elata (Thouars) A.Rich 1828 - See Cryptopus elatus (Thouars) Lindl.1825
~Beclardia erostris Frapp. ex Cordem. 1895 - See Beclardia macrostachya (Thouars) A. Rich. 1828
~Beclardia humbertii H.Perrier 1951 - See Lemurella culicifera (Rchb.f.) H.Perrier 1941
~Beclardia polystachya (Thouars) Frapp. 1880 - See Oeoniella polystachys (Thouars) Schltr. 1918
Beloglottis Schltr.1920 SUBFAMILY Spiranthoideae, TRIBE Cranichideae, SUBTRIBE Spiranthinae
There are 7 species in this terrestrial, occasional lithophytic to epiphytic genus.
Common Name or Meaning The Arrow Tongue Orchid
Type species = ! =
~Beloglottis bicaudata (Ames) Garay 1978 - See Beloglottis costaricensis (Rchb.f.) Schltr.1920
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× Bensteinia Christenson 2006 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Maxillarieae, SUBTRIBE Zygopetalinae
Common Name or Meaning The Benzingia/Kefersteinia Orchid
Type species = ! = × Bensteinia dodsonii (Neudecker) Christenson 2006
Benthamia A.Rich. 1828 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Orchideae, SUBTRIBE Habenariinae.
There are 30 species mostly in Madagascar and a few in the Mascarenes that are terrestrial orchids aligned with Habenaria.
Common Name or Meaning Bentham's Orchid [Renowned English Botanist 1800's]
Type species = ! = Satyrium spirale Thouars 1822 = Benthamia spiralis (Thouars) A.Rich. 1828
Benzingia Dodson 1989 - see Benzingia Dodson 1995 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Maxillarieae, SUBTRIBE Zygopetalinae.
`Benzingia Dodson 1995 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Maxillarieae, SUBTRIBE Zygopetalinae.
There are nine species in this genus from Ecuador and Peru that were segregated from Chondrorhyncha and Stenia or replaced Ackermania.
Common Name or Meaning Benzing's Orchid [American Plant Phisologist]
Synonyms Benzingia Dodson 1989
Type species = ! = Benzingia hirtzii Dodson 1989 = Benzingia hirtzii Dodson ex Dodson 1995
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~`Bicchia Parl. 1860 - See Pseudorchis S.F.Gray 1754 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Orchideae, SUBTRIBE Orchidinae.
~Bicchia albida Parlatore 1858 - See Pseudorchis albida (Linne) A. '&' D. Löve 1969
~Bicornella Lindl. 1835 - See Cynorkis Thou. 1809 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Orchidieae, SUBTRIBE Orchidinae.
~Bicornella arabica Deflers 1889 - See Bonatea steudneri (Rchb.f.) T.Durand & Schinz 1894
~*Bicornella gracilis Lindl. 1835 - See Cynorkis gracilis (Lindl.) Schltr. 1924
~Bieneria Rchb.f 1853 - See Chloraea Lindl. 1827 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Diurideae, SUBTRIBE Chloraeinae.
Biermannia King '&' Pantling 1897 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Vandeae, SUBTRIBE Aeridinae.
There are 11 species in this epiphytic monopodial genus restricted to Indo-China and Malesia.
Common Name or Meaning Bierman's Orchid [Curator of Calcutta Botanical Garden 1800's]
Type species = ! = Biermannia quinquecallosa King & Pantl. 1897
~Biermannia annamensis Guillaumin 1955 - See Pteroceras leopardinum (C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.) Seidenf. & Smitinand 1963
~Biermannia decumbens (Griff.) T. Tang '&' F.T. Wang ex G. Merr. '&' Metcalf 1945 - - See *Phalaenopsis deliciosa Rchb. f. 1854 or Phalaenopsis parishii Rchb. f. 1865
~Biermannia naviculare Tang '&' Wang 1997 - See Phalaenopsis braceana (Hook. f.) Christenson 1986
~Biermannia taenialis (Lindl.) T. Tang '&' F.T. Wang 1951 - See Kingidium taenialis (Lindl.) P.F. Hunt 1970
~Bifolium Petiver 1764 - See Listera R. Br. 1813 SUBFAMILY Neottioideae, TRIBE Neottieae, SUBTRIBE Listerinae.
~Bifolium australe [Lindley] Niewland 1913 - See Listera australis Lindl. 1840
~Bifolium cordatum (L.) Nieuwl. 1913 - See Listera cordata (L.) R. Br. 1813
~Bifolium ovatum (L.) Nieuwl. 1913 - See Listera ovata (Linne) R. Brown 1813
~Bifolium smallii (Wiegand) Nieuwl. 1913 - See Listera smallii Wiegand 1899
Bifrenaria Lindley 1832 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Maxillarieae, SUBTRIBE Lycastinae.
There are 26 to 30 small epiphytes or often terrestrials that have four cornered pseudobulbs with erect, coriaceous, plicate leaves that give rise to an erect racemose inflorescence from the base of an adult pseudobulb that carries up to five flowers which are often fragrant. The lip of the flower is three or four lobed and has a single, low, elongate callus without keels. It has four pollina which are hard, attached to a short, wide stipe on a flattened viscidium. They are intermediate plants that require partial shade and humid, well watered conditions while growing and less after the pseudobulbs are mature.
Common Name or Meaning refers to the 4 pollina that sit separated on 2 stems
Synonyms Adipe Raf. 1836[1837]; Colax Lindley ex Spreng. 1826; Lindleyella Schlechter 1914; Stenocoryne Lindley 1843
Type species = ! = Maxillaria atropurpurea Lodd. 1832 = Bifrenaria atropurpurea [Lodd.]Lindley 1832
to
~Bifrenaria atropurpurea var caparaoensis [Brade] Hoehne 1950 - See Bifrenaria atropurpurea [Lodd.]Lindley 1832
~*Bifrenaria aurantiaca Lindley 1836 - See Rudolfiella aurantiaca [Lindley]Hoehne 1943
~Bifrenaria aurantiaca Wms. Non Lindley 1894 - See Bifrenaria inodora Lindl. 1843
SECTION Stenocoryne
~Bifrenaria barbosae V.P.Castro 1998 - See Bifrenaria calcarata [Vell.] V. P. Castro 1996
to LATE EARLY
~Bifrenaria caparaoensis Brade 1943 - See Bifrenaria atropurpurea [Lodd.]Lindley 1832
SECTION Stenocoryne
To
SECTION Stenocoryne
To
~Bifrenaria dallemagnei R.H. Torr. 1893 - See Bifrenaria tyrianthina (Loudon) Rchb. f. 1858
~Bifrenaria floribunda (Schltr.) C. Schweinf. 1944 - See Rudolfiella saxicola (Schltr.) Hoehne 1953
~Bifrenaria fragrans Barb. Rodr. 1881 - See Bifrenaria inodora Lindl 1843
~Bifrenaria fuerstenbergiana Schlechter 1906 - See Bifrenaria inodora Lindl 1843
~*Bifrenaria hadwenii Lindley 1851-2 - See Scuticaria hadwenii [Lindley]Hooker
~Bifrenaria hadwenii var bella Rchb.f 1881 - See Scuticaria hadwenii [Lindley]Hooker
~Bifrenaria hadwenii var pardalina Rchb.f 1880 - See Scuticaria hadwenii [Lindley]Hooker
To
~Bifrenaria harrisoniae var. angustior (Lindl.) Cogn. 1902 - See Bifrenaria harrisoniae[Hooker]Rchb.f 1855
~Bifrenaria harrisoniae var. buchananiana Rchb.f 1879 - See Bifrenaria harrisoniae[Hooker]Rchb.f 1855
~Bifrenaria harrisoniae var. citrina (B.S.Williams) Stein 1892 - See Bifrenaria harrisoniae[Hooker]Rchb.f 1855
~Bifrenaria harrisoniae var. eburnea (S.Moore) Stein 1892 - See Bifrenaria harrisoniae[Hooker]Rchb.f 1855
~Bifrenaria harrisoniae var. flavopurpurea Hoehne 1950 - See Bifrenaria harrisoniae[Hooker]Rchb.f 1855
~Bifrenaria harrisoniae var. grandiflora (Paxton) Cogn. 1902 - See Bifrenaria harrisoniae[Hooker]Rchb.f 1855
~Bifrenaria harrisoniae var. insularis Hoehne 1950 - See Bifrenaria harrisoniae[Hooker]Rchb.f 1855
~Bifrenaria harrisoniae var. minor Hoehne 1950 - See Bifrenaria harrisoniae[Hooker]Rchb.f 1855
~Bifrenaria harrisoniae var. pubigera Rchb.f 1879 - See Bifrenaria harrisoniae[Hooker]Rchb.f 1855
~Bifrenaria harrisoniae var. purpurascens Veitch 1893 - See Bifrenaria harrisoniae[Hooker]Rchb.f 1855
~Bifrenaria harrisoniae var. vitellina Stein 1892 - See Bifrenaria vitellina (Lindl.) Lindl. 1843
To LATE TO EARLY
To LATE
~Bifrenaria magnicalcarata [Hoehne Pabst 1976 - See Bifrenaria tyrianthina (Loudon) Rchb. f. 1858
~*Bifrenaria maguirei C.Schweinf.1959 - See Guanchezia maguirei (C.Schweinf.) G.A.Romero & G.Carnevali 2000
to
~Bifrenaria minuta Garay 1958 - See !Hylaeorchis petiolaris (Schltr.) Carnevali '&' G.A. Romero 2000
~Bifrenaria petiolaris (Schltr.) Carnevali '&' I. Ramírez ex Dodson '&' R. Escobar 1994 - See !Hylaeorchis petiolaris (Schltr.) Carnevali '&' G.A. Romero 2000
~Bifrenaria petiolaris (Schltr.) G.A. Romero '&' Carnevali 1996 - See !Hylaeorchis petiolaris (Schltr.) Carnevali '&' G.A. Romero 2000
~*Bifrenaria pickiana Schltr. 1912 - See Teuscheria pickiana (Schltr.) Garay 1959
~Bifrenaria picta (Schltr.) C. Schweinf. 1944 - See Rudolfiella picta (Schltr.) Hoehne 1956
to
~Bifrenaria rudolfii (Hoehne) Carnevali '&' G.A. Romero 1993 - See !Hylaeorchis petiolaris (Schltr.) Carnevali '&' G.A. Romero 2000
~Bifrenaria sabulosa Barb.Rodr. 1877 - See Bifrenaria longicornis Lindl. 1838
~Bifrenaria saxicola (Schltr.) C. Schweinf. 1944 - See Rudolfiella saxicola (Schltr.) Hoehne 1953
~Bifrenaria secunda (Jacq.) Pabst 1967 - See Bifrenaria aureofulva [Hooker]Lindley 1843
SECTION Stenocoryne
to LATE EARLY
to
~Bifrenaria tetragona var umbrophila Hoehne 1950 - See Bifrenaria tetragona (Lindl.) Schltr. 1908
~Bifrenaria tetragona var rupicola Hoenhe 1950 - See Bifrenaria tetragona (Lindl.) Schltr. 1908
To and EARLY
~Bifrenaria tyrianthina var. albescens Hoehne 1950 - See Bifrenaria harrisoniae[Hooker]Rchb.f 1855
~Bifrenaria tyriantha var. magnicalcarata Hoehne. 1950 - See Bifrenaria tyrianthina (Loudon) Rchb. f. 1858
~Bifrenaria villosula Brade 1949 - See Bifrenaria charlesworthii Rolfe 1894
To
~Bifrenaria vitellina var. leucorrhoda Rchb. f. 1855 - See Bifrenaria leucorrhoda Rchb. f. 1859
~*Bifrenaria wageneri Rchb.f. 1854 - See Teuscheria wageneri (Rchb.f.) Garay 1967
~Bifrenaria wendlandiana (Kraenzl.) Cogn. 1902- See Bifrenaria clavigera Rchb.f. 1865
To
~Bilabrella Lindley 1834 - See Habenaria Willd. 1805 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Orchideae, SUBTRIBE Orchidinae.
~Bilabrella anaphysema (Rchb.f.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap 2003 - See Habenaria anaphysema Rchb.f. 1867
~Bilabrella chirensis (Rchb.f.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria chirensis Rchb.f. 1881
~Bilabrella disparilis (Summerh.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria disparilis Summerhs.1962
~*Bilabrella falcicornis Lindl. 1835 - See Habenaria falcicornis (Lindl.) Bolus 1882
~Bilabrella furcipetala (Schltr.) Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Habenaria kyimbilae Schltr. 1915
~Bilabrella galpinii (Bolus) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria galpinii Bolus 1893
~Bilabrella genuflexa (Rendle) Szlach. & Kras-Lap 2003 - See Habenaria genuflexa Rendle 1895
~Bilabrella humilior (Rchb.f.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap.2003 - See Habenaria humilior Rchb.f. 1881
~Bilabrella incarnata (Lyall ex Lindl.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria incarnata (Lyall ex Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1865
~Bilabrella kyimbilae (Schltr.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria kyimbilae Schltr. 1915
~Bilabrella macrostele (Summerh.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria macrostele Summerh. 1937
~Bilabrella ndiana (Rendle) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria ndiana Rendle 1895
~Bilabrella nyikana (Rchb.f.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap 2003 - See Habenaria nyikana Rchb.f. 1881
~Bilabrella peltastes (Rchb.f.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria schimperiana Hochst. ex A.Rich. 1850
~Bilabrella petraea (Renz & Grosvenor) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria petitiana (A.Rich.) T.Durand & Schinz 1894
~Bilabrella retinervis (Summerh.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria retinervis Summerh. 1962
~Bilabrella salsicornis Steud. 1840 - See Habenaria falcicornis (Lindl.) Bolus 1882
~Bilabrella schimperiana (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria schimperiana Hochst. ex A.Rich. 1850
~Bilabrella sochensis (Rchb.f.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria sochensis Rchb.f. 1881
~Bilabrella subaequalis (Summerh.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria subaequalis Summerh. 1962
~Bilabrella tetrapetala (Rchb.f.) Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Habenaria falcicornis (Lindl.) Bolus 1882
~Bilabrella vollesenii (S.Thomas & P.J.Cribb) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria vollesenii S.Thomas & P.J.Cribb 1996
~Bilabrella weberiana (Schltr.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria weberiana Schltr. 1915
`Binotia Rolfe 1905 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Maxillarieae, SUBTRIBE Oncidiinae.
There are two species in this genus found in Brazil closely related to Cochlioda but differs in having a long claw on the lip attached by it's margins to the foot of the column as well as having greenish to brown flowers instead of red as in Cochlioda.
Common Name or Meaning Named for Binot a Belgian gardner by way of Brazil
Type species = ! = Binotia brasiliensis (Rolfe) Rolfe 1905
Bipinnula Comm. ex A. Juss. 1789 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Diurideae, SUBTRIBE Chloraeinae
There are 10 species in this terrestrial genus occuring in southern South America.
Common Name or Meaning refers to the lateral sepals that are similar to a bird's feather - literally in latin "double feather"
To
~Bipinnula mystacina Lindl 1834 - See Bipinnula fimbriata (Poepp.) I.M.Johnst.1929
~Bipinnula philipporum Kraenzl. 1903 - See Bipinnula plumosa Lindl.1827
~Bipinnula plumosa var. philipporum (Kraenzl.) Reiche 1910 -See Bipinnula plumosa Lindl.1827
To
~Blepharochilum M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Bulbophyllum Thouars 1822 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Dendrobieae, SUBTRIBE Bulbophyllinae.
~Blepharochilum macphersonii (Rupp) M.A.Clem. '&' D.L.Jones 2002 - See Bulbophyllum macphersonii Rupp 1934
~Blepharochilum sladeanum (A.D.Hawkes) M.A.Clem. '&' D.L.Jones 2002 - See Bulbophyllum macphersonii Rupp 1934
~Blephariglottis Raf. 1837 - See Habenaria Willd. 1805 or Platanthera L.C. Rich 1817 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Orchideae, SUBTRIBE Orchidinae
~Blephariglottis alba House 1906 - See Habenaria blephariglottis (Willd.) Hook. 1824
~Blephariglottis alba var. conspicua (Nash) W.J.Schrenk 1977 - See Habenaria blephariglottis (Willd.) Hook. 1824
~Blephariglottis albiflora Raf. 1837 - See Pseudorchis albida (Linne) A. '&' D. Löve 1969
~*Blephariglottis x bicolor Raf 1836 - See Platanthera X bicolor (Raf.) Luer 1972
~Blephariglottis blephariglottis [Willd.] Rydb. 1901 - See Habenaria blephariglottis (Willd.) Hook. 1824
~*Blephariglottis chapmanii Small 1903 - See Platanthera chapmanii (Small) Luer 1972
~Blephariglottis ciliaris (L.) Rydb. 1901 - See Platanthera ciliaris (L.) Lindl. 1835
~Blephariglottis conspicua (Nash) Small 1903 - See Habenaria blephariglottis (Willd.) Hook. 1824
~Blephariglottis cristata (Michx.) Raf. 1836 - See Platanthera cristata (Michx.) Lindl. 1835
~Blephariglottis flaviflora Raf. 1837 - See Platanthera ciliaris (L.) Lindl. 1835
~Blephariglottis grandiflora (Bigelow) Rydb. in N.L.Britton 1901 - See Platanthera grandiflora (Bigelow) Lindl. 1835
~Blephariglottis integrilabia (Correll) W.J.Schrenk 1977 - See Platanthera integrilabia (Correll) Luer 1975
~Blephariglottis lacera (Michx.) Rydb. in N.L.Britton 1901 - See Platanthera lacera (Michx.) G.Don 1839
~Blephariglottis lacera f. elongata (Peck) House 1923 - See Platanthera lacera (Michx.) G.Don 1839
~Blephariglottis leucophaea (Nutt.) Rydb. 1901 - See Habenaria leucophaea (Nutt.) A. Gray 1867
~Blephariglottis peramoena (A.Gray) Rydb. in N.L.Britton 1901 - See Platanthera peramoena A.Gray 1848
~Blephariglottis psycodes (L.) Rydb. 1901 - See Platanthera psycodes (L.) Lindl. 1835
~Blephariglottis psycodes var. grandiflora (Bigelow) J.H.Schaffn. 1914 - See Platanthera grandiflora (Bigelow) Lindl. 1835
Bletia Ruiz & Pavon 1794 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Arethuseae, SUBTRIBE Bletiinae.
The 33 members of this genus are almost always terrestrials found on grassland hillsides from sea level to 2700 meters and are spread from Florida south to Brazil growing in well draining soil with fertilizer and water heavy while growing and a tapering off to a trickle through the winter months. They are distinguished by basal corm with apical, thin strongly veined leaves with a basal inflorescence arising from the side of the corm, carrying flowers with the anther, operculate on the apex of the colum and having 8 soft and mealy pollina.
Common Name or Meaning named for Luis Blet a Spanish naturalist
Synonyms `Bletiana Raf. 1818; `Gyas Salisbury 1812; `Regnellia Barb. Rodr. 1877; `Thiebautia Colla 1824
Type species = ! = Bletia catenulata Ruiz '&' Pavon 1798
~Bletia acaulis (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1862 - See Brassavola acaulis Lindl. 1851-2
~Bletia acuminata Rchb.f 1862 - See Laelia rubescens Lindley 1840
~Bletia acutipetala W. Hook. 1834 - See Bletia purpurea [Lamb.] D.C. 1841
to LATE THROUGH
~Bletia albida Rchb.f 1862 - See Laelia albida Batem. ex Lindl. 1839
~Bletia alta Hitchc. in part 1893 - Bletia purpurea [Lamb.] D.C. 1841
~Bletia alta (L.) Hitchc. 1893 in part - See Eulophia alta (L.) Fawc. '&' Rendle 1910
~Bletia altilamellata Garay 1953 - See Bletia campanulata La Llave '&' Lex. 1825
~Bletia amazonica (Poepp. '&' Endl.) Rchb. f. 1862 - See Brassavola martiana Lindl. 1836
~Bletia amboinensis Zipp. ex Blume 1856 - See Phaius terrestris (L.) Ormerod 1994
~Bletia anomala Rich '&' Gal. 1845 - See Bletia campanulata La Llave '&' Lex. 1825
~Bletia anceps [Lindley] Rchb.f 1862 - See *Laelia anceps Lindley 1836
~Bletia angustata Gagn. 1851 - See Spathoglottis plicata Blume 1825
~Bletia angustifolia Gaud. 1829 - See Spathoglottis plicata Bl 1825
~Bletia anomala A.Rich. '&' Galeotti 1845 - See Bletia campanulata La Llave '&' Lex. 1825
~Bletia aphylla Nutt - See Hexalectris spicata (Walter) Barnhart 1904
~Bletia attenuata Rchb.f. 1863 - See Brassavola martiana Lindl. 1836
~Bletia autumnalis [Lindley]Rchb.f 1825 - See Laelia autumnalis Lindley 1831
~*Bletia bicallosa D.Don 1825 - See Eulophia bicallosa (D.Don) P.F.Hunt & Summerh. 1966
~Bletia bicolor Rchb.f ? - See Leptotes bicolor Lindley 1833
~Bletia boothiana Rchb. f. 1863 - See Laelia lobata [Lindley]Veitch 1887
THROUGH
~Bletia capitata R.Br. in W.T.Aiton 1813 - See Elleanthus capitatus (Poepp. & Endl.) Rchb.f. 1862
~Bletia casperiana Rchb.f 1862 - See Laelia purpurata Lindley '&' Paxt. 1852
To and
~Bletia caulescens [Lindley] Rchb.f 1861 - See Laelia caulescens Lindl.1841
~Bletia cebolleta [Rchb.f]Rchb.f 1862 - See *Brassavola cebolleta Rchb.f 1855
~*Bletia ciliata C. Presl 1827 - See Sobralia ciliata (C. Presl) C. Schweinf. '&' Foldats 1969
~Bletia cinnabarina [Batem. ex Lindl.] Rchb.f 1861 - See Laelia cinnabarina Bateman 1847
~Bletia cinnabarina var sellowii Rchb.f 1863 - See Laelia cinnabarina Bateman 1847
~Bletia cinnamomea (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. 1862 - See Laelia cinnabarina Bateman 1847
to
~Bletia cordata (L.) Rchb. f. 1862 - See Brassavola subuliflolia Lindley 1831
~Bletia crispa [Lindley]Rchb.f 1862 - See Laelia crispa [Lindley]Rchb.f 1853-4
~Bletia crispilabia Rchb.f 1863 - See Laelia crispilabia A. Rich. ex Warner 1865
~Bletia crispina Rchb. f. 1862 - See Schomburgkia crispa Lindley 1838
~Bletia cucullata (L.) Rchb. f. 1862 - See Brassavola cucullata R. Br. 1813
~Bletia cucullata var. cuspidata (Hook.) Rchb.f. 1862 - See Brassavola cucullata R. Br. 1813
~Bletia digbyana [Lindley]Rchb.f 1862 - See Rhyncholaelia digbyana [Lindley]Schlechter 1918
~Bletia domingensis Rchb.f 1862 - See Laeliopsis domingensis [Lindley]Lindley 1852-3
~Bletia ecuadorensis Schltr. 1916 - See Bletia catenulata Ruiz '&' Pavon 1798
~Bletia edwardsii Ames 1932 - See Bletia campanulata La Llave '&' Lex. 1825
~Bletia ensiformis Ruiz '&' Pav. 1798 - See Encyclia cyperifolia (C. Schweinf.) Carnevali '&' I. Ramírez 1993
~*Bletia eulophiae Rchb.f. 1862 - See Tetramicra eulophiae (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. ex Griseb. 1866
~Bletia excelsa Bradf. 1846 - See Schomburgkia undulata Lindley 1841
~Bletia flabellata Rchb.f 1862 - See Laelia xanthina Lindley 1859
~Bletia flava Wallace ex Lindl. 1831 - See Phaius flavus (Blume) Lindl. 1856
~Bletia flava (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1862 - See Laelia flava Lindl. 1839
To THROUGH
~*Bletia formosana Hayata 1911 - See Bletilla formosana (Hayata) Schltr.1911
~Bletia fulgens Rchb.f. 1855 - See Bletia coccinea Lex. 1825
~Bletia furfuracea Rchb.f 1862 - See Laelia furfuracea Lindley 1839
~Bletia gebinae [Lindley]Rchb.f 1847 - See Bletilla striata [Thunb]Rchb.f 1878
~Bletia glauca [Lindley]Rchb.f 1862 - See Rhyncholaelia glauca [Lindley]Schlechter 1918
~Bletia gloriosa [Rchb.f] Rchb.f 1862 - See Schomburgkia crispa Lindley 1838
MID
~Bletia gracilis var roezlii [Rchb.f] L.O.Wms. 1950 - See Bletia roezlii Rchb. f. 1877
~*Bletia graminifolia D. Don 1825 - See Arundina graminifolia [D. Don]Hochr. 1910
~Bletia grandiflora La Llave '&' Lex. 1825 - See Laelia speciosa (Kunth) Schltr 1914
~Bletia grandis (Lindl. '&' Paxton) Rchb. 1862 f. - See Laelia grandis Lindl. '&' Paxton 1850-1
~Bletia harpophylla [Rchb.f] Rchb.f 1888 - See Laelia harpophylla Rchb.f 1873
~Bletia havanensis Lindley 1838 - See Bletia purpurea [Lam.]D.C. 1841
~Bletia humboldtii Rchb.f 1862- Myrmecophilia humboldtia [Rchb.f] Rolfe 1917
~Bletia humilis Link '&' Otto 1841 - See Maxillaria gracilis Lodd. 1832
~Bletia hyacinthina R. Br. 1813 - See Bletilla striata [Thunb.]Rchb.f 1878
~Bletia incarvillei R. Br. - See Phaius tankervilliae [Ait.]Blume 1856
~Bletia japonica [A. Gray] Schlechter 1911 - See Eleorchis japonica [A. Gray]Maekawa 1935
~Bletia jongheana (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. 1872 - See Laelia jongheana Rchb. f. 1872
~Bletia jucunda Linden '&' Rchb. f. 1855 - See Bletia reflexa Lindl. 1836
TO
~ Bletia kotoensis Hayata 1911 - See Bletilla formosana (Hayata) Schltr.1911
~Bletia landsbergii Rchb.f. 1859 - See Bletia campanulata La Llave '&' Lex. 1825
~Bletia lankesteri (Ames '&' C.Schweinf.) Ames, F.T.Hubb. '&' C.Schweinf. 1934 - See Bletia campanulata La Llave '&' Lex. 1825
~Bletia lepidissima Rchb.f 1889 - See Myrmecophila galeottiana (A. Rich.) Rolfe 1917
~Bletia lindeni Rchb. f. - See Cattleyopsis lindenii [Lindley] Cogn. 1910
~Bletia lindleyana (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. 1863 - See Laelia lindleyana (Rchb. f.) H.J. Veitch 1887
~Bletia lineata (Hook. f.) Rchb. f. 1862 - See Brassavola acaulis Lindl. 1851-2
~Bletia lobata Rchb.f 1862 - See Laelia lobata [Lindley]Veitch 1887
~Bletia longipes [Rchb.f]Rchb.f 1863 - See Laelia longipes Rchb.f 1863
~Bletia lucasiana Rolfe 1893 - See Laelia lucasiana Rolfe 1893
~Bletia lundii Rchb. f. '&' Warm. 1881 - See Laelia lundii Rchb. f. 1881
~Bletia lyonsii [Lindl.] Rchb.f 1861 - See Schomburgkia lyonsii Lindl. 1853
To
~Bletia mandonii Schltr. 1922 - See Bletia campanulata La Llave '&' Lex. 1825
~Bletia marginata (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1862 - See Schomburgkia crispa Lindley 1838
~Bletia martiana (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1865 - See Brassavola martiana Lindl. 1836
~*Bletia masuca D. Don 1825 - See Calanthe masuca (D. Don) Lindl. 1833
~Bletia morrisonicola Hayata 1911 - See Bletilla formosana (Hayata) Schltr.1911
~Bletia nagelii L.O. Williams 1946 - See Bletia lilacina A. Rich. '&' Galeotti 1845
~Bletia nipponica Franch. & Sav. 1878 - See Cymbidium macrorhizon Lindl. 1833
~Bletia nodosa Rchb.f 1862 - See Brassavola nodosa [L.]Lindley 1831
~Bletia nodosa var cordata [Lindley] Rchb.f 1863 - See Brassavola subuliflolia Lindley 1831
~*Bletia obcordata Lindl. 1831 - See Cephalantheropsis obcordata (Lindl.) Ormerod 1998
~*Bletia ortgiesiana Rchb. f. 1860 - See Cattleyopsis ortgiesiana (Rchb. f.) Cogn. 1910
~Bletia pallida Lodd. 1822 - See Bletia purpurea [Lamb.] D.C. 1841
~Bletia palmeri S.Watson 1891 - See Bletia adenocarpa Rchb.f. 1856
~Bletia papillifera Ames 1933 - See Bletia roezlii Rchb. f. 1877
~Bletia parviflora Rchb.f. 1862 - See Tetramicra parviflora Lindl. ex Griseb.1864
To LATE
~Bletia patula var alba Hawkes 1950 - See Bletia patula Graham 1836
~Bletia paulinae F.Muell. 1867 - See Spathoglottis paulinae F. Muell. 1867
~Bletia peduncularis (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1862 - See Laelia rubescens Lindley 1840
~Bletia perrinii Rchb.f 1862 - See Laelia perrinii [Lindley]Bateman 1847
~Bletia pottsii S. Wats. 1887 - See Bletia purpurea [Lamb.] D.C. 1841
~Bletia praestans (Rchb. f.) Rchb. f. 1862 - See Laelia praestans Rchb. f. 1857
~Bletia pratensis Rchb.f 1861 - See Tetramicra elegans [Hamilton] Cogn. 1910
~Bletia pulchella R.H. Torr. 1850 - See Bletia purpurea [Lamb.] D.C. 1841
~Bletia pumila [Hooker]Rchb.f 1862 - See Laelia pumila [Hooker]Rchb.f 1853-4
~Bletia pumilio Rchb.f 1862 - See Homalopetalum pumilio [Rchb.f]Schlechter 1923
~Bletia purpurata Rich. '&' Gal. 1845 - See Arethusa rosea (Lindl.) Benth. ex Hemsl. 1884
~Bletia purpurata Rchb.f 1861 - See Laelia purpurata Lindley 1852
~Bletia purpurata var. aurorea Rchb.f. 1862 - See Laelia purpurata Lindley 1852
~Bletia purpurata var. pallida Rchb.f. 1862 - See Laelia purpurata Lindley 1852
~Bletia purpurata var. praetexta (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. 1862 - See Laelia purpurata Lindley 1852
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~Bletia purpurea var alba Ariza '&' Jimenez - See Bletia purpurea [Lamb.] D.C. 1841
~Bletia paulinae F.Muell. 1867 - See Spathoglottis paulinae F. Muell. 1867
~Bletia quadrifida Hook.f. 1890 - See Calanthe triplicata [Willem.]Ames 1907
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~Bletia retusa [Lindley] Rchb.f 1861 - See Brassavola retusa Lindley 1847
~Bletia rhopalorhachis Rchb.f 1862 - See Brassavola nodosa [L.]Lindley 1831
~Bletia rigida Rchb.f 1862 - See Tetramicra canaliculata [Aubl.]Urb. 1918
~Bletia rodriguesii Cogn. 1901 - See Bletia catenulata Ruiz '&' Pavon 1798
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~Bletia rosea (Linden ex Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1862 - See Schomburgkia rosea Linden ex Lindl. 1845
~Bletia rosea (Lindl.) Dressler 1964 - See Arethusa rosea (Lindl.) Benth. ex Hemsl. 1884
~Bletia rubescens Rchb.f 1862 - See Laelia rubescens Lindley 1840
~Bletia rupestris (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1862 - See Laelia crispata [Thunb.]Garay 1973
~Bletia sanguinea Poepp '&' Endl. 1836 - See Bletia catenulata Ruiz '&' Pavon 1798
~Bletia schomburgkii Rchb. f. 1862 - See Tetramicra schomburgkii (Rchb.f.) Rolfe1889
~Bletia shepherdii Hook. 1834 - See Bletia florida R Br. 1796
~Bletia shepherdii Griseb. [non Hkr.]1866 - See Bletia patula Graham 1836
~Bletia sherrattiana Batem. ex Lindley 1867 - See Bletia catenulata Ruiz '&' Pavon 1798
~*Bletia speciosa Kunth 1815 - See Laelia speciosa (Kunth) Schltr. 1914
~Bletia striata [Thunb] Druce 1917 - See Bletilla striata [Thunb.]Rchb.f 1878
~Bletia subaequalis [Eggers] Rchb.f 1886 - See Tetramicra elegans [Hamilton] Cogn. 1910
~Bletia superbiens (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1862 - See Schomburgkia superbiens (Lindl.) Rolfe 1917
~Bletia sylvatica (Thouars) Bojer 1837 - See Calanthe sylvatica (Thouars) Lindl. 1833
~Bletia tankervilleae R. Br. 1817 - See Phaius tankervilliae [Ait.]Blume 1856
~Bletia tenera Griseb. 1866 - See Basiphyllaea wrightii (Acuńa) Nir 2000
~Bletia thomsoniana Rchb. f. 1887 - See Myrmecophilia thompsoniana [Rchb.f] Rolfe 1917
~Bletia tibicinis Rchb.f 1862 - See Myrmecophila tibicinis [Bateman]Rolfe 1917
~Bletia tuberculata Rchb.f 1862 - See Brassavola tuberculata Hkr. 1829
~Bletia tuberculosa Spreng. 1826 - See Phaius tuberculosus [Thou.] Blume 1856
~Bletia tuberculosum Thouars 1822 - See Phaius tuberculosus [Thou.] Blume 1856
~Bletia tuberosa [L.] Ames 1932 - See Bletia purpurea [Lam.]D.C. 1841
~Bletia undulata [Lindley]Rchb.f 1862 - See Schomburgkia undulata Lindley 1841
~Bletia undulata var costaricana Rchb.f 1865 - See Schomburgkia lueddemannii Prill. 1862
~Bletia venosa Rchb.f 1862 - See Brassavola nodosa [L.]Lindley 1831
~Bletia verecunda [Salisb.] R.Br. 1813 - See Bletia purpurea [Lamb.] D.C. 1841
~Bletia violacea (Rchb. f.) Rchb. f. 1862 - See Laelia rubescens Lindley 1840
~Bletia wageneri Rchb.f. 1854 - See Bletia campanulata La Llave '&' Lex. 1825
~Bletia wageneri var. cobra Garay '&' Dunst. 1976 - See Bletia campanulata La Llave '&' Lex. 1825
~Bletia wallisii Rchb.f. 1877 - See Schomburgkia wallisii Rchb. f. 1877
~Bletia watsonii Hooker 1894 - See Bletia catenulata Ruiz '&' Pavon 1798
~*Bletia wendlandii Rchb. f. 1862 - See Myrmecophila wendlandii (Rchb. f.) G.C. Kenn. 1979
~Bletia woodfordii Hook. 1827 - See Phaius flavus (Blume) Lindl. 1856
~*Bletia wrightii Acuńa 1939 - See Basiphyllaea wrightii (Acuńa) Nir 2000
~Bletia xanthina 1862 - See Laelia xanthina Lindley 1859
~`Bletiana Raf. 1818 - See Bletia Ruiz & Pavon 1798 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Arethuseae, SUBTRIBE Bletinae.
Bletilla Rchb.f 1852-3 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Arethuseae, SUBTRIBE Bletinae
Nine species make up this genus which occurs in Eastern Asia, Taiwan and adjacent islands, as a terrestrial, with plicate leaves and a distinct corm at the base of the stem. The flowers are showy and are on a terminal, racemose, few flowered inflorescence.
Common Name or Meaning refers to this genus similarity to the genus Bletia yet smaller
Synonyms Jimensia Raf. 1836[1838];
Type species = ! = Bletilla gebina [Lindley]Rchb.f. 1852-3 = Bletilla striata [Thumb.]Rchb.f. 1878
~Bletilla elegantula (Kraenzl.) Garay '&' G.A.Romero 1998 - See Bletilla striata [Thumb.]Rchb. f. 1878
~Bletilla florida (Salisb.) Rchb.f. 1853 - See Bletia florida R Br. 1796
~Bletilla formosana f. kotoensis (Hayata) T.P.Lin 1977 - See Bletilla formosana (Hayata) Schltr.1911
~Bletilla formosana f. rubrolabella S.S.Ying 1990 - See Bletilla formosana (Hayata) Schltr.1911
~Bletilla gebinae [Lindley]Rchb.f. 1852-3 - See Bletilla striata [Thumb.]Rchb.f. 1878
~Blettila hyacinthina Rchb.f 1878 - See Bletilla striata [Thumb.]Rchb.f. 1878
~Bletilla japonica (A. Gray) Schltr. 1911 - See Eleorchis japonica [A.Gray]Maekawa 1935
~Bletilla kotoensis (Hayata) Schltr. 1911 - See Bletilla formosana (Hayata) Schltr.1911
~Bletilla morrisonicola (Hayata) Schltr. 1911- See Bletilla formosana (Hayata) Schltr.1911
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~ Bletilla scopulorum (W.W. Sm.) Schltr. 1924 - See Pleione scopulorum W.W.Sm. 1921
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~Bletilla striata var. kotoensis (Hayata) Masam. 1964 - See Bletilla formosana (Hayata) Schltr.1911
~Bletilla striata f. gebina (Lindl.) Ohwi 1953 - See Bletilla striata [Thumb.]Rchb. 1878
~Bletilla striata var. albomarginata Makino 1929 - See Bletilla striata var. gebina (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
~Bletilla striata var. gebina (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in ?. - See Bletilla striata var. gebina (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in ?.
~Bletilla szetschuanica Schltr. 1922 - See Bletilla formosana (Hayata) Schltr.1911
~Bletilla yunnanensis Schltr. 1922 - See Bletilla formosana (Hayata) Schltr.1911
~`Blumeorchis Szlach. 2003 - See Cleisostoma Blume 1825 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Vandeae, SUBTRIBE Aeridinae.
~Blumeorchis crochetii (Guillaumin) Szlach. 2003 - See Cleisostoma crochetii (Guillaumin) Garay 1972
Bogoria J.J.Sm.1905 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Vandeae, SUBTRIBE Aeridinae.
There are 4 species in this miniature monopodial genus occuring in Java, Sumatra and New Guinea and appears at first glance to be a miniature Phalaenopsis but the flowers are very unique, being small, wide open, free tepals, a trilobed, deeeply sacate lip and a column with a short foot and there are 4 pollina in two masses.
Common Name or Meaning The Bogor Orchid [refers to a town in Java]
Type species = ! = Bogoria raciborskii J.J.Sm. 1905
~Bolbidium [Lindley] Breiger 1981 - See Dendrobium Sw. 1799 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Dendrobieae, SUBTRIBE Dendrobiinae.
~Bolbidium hymenanthum (Rchb. f.) Rauschert 1983 - See Dendrobium hymenanthum Rchb.f not Hkr. 1855
~Bolbidium procumbens (Carr) Rauschert 1983 - See Dendrobium procumbens Carr 1932
~Bolbidium pumilum (Kuntze) Brieger 1981 - See Dendrobium pachyphyllum (Kuntze) Bakh. f. 1963
~Bolbidium pumilum Brieger 1981 - See Dendrobium pachyphyllum (Kuntze) Bakh. f. 1963
~Bolbidium pusillum (Blume) Rauschert 1983 - See Dendrobium pachyphyllum (Kuntze) Bakh. f. 1963
~Bolbidium quadrangulare (Rchb. f.) Brieger 1981 - See Dendrobium hymenanthum Rchb.f not Hkr. 1855
~Bolbophyllaria Rchb.f 1852 - See Bulbophyllum Thouars 1822 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Dendrobieae, SUBTRIBE Bulbophyllinae.
~Bolbophyllaria oerstedii Rchb.f. 1855 - See Bulbophyllum pachyrachis (A. Rich.) Griseb. 1864
~Bolbophyllaria pachyrachis (Griseb.) Rchb. f. 1861 - See Bulbophyllum pachyrachis (A. Rich.) Griseb. 1864
~`Bolbophyllum Spreng. 1826 - See Bulbophyllum Thouars 1822 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Dendrobieae, SUBTRIBE Bulbophyllinae.
Bollea Rchb.f 1852 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Maxillarieae, SUBTRIBE Zygopetalinae
There are eleven species in Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador that grow as epiphytes without pseudobulbs. They have short stems that have distichous, imbricate, long, narrowly ligulate, erect leaves with a arcuate or pendant, single flowered, inflorescence. The flowers are fleshy, velvety in texture, and are large, the lip is firmly attached to the column foot, and has a prominent callus made up of parallel crests at the base, and it has 4 elongate, pear-shaped pollina separating this genus from Pescatorea which it has many similarities. They are medium altitude plants and as such need a warm to cool environment with high humidity, good air circulation, and a well draining medium with medium light. They should be fed and watered abundantly while in growth and a lessening when not.
Common Name or Meaning Named for Dr. C. Boll a German orchid aficionado
Type species = ! = Bollea violacea [Lindley] Rchb.f 1952
~Bollea cardonae Schnee 1953 - See Bollea hemixantha Rchb.f. 1888
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~?Bollea guiannensis Klotsch 1848 - See Bollea violacea (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1952
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~Bollea lalindei (Linden) Rchb.f. 1874 - See Pescatoria lalindei (Linden) Dressler 2005
~Bollea lehmanni Rchb.f 1879 - see Pescatorea lehmannii Rchb. f. 1879
~Bollea schroederiana R.H. Torr. ex Sander 1895 - See Pescatorea wallisii Linden '&' Rchb. f. 1869
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~Bollea wendlandi Rchb. f. 1888 - See Cochleanthes aromatica [Rchb.f] Schultes '&' Garay 1954
~Bollea wendlandiana Rchb.f 1888 - See Cochleanthes aromatica [Rchb.f] Schultes '&' Garay 1954
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Bolusiella Schltr. 1918 SUBFAMILY Epidendrodeae, TRIBE Vandeae, SUBTRIBE Aerangidinae.
There are 6 miniature, fan-shaped species in this genus made up of monopodial, epiphytic herbs with short stems, fine roots, bilaterally flattened, flesh leaves and many flowered inflorescence arising basally with small white flowers
Common Name or Meaning Named in honor of South African Botanist Harry Bolus 1800's
Type species = ! =
~Bolusiella imbricata (Rolfe) Schltr. 1918 - See Bolusiella maudiae (Bolus) Schltr. 1918
~Bolusiella iridifolia subsp. picea P.J.Cribb 1977 - See Bolusiella iridifolia (Rolfe) Schltr. 1918
~Bolusiella lebeliana Delp. & Geerinck 1998 - See Bolusiella iridifolia (Rolfe) Schltr. 1918
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Bonatea Willd.1805 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Orchideae, SUBTRIBE Orchidinae
There 12 species in this terrestrial genus found in tropical Africa and North Yemen. A terrestrial genus with fleshy tuberous roots and leafy stems that has leaves that are mostly withered by blooming time. The flowers are large, green and white with a hood like dorsal sepal, deflexed lateral sepals, bilobed petals, lip with a basal claw, and a cylindrical spur. This genus can be grown in the manner of Disa yet needs drier, brighter, warm to cool conditions.
Common Name or Meaning Named for M. Bonat Italian botanist
Type species = ! = Bonatea speciosa (L. f.) Willd. 1805
~Bonatea arabica (Deflers) Cortesi 1905 - See Bonatea steudneri (Rchb.f.) T.Durand & Schinz 1894
~Bonatea benghalensis Griff. 1844 - See Habenaria digitata Lindl.1835
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~Bonatea clavata Lindl 1836 - See Habenaria clavata (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1865
~Bonatea darwinii Weale 1869 - See Bonatea cassidea Sond. 1846
~Bonatea eminii (Kraenzl.) Rolfe 1898 - See Bonatea steudneri (Rchb.f.) T.Durand & Schinz 1894
~Bonatea foliosa (Sw.) Lindl 1835 - See Habenaria epipactidea Rchb.f. 1867
~Bonatea herbacea Wall. ex Lindl. 1835 - See Habenaria digitata Lindl.1835
~*Bonatea incarnata Lyall ex Lindl. 1835 - See Habenaria incarnata (Lyall ex Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1865
~Bonatea insignis (Schltr.) Summerh.1952 - See Bonatea polypodantha (Rchb.f.) L.Bolus 1928
~Bonatea kayseri (Kraenzl.) Rolfe 1898 - See Bonatea steudneri (Rchb.f.) T.Durand & Schinz 1894
~Bonatea micrantha Lindl. 1835 - See Habenaria arenaria Lindl. 1835
~Bonatea minor Mundt ex Kraenzl. 1893 - See Habenaria falcicornis (Lindl.) Bolus 1882
~Bonatea panduana Lindl. ex Wall. 1832 - See Habenaria digitata Lindl.1835
~Bonatea pauciflora Lindl. 1835 - See Habenaria trifida Kunth 1816
~Bonatea philippsii (Rolfe) Rolfe 1898 - See Bonatea steudneri (Rchb.f.) T.Durand & Schinz 1894
~Bonatea pirottae Cortesi 1904 - See Bonatea steudneri (Rchb.f.) T.Durand & Schinz 1894
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~Bonatea speciosa var. antennifera (Rolfe) Sommerville 1982 - See Bonatea antennifera Rolfe 1905
~Bonatea sudanensis Rolfe 1910 - See Bonatea steudneri (Rchb.f.) T.Durand & Schinz 1894
~Bonatea tetrapetala Lindl. 1836 - See Habenaria falcicornis (Lindl.) Bolus 1882
~Bonatea ugandae Rolfe 1906 - See Bonatea steudneri (Rchb.f.) T.Durand & Schinz 1894
Bonniera Cordem. 1899 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Vandeae, SUBTRIBE Angraecinae.
There are two species in this Angraecoid genus endemic to Reunion and are separated from Angraecum because of the lask of a spur at the base of the lip. Otherwise this genus is similar to Angraecum species in the section Arachnanangraecum .
Common Name or Meaning Bonnier's Orchid [French Botanical editor in the 1800's]
Type species = ! =
Bothriochilus Lem. 1856 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Arethuseae, SUBTRIBE Bletinae.
Common Name or Meaning refers to the nectary pit at the base of the lip
~Bothriochilus bellus Lem. 1856 - See Coelia bella (Lem.) Rchb. f. 1861
~Bothriochilus guatemalensis (Rchb. f.) L.O. Williams 1940 - See Coelia guatemalensis Rchb. f. 1861
~Bothriochilus macrostachyus (Lindl.) L.O. Williams 1940 - See Coelia macrostachya Lindl. 1842
Brachionidium Lindley 1859 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Pleurothallidinae.
There are 47 species spread throughout tropical America in this terrestrial and epiphytic genus of sub-viney orchids that often occur at elevations of 1000 to 3000 meters on embankments and low down on tree trunks in cloud forests.
Common Name or Meaning the name refers to the short arms on the column
Type species = ! = Restrepia parviflora Lindley = Brachionidium parviflorum [Lindley] Lindley
~Brachionidium dungsii Pabst 1972 - See Brachionidium restrepioides (Hoehne) Pabst 1975
~Brachionidium sherringii var. typicum Stehlé 1939 - See Brachionidium sherringii Rolfe 1893
Brachtia Rchb.f. 1850 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Maxillarieae SUBTRIBE Oncidiinae
This is a small genus of 8 species that is found in the Andes from Venezuela to Ecuador and grows cool to cold as a small epiphyte with stout ascending rhizomes covered with papery sheaths, compressed, narrowly oblong-ovate pseudobulbs with 1-2 fleshy leaves. The flowers have inflated bracts that almost cover the flowers and the lip is saccate at the base with two hard pollina attached to a stipe and viscidium. The flowers arise on a inflorescence tha has all the flowers crowded to the apex and arise individually out of compressed bracts with up to 5 open at a time much like Thrixspermum
Common Name or Meaning Named for Capt Albrecht Bracht an Austrian
Synonyms Oncodia Lindl. 1853
Type species = ! = Brachtia glumacea Rchb.f 1849
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~Brachtia verruculifera Schlechter 1920 - See Brachtia andina Rchb.f 1856
Brachycladium (Luer) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes Sw. 1799 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae , TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Pleurothallidinae
~Brachycladium cordilabium (Luer) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes cordilabia Luer 2002
~Brachycladium dactylum (Garay) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes dactyla Garay 1971
~Brachycladium erepse (Luer & Hirtz) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes erepsis Luer & Hirtz 1986
~Brachycladium geminipetalum (Luer & J.Portilla) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes geminipetala Luer & J.J. Portilla 2002
~Brachycladium geminipetalum (Luer & J.Portilla) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes hippocrepica Luer & R.Escobar 1991
~Brachycladium nummularium (Rchb.f.) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes nummularia Rchb.f. 1856
~Brachycladium pendens (Garay) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes pendens Garay 1956
~Brachycladium pilosellum (Rchb.f.) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes pilosella Rchb. f. 1886
~Brachycladium stalactites (Luer & Hirtz) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes stalactites Luer & Hirtz 1987
~Brachycladium villosum (Lřjtnant) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes villosa Lřjtnant 1977
~Brachycladium werneri (Luer) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes werneri Luer 2002
Brachycorythis Lindl. 1838 SUBFAMILY Orchidiodeae, TRIBE Orchideae SUBTRIBE Orchidinae
There are about 35 species in this terrestrial genus found mostly in Africa and Madagascar but in tropical Asia as well. Closely related to to the European genera Orchis and Dactylorhiza. They are characterized by having fusiforn or ellipsoid roots, a leafy stem carrying numerous overlapping, glabrous or pubescent leaves and gives rise to a terminal, many flowered inflorescence and can be grown like the genus Phaius.
Common Name or Meaning refers to the helmut shaped flower
Type species = ! = Brachycorythis ovata Lindl. 1838
~Brachycorythis acutiloba Rendle 1911 - See Brachycorythis ovata Lindl. 1838
~Brachycorythis allisonii Rolfe 1912 - See Brachycorythis ovata Lindl. 1838
~Brachycorythis baumii Schltr. 1921 - See Brachycorythis pubescens Harv. 1860
~Brachycorythis briantiana Kraenzl. ex De Wild. & T.Durand 1899 - See Brachycorythis pleistophylla Rchb.f. 1881
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~Brachycorythis goetziana Kraenzl. 1899 - See Brachycorythis pubescens Harv. 1860
~Brachycorythis grandis Kraenzl. 1914 - See Brachycorythis ovata Lindl. 1838
~Brachycorythis grandis var. sudanensis Braid 1925 - See Brachycorythis ovata Lindl. 1838
~Brachycorythis grandis var. ugandensis (Schltr.) Braid 1925 - See Brachycorythis ovata Lindl. 1838
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~Brachycorythis hispidula (Rendle) Schltr. 1921 - See Brachycorythis pubescens Harv. 1860
~Brachycorythis kassneriana Kraenzl. 1914 - See Brachycorythis pubescens Harv. 1860
~Brachycorythis lastii Rolfe 1898 - See Schwartzkopffia lastii (Rolfe) Schltr. 1914
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~Brachycorythis leopoldii Kraenzl. 1898 - See Brachycorythis pleistophylla Rchb.f. 1881
~Brachycorythis macclouniei Braid 1925 - See Brachycorythis pleistophylla Rchb.f. 1881
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~Brachycorythis ovata subsp. schweinfurthii (Rchb.f.) Summerh. 1955 - See Brachycorythis ovata Lindl. 1838
~Brachycorythis ovata var. schweinfurthii (Rchb.f.) Szlach. & Olszewski 1998 - See Brachycorythis ovata Lindl. 1838
~Brachycorythis ovata subsp. welwitschii (Rchb.f.) Summerh. 1955 - See Brachycorythis ovata Lindl. 1838
~Brachycorythis parviflora Rolfe 1898 - See Brachycorythis buchananii (Schltr.) Rolfe 1898
~Brachycorythis perrieri Schltr. 1916 - See Brachycorythis pleistophylla Rchb.f. 1881
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~Brachycorythis pleistophylla subsp. leopoldii (Kraenzl.) Summerh. 1955 - See Brachycorythis pleistophylla Rchb.f. 1881
~Brachycorythis pleistophylla var. leopoldii (Kraenzl.) Geerinck 1982 - See Brachycorythis pleistophylla Rchb.f. 1881
~Brachycorythis pulchra Schltr. 1915 - See Brachycorythis pleistophylla Rchb.f. 1881
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~Brachycorythis schlechteri Geerinck 1982 - See Schwartzkopffia lastii (Rolfe) Schltr. 1914
~Brachycorythis schweinfurthii Rchb.f. 1878 - See Brachycorythis ovata Lindl. 1838
~Brachycorythis schweinfurthii var. nigerica Braid 1925 - See Brachycorythis ovata Lindl. 1838
~Brachycorythis stolzii Schltr. 1921 - See Brachycorythis pubescens Harv. 1860
~Brachycorythis sudanica Schltr. 1921 - See Brachycorythis pubescens Harv. 1860
~Brachycorythis truncatolabellata (Hayata) S.S.Ying 1977 - See Brachycorythis galeandra (Rchb.f.) Summerh. 1955
~*Brachycorythis tysoni Bolus 1884 - See Neobolusia tysonii (Bolus) Schltr. 1895
~Brachycorythis ugandensis Schltr. 1922 - See Brachycorythis ovata Lindl. 1838
~Brachycorythis virginea (Bolus) Rolfe 1912 - See Neobolusia virginea (Bolus) Schltr. 1915
~Brachycorythis welwitschii Rchb.f. 1867 - See Brachycorythis ovata Lindl. 1838
~Brachycorythis zeyheri (Sond.) Rchb.f. 1867 - See Schizochilus zeyheri Sond. 1846
Brachypeza Garay 1972 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Vandeae, SUBTRIBE Aeridiinae.
There are 7 species in this small sized, monopodial genus occuring from Indo-China to New Guinea that was split from Sarcochilus and have short stems carrying a few, fleshy leaves and bloom on long peduncles with a shortre club-shaped rachis carrying successive opening, short-lived flowers with free spreading sepals and petals, the dosal sepal is erect, the laterals obliqueand the trilobed, spured lip hangs from the column foot and the side lobes are large and erect, the mid-lobe is smaller and recurved and has a long, broadened around the stigma column with a short foot and carryig 2 pollina that are deeply divided.
Common Name or Meaning refers to the very short column foot
Type species ! =
~Brachypeza stenoglottis [Hkr.f] Garay 1972 - See Brachypeza indusiata (Rchb.f.) Garay 1972
Brachystele Schltr.1920
SUBFAMILY Spiranthoideae, TRIBE Cranichideae, SUBTRIBE Spiranthinae.
There are presently 21 species in this rare terrestrial genus occuring from Mexico to Southern Argentina and Chile.
Common Name or Meaning The Short Column Orchid
Type species ! =
~Brachystele lechleri Schltr. 1921 - See Brachystele unilateralis (Poir.) Schltr. 1920
~ Brachystele nuil (Rich.) Schltr. in ? - See Brachystele unilateralis (Poir.) Schltr. 1920
~ Brachystele polyantha (Rchb.f.) Burns-Bal. 1982 - See Mesadenus polyanthus (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 1920
Bracisepalum J.J.Sm. 1933 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Arethuseae, SUBTRIBE Coelogyninae.
There are 2 species in this rare epiphytic genus related to Coelogyne and occuring in Sulawesi and are characterized by ovoid pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical leaf and bloom on a terminal, arising with a new pseudobulb, 8 to 40 flowered inflorescence carrying pink to yellow flushed with pink flowers.
Common Name or Meaning refers to the short sack shaped sepals that form a 2 lobed chin
Type species ! = Bracisepalum selebicum J.J.Sm.1933
`Braemia Jenny 1985.SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Gongoreae, SUBTRIBE Catasetinae.
There is a single species in this hot growing terrestrial genus occuring in northern to western South America characterized by ovoid pseudobulbs carrying a single apical, thin, plicate leaf and a stiffly erect, many flowered inflorescence with the sepals and petals free, the lobed hypochile of the lip is articulated to the apex of the column foot, and the epichile is attached to the hypochile which is usually glabrous. The elongate slender column and the 2 hard pollina asr attached to an elongate stipe and is united to a very small viscidium.
Common Name or Meaning Braem's Orchid [Belgian Taxomonist current]
Type species ! = Braemia vittata (Lindl.) Jenny 1985
~`Brasilaelia Campacci 2006 - See Laelia Lindley 1831 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Laeliinae
~Brasilaelia crispa (Lindl.) Campacci 2006 - See Laelia crispa [Lindl.] Rchb. f. 1853-4
~Brasilaelia fidelensis (Pabst) Gutfreund 2006 - See Laelia fidelensis Pabst 1967
~Brasilaelia grandis (Lindl. & Paxton) Gutfreund 2006 - See Laelia grandis Lindl. & Paxton 1850-1
~Brasilaelia lobata (Lindl.) Gutfreund 2006 - See Laelia lobata (Lindl.) H.J. Veitch 1887
~Brasilaelia perrinii (Lindl.) Campacci 2006 - See Laelia perrinii [Lindl.] Lindley 1842 Bateman 1847
~Brasilaelia purpurata (Lindl. & Paxton) Campacci 2006 - See Laelia purpurata Lindley 1852-3
~Brasilaelia tenebrosa (Rolfe) Campacci 2006 - See Laelia tenebrosa [Rolfe]Rolfe 1893
~Brasilaelia virens (Lindl.) Campacci 2006 - See Laelia virens Lindley 1844
~Brasilaelia xanthina (Lindl.) Campacci 2006 - See Laelia xanthina Lindley 1859
~`Brasilidium Campacci 2006 - See Oncidium Sw. 1800 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Maxillarieae SUBTRIBE Oncidiinae.
~Brasilidium crispum (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Campacci 2006 - See Oncidium crispum Lodd. 1832
~Brasilidium curtum (Lindl.) Campacci 2006 - See Oncidium curtum Lindl. 1847
~Brasilidium forbesii (Hook.) Campacci 2006 - See Oncidium forbesii Hook. 1839
~Brasilidium gardneri (Lindl.) Campacci 2006 - See Oncidium gardneri Lindl. 1843
~Brasilidium gravesianum (Rolfe) Campacci 2006 - See Oncidium gravesianum Rolfe 1892
~Brasilidium × litum (Rchb.f.) Campacci 2006 - See Oncidium litum Rchb.f. 1883
~Brasilidium marshallianum (Rchb.f.) Campacci 2006; - See Oncidium marshallianum Rchb. f. 1866
~Brasilidium pectorale (Lindl.) Campacci 2006 - See Oncidium pectorale Lindl. 1840
~Brasilidium praetextum (Rchb.f.) Campacci 2006 - See Oncidium praetextum Morr. 1873
~Brasilidium zappii (Pabst) Campacci 2006 - See - See Oncidium zappii Pabst 1976
~Brasiliorchis R.B.Singer 2007 - See Maxillaria Ruiz and Pavon 1794 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Maxillareae, SUBTRIBE Maxillariinae
~Brasiliorchis barbosae (Loefgr.) R.B.Singer, S.Koehler & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria barbosae Loefgr. 1918
~Brasiliorchis chrysantha (Barb.Rodr.) R.B.Singer, S.Koehler & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria chrysantha Barb. Rodr. 1871
~Brasiliorchis consanguinea (Klotzsch) R.B.Singer, S.Koehler & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria consanguinea Klotzsch 1853
~Brasiliorchis gracilis (Lodd.) R.B.Singer, S.Koehler & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria gracilis Lodd. 1832
~Brasiliorchis kautskyi (Pabst) R.B.Singer, S.Koehler & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria kautskyi Pabst 1972
~Brasiliorchis marginata (Lindl.) R.B.Singer, S.Koehler & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria marginata [Lindley] Fenzl 1854 [1855]
~Brasiliorchis phoenicanthera (Barb.Rodr.) R.B.Singer, S.Koehler & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria phoenicanthera Barb. Rodr. 1881
~Brasiliorchis picta (Hook.) R.B.Singer, S.Koehler & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria picta Hook. 1832
~Brasiliorchis porphyrostele (Rchb.f.) R.B.Singer, S.Koehler & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria porphyrostele Rchb. f. 1873
~Brasiliorchis schunkeana (Campacci & Kautsky) R.B.Singer, S.Koehler & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria schunkeana M.A. Campacci & R.A. Kautsky 1993
~Brasiliorchis ubatubana (Hoehne) R.B.Singer, S.Koehler & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria ubatubana Hoehne 1947
~`Brasilocycnis G.Gerlach & Whitten 1999 - See Lueckelia Jenny 1999.SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Gongoreae, SUBTRIBE Catasetinae
~Brasilocycnis breviloba (Summerh.) G.Gerlach & Whitten 1999 - See Lueckelia breviloba (Summerh.) Jenny 1999
Brassavola R. Brown 1813 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Laeliinae.
The eighteen, epiphytic and sometimes lithophytic species of Brassavola are spread throughout the tropical lowland Americas, are most heavily fragrant at night and have a citrus smell. They have a single, apical, subterete leaf on a pencil-like pseudobulb and bloom with a single or a raceme of a few large flowers with elongate narrow sepals and petals and the base of the lip embracing at least a portion of the column which carries 12, sometimes eight unequal pollina occuring as a rule in spring, summer and fall. They are allied with the Cattleyas and are used extensively in hybridizing. They are the "B" in BLC on many orchids that are commonly grown. Most likely pollinated by moths attracted to the nocturnal scent.
Common Name or Meaning Named for the Italian Doctor A. M. Brassavole
Synonyms `Lysimnia Raf. 1836[1838]; `Tulexis Raf. 1836[1838]
Type species ! = Epidendrum cuculatum L. 1763= ! = Brassavola cuculata [L.]R.Br. 1813
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~Brassavola amazonica Poepp. '&' Endl. 1836 - See Brassavola martiana Lindl. 1836
~Brassavola angustata Lindl. 1838 - See Brassavola martiana Lindl. 1836
~Brassavola appendiculata A. Rich. 1845 - See Brassavola cucullata [L.] R. Br. 1813
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~Brassavola chacoensis Kranzl. 1905 - See Brassavola cebolleta Rchb.f 1855
Brassavola cordata Lindley 1836 - See Brassavola subuliflolia Lindley 1831
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~Brassavola cucullata [L.]R.Br. var cuspidata [Hkr.] LIndley 1887 - See Brassavola cucullata [L.] R.Br. 1813
~Brassavola cucullata [L.]R.Br. var elegans Schlechter 1831 - See Brassavola cucullata [L.] R.Br. 1813
~Brassavola cuspidata Hooker 1839 - See Brassavola cucullata [Lindley]R. Br. 1813
~*Brassavola digbyana Lindley 1846 - See Rhyncholaelia digbyana [Lindl.]Schlechter 1918
~Brassavola digbyana var fimbripetala [Ames] H.G. Jones 1962 - See Rhyncholaelia digbyana [Lindl.]Schlechter 1918
~Brassavola duckeana Horta 1937 - See Brassavola martiana Lindl. 1836
~Brassavola elegans Hook. 1831 - See Tetramicra elegans [Hamilton] Cogn. 1910
~Brassavola elongata Hort. 1954 - See Brassavola cucullata [L.] R.Br. 1813
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~Brassavola fragrans Lem. 1853 - See Brassavola perrinii Lindley 1833
~Brassavola gibbsiana Wms. 1884 - See Brassavola tuberculata Hooker 1829
~Brassavola gillettei Jones 1967 - See Brassavola nodosa [L.]Lindley 1831
~*Brassavola glauca Lindley 1840 - See Rhyncholaelia glauca [Lindley]Schlechter 1918
~Brassavola grandiflora Lindley 1839 - See Brassavola nodosa [L.]Lindley 1831
~Brassavola harrisii Jonews 1969 - See Brassavola subuliflolia Lindley 1831
~Brassavola lineata Hook. f. 1853 - See Brassavola acaulis Lindl. 1851-2
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~Brassavola martiana var multiflora [Schlechter] Jones 1969 - See Brassavola martiana Lindl. 1836
~Brassavola mathieuana Klotzsch 1853 - See Brassavola acaulis Lindl. 1851-2
~Brassavola multiflora Schltr. 1919 - See Brassavola martiana Lindl. 1836
~Brassavola nodosa Hkr. not Lindley 1833 - See Brassavola subuliflolia Lindley 1831
Subgen Brassavola Sec Cuneilabia
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~Brassavola nodosa subsp. cordata (Lindl.) N.H. Williams - See Brassavola subuliflolia Lindley 1831
~Brassavola nodosa var. grandiflora (Lindl.) H.G. Jones 1972 - See Brassavola grandiflora Lindley 1839
~Brassavola nodosa [L.]Lindley var rhopalorrhachis [Rchb.f]Schlechter 1919 - See B. grandiflora Lindley 1839
Brassavola nodosa var venosa {Lindley] N. G. Jones 1969 - See Brassavola venosa Lindley 1840
~Brassavola odorattissima Regel 1852 - See B. cucullata [L.]R.Br.1813
~Brassavola ovaliformis C. Schweinf. 1949 - See Brassavola cebolleta Rchb.f 1855
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~Brassavola pescatorii hort. ex Rchb. f. 1878 - See Coilostylis parkinsoniana [Hkr.] Withner '&' Harding 2004
~*Brassavola pumilio Rchb.f 1844 - See Homalopetalum pumilio [Rchb.f]Schlechter 1923
~Brassavola reginae Pabst 1978 - See Brassavola cebolleta Rchb.f 1855
~Brassavola revoluta Barb. Rodr. 1882 - See Brassavola retusa Lindley 1847
~Brassavola rhopalorrhachis Rchb.f 1852 - See Brassavola nodosa [L.]Lindley 1831
~Brassavola rigida Bold. 1909 - See Tetramicra canaliculata [Aubl]Urban 1918
~Brassavola scaposa Schlechter 1919 - See Brassavola grandiflora Lindley 1839
~Brassavola sloanei Griseb. 1859-60 - See Brassavola cordata Lindley 1836
~Brassavola sloanei Lindl. ex Heynh. 1841 - See Brassavola cordata Lindley 1836
~Brassavola stricta Hort 1885 - See Brassavola subuliflolia Lindley 1831
~Brassavola suaveolens Galeotti ex Hemsl. 1879 - See Coilostylis falcata [Lindl] Withner '&' Harding 2004
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~Brassavola subulifolia Rolfe 1840 - See Brassavola subuliflolia Lindley 1831
~Brassavola surinamensis Focke 1851 - See Brassavola martiana Lindl. 1836
~Brassavola trinervis Lindley 1831 - See Brassavola tuberculata Hooker 1829
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~Brassia villosa Lindl. 1854 - See - See Brassia warszewiczii Rchb. f. 1852
Brassia R. Br. 1813 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Maxillarieae SUBTRIBE Oncidiinae
There are 29 species of Brassia spread throughout tropical America at altitudes below 1500 meters. The genus was described by Robert Brown in 1813 using Brassia maculata as the type species. They are commonly called 'The Spider Orchid' because of the flowers unique shape. It has also been discovered that this genus is extensively pollinate by female wasps [Pepsis and Campsomeris genera] that sting at the column attempting to pull it away to consume it, constantly stinging away at the lip, and in their struggle pick up the pollina on their head. They then rove to another flower where the pollina is stripped from their head by the bottom of the column where it enters the stigma. The genus is characterized by conspicuous pseudobulbs with one or two leaves at the apex, and distichious leaf-like sheaths encompassing the base and from these arise the lateral inflorescence that generally do not branch and have small inconspicuous floral bracts. The callus of the flower located at the base of the lip generally consists of two parellel lamellae which may become an apical tooth which can be separated or united to the lamella. The shape and form of this callus is the major distinguishing feature between each of the species. Generally the lip is smooth but in a few cases has warts and a bumpy surface, it is also free from the column and has no spur at the back. The there is no column foot and it is short with 2 fleshy, side lobes at oppposing sides at the base which also surrounds the base of the callus. The anther is at the apex of the column and carries two hard pollina attached to a rectangular stipe. They do well mounted on tree fern or potted with a well draining medium, and grown in intermediate conditions.
Common Name or Meaning Named for W. Brass an English botanist
Type species = ! = Brassia maculata R. Br. 1813
~*Brassia allenii L.O. Williams ex C. Schweinf. 1948 - See Ada allenii (L.O. Williams ex C. Schweinf.) N.H. Williams1972
~Brassia andreettae (Dodson) Senghas 1997 - See Ada andreettae Dodson 1993
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~Brassia aristata Lindley 1844 - See Brassia verrucosa Lindley 1840
~Brassia attenuata H.G.Jones 1969 - See Brassia chloroleuca Barb. Rodr. 1877
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Brassia bennettiorum (Dodson) Senghas 1997 - See Ada bennettiorum Dodson 1989
~Brassia bicolor Rolfe 1892 - See Brassia wageneri Rchb. f. 1845
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~Brassia boliviensis Schltr. 1913 - See Brassia thyrsodes Rchb. f. 1868
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~Brassia brachypus Rchb. f. 1875 - See Ada brachypus (Rchb. f.) N.H. Williams 1972
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~Brassia caudata var. hieroglyphica Rchb. f. 1881 - See Brassia caudata (L.) Lindl. 1824
~*Brassia chlorops Endres '&' Rchb. f. 1873 - See Ada chlorops (Endres '&' Rchb. f.) N.H. Williams 1972
~Brassia cinnabarina Linden ex Lindl. 1854 - See Ada aurantiaca Lindl. 1853-4
~Brassia cinnamomea Linden ex Lindl. 1854 - See Ada keiliana (Rchb. f. ex Lindl.) N.H. Williams 1972
~Brassia clowesia Lindley 1844 - See Miltonia clowesii Lindley 1840
~Brassia cochleata Knowles '&' Westc. 1838 - See Brassia lawrenceana Lindl. 1841
~Brassia coryandra C. Morr. 1848 - See Brassia verrucosa Lindley1840
~Brassia cowani R.H. Torr. ex Lindl. 1854 - See Brassia verrucosa Lindley 1840
~Brassia cryptophthalma Rchb. f. 1879 - See Brassia wageneri Rchb. f. 1845
~*Brassia elegantula Rchb. f. 1885 - See Ada euodes (Rchb. f.) D.E. Benn. '&' Christenson 1998
~Brassia euodes Rchb. f. 1880 - See Ada euodes (Rchb. f.) D.E. Benn. '&' Christenson 1998
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~*Brassia glumacea Lindley 1846 - See Ada glumacea (Lindl.) N.H. Williams 1972
~Brassia guttata Lindley 1842 - See Brassia maculata R. Br. 1813
~Brassia havanensis Lindl. 1854 - See Ada keiliana (Rchb. f. ex Lindl.) N.H. Williams 1972
~Brassia helenae Rchb. f. ex Linden 1881 - See Brassia warszewiczii Rchb. f. 1852
~Brassia hexodonta Rchb.f '&' Wars. 1854 - See Brassia warszewiczii Rchb. f. 1852
~Brassia hinksoniana H.G. Jones 1974 - See Brassia arcuigera Rchb.f 1869
~Brassia imbricata Lindl. 1864 - See Ada glumacea (Lindl.) N.H. Williams 1972
~Brassia josstiana Rchb. f. 1854 - See Brassia lanceana Lindley 1835
Brassia juninensis C. Schweinf. 1945 - See Brassia koehlerorum Schltr. 1921
~Brassia keiliana Rchb. f. ex Lindl. 1852-3 - See Ada keiliana (Rchb. f. ex Lindl.) N.H. Williams 1972
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~Brassia lanceana var. pumila [Lindl.]Lindl. 1854 - See Brassia pumila Lindley 1845
~Brassia lanceana var. viridiflora Hook. 1841- See Brassia bidens Lindley 1844
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~Brassia lawrenceana var angusta [Lindley] Lindley 1854 - See Brassia angusta Lindl. 1844
~*Brassia lawrenceana Lindley var. longissima Rchb.f 1868 - See Brassia arcuigera Rchb.f. 1869
~Brassia lewisii Rolfe 1893 - See Brassia caudata (L.) Lindl. 1824
~Brassia longicuspis Rchb. f. 1878 - See Ada brachypus (Rchb. f.) N.H. Williams 1972
~Brassia longiloba DC 1878 - See Brassia verrucosa Lindley 1840
~Brassia longissima [Rchb.f]Nash 1914 - See B. arcugiera Rchb.f 1869
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~Brassia longissima (Rchb. f.) Schltr. 1914 - See B. arcugiera Rchb.f 1869
~Brassia longissima var. minor Schltr. 1922 - See Brassia caudata (L.) Lindl. 1824
~Brassia macrostachya Lindley 1838 - See Brassia lanceana Lindley 1835
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~Brassia mexicana C.Schweinf. 1950 - See Brassia signata Rchb. f. 1881
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~Brassia ocanensis Lindl. 1854 - See Ada ocanensis (Lindl.) N.H. Williams 1972
~Brassia odontoglossoides Klotsch & Karst. 1847 - See Brassia verrucosa Lindley 1840
~Brassia oestlundiana L.O.Williams 1951 - See Rhynchostele maculata (La Llave '&' Lex.) Soto Arenas '&' Salazar 1824
~Brassia ophioglossoides Klotzsch & Karst. - See Brassia verrucosa Lindley 1840
~Brassia parviflora Ames & C. Schweinf. 1925 - See Ada chlorops (Endres '&' Rchb. f.) N.H. Williams 1972
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~Brassia pozoi (Dodson '&' N.H.Williams) Senghas 1997 - See Ada pozoi Dodson '&' N.H. Williams 1984
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~Brassia rhizomatosa Garay '&' Dunst. 1965 - See Brassia arcuigera Rchb.f 1869
~*Brassia rolandoi (D.E.Benn.& Christenson) Senghas 1997 - See Ada rolandoi D.E.Benn.& Christenson 1994
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~Brassia spathacea Linden '&' Rchb. f. 1854 - See Ada ocanensis (Lindl.) N.H. Williams 1972
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~Brassia verrucosa subsp. gireoudiana (Rchb.f. '&' Warsz.) Dressler '&' N.H.Williams 2003 - See - See Brassia gireoudiana Rchb. f. '&' Warsz. 1854
~Brassia villosa Lindl. 1853 - See Brassia warszewiczii Rchb. f. 1852
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~Brassia wrayae Skinner 1843 - See Brassia maculata R. Br. 1813
~`Brenesia Schlechter 1923 - See Pleurothallis R. Brown 1813 SUBFAMILY Epidendrodeae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Pleurothallidinae.
~Brenesia aspasicensis (Rchb.f.) Luer 2004 - See Echinosepala aspasicensis (Rchb. f.) Pridgeon '&' M.W. Chase 2002
~Brenesia costaricensis Schltr. 1923 - See Pleurothallis johnsonii Ames 1923
~Brenesia johnsonii (Ames) Luer 2004 - See Pleurothallis johnsonii Ames 1923
~Brenesia stonei (Luer) Luer 2004 - See Echinosepala stonei (Luer) Pridgeon '&' M.W. Chase 2002
~Brenesia uncinata ( Fawc. ) Luer 2004 - See Echinosepala uncinata ( Fawc. ) Pridgeon '&' M.W.Chase 2002
~Brevilongium Christenson 2006 - See Oncidium Sw. 1800 and Otoglossum [Schlechter]Garay & Dunsterville 1976 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Maxillareae SUBTRIBE Oncidiinae.
~Brevilongium globuliferum (Kunth) Christenson 2006 - See Oncidium globuliferum Kunth 1816
~Brevilongium harlingii (Stacy) Christenson 2006 - See Oncidium harlingii Stacy 1978
~Brevilongium luerorum (Dodson) Christenson 2006 - See Oncidium globuliferum Kunth 1816
~Brevilongium scansor (Rchb.f.) Christenson 2006 - See Oncidium scansor Rchb. f. 1849-50
~Brevilongium serpens (Lindl.) Christenson 2006 - See Otoglossum serpens ( Lindl. ) N.H.Williams & M.W.Chase 2001
~Briegeria - See Jacquiniella Schltr. 1920 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Laeliinae.
~Briegeria equitantifolia (Ames) Senhas - See Jacquiniella equitantifolia (Ames) Dressler 1966
~Briegeria standleyi (Ames) Senghas 1980 - See Jacquiniella standleyi (Ames) Dressler 1966
~Briegeria teretifolia [Sw.] Senhas 1980 - See Jacquiniella teretifolia (Sw.) Britton '&' P. Wilson 1926
Bromheadia Lindley 1841 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Cymbidieae, SUBTRIBE Bromheadiinae.
There are 20 species in this terrestrial or occasional epiphytic genus occuring in SE Asia, Australia and the Philippines. It is readily distinguished by having cane-like, slender stems, numerous, oblong to lanceolate leaves held horizontally or laterally compressed in one plane with the stem and blooms on a terminal or lateral, distichously arranged, ephemeral flowers occuring successively and having sessile pollina. This genus can be gfrown like Sobralia yet with less direct sun and slightly warmer temperatures in the winter.
Common Name or Meaning Bromhead's Orchid [English plant enthusiast 1800's]
Type species = ! = Bromheadia palustris Lindley 1841
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~Bromheadia finlaysoniana var. sylvestris [Ridl.] Holttum 1953 - See Bromheadia finlaysoniana (Lindl.) Miq. 1859
~Bromheadia finlaysoniana var. palustris (Lindl.) J.J.Sm. 1911 - See Bromheadia finlaysoniana (Lindl.) Miq. 1859
~Bromheadia palustris Lindl. 1841 - See Bromheadia finlaysoniana (Lindl.) Miq. 1859
~Bromheadia palustris var. papuana J.J.Sm. 1909 - See Bromheadia finlaysoniana (Lindl.) Miq. 1859
~*Bromheadia rigida Ridl. 1893 - See Dilochia rigida (Ridl.) J.J.Wood 1993
SECTION Aporodes
~Bromheadia sylvestris Ridl. 1891 - See Bromheadia finlaysoniana (Lindl.) Miq. 1859
~Bromheadia venusta T.E.Hunt 1953 - See Bromheadia pulchra Schltr. 1912
Broughtonia R. Brown 1813 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Laeliinae.
A genus of 2 species found in Jamaica and Cuba. It is typified with flattened ovoid closely packed pseudobulbs with 2 apical stiff leaves. The inflorescence arises from the apex of the pseudobulb and the flowers open sequentially over months. They like warm even conditions with bright light. They are allied to the Cattleya and are used often in breeding, such as the intergeneric cross Cattletonia. I find they are happiest mounted on tree branches and they can be affected easily by scale so occasional spraying with orthene 2 is called for.
Common Name or Meaning Named for Mr Broughton an English botanist
Type species = ! = Broughtonia sanguinea [Sw.] R. Br. 1813
~Broughtonia aurea Lindl. 1840 - See Cattleya aurantiaca [Bateman ex Lindley]P.N.Don 1840
~Broughtonia chinensis [Lindley]Ames 1842 - See Barkeria obovata [C. Presl]Christenson 1988[1989]
~Broughtonia coccinea Lindley 1835 - See Broughtonia sanguinea [Sw.]R. Br. 1813
~Broughtonia cubensis Cogn. 1910 - See Cattleyopsis cubensis (Lindl.) Sauleda '&' R.M. Adams 1984
~Broughtonia domingensis [Lindley]Rolfe 1889 - See Laeliopsis domingensis [Lindley]Lindley 1852-3
~Broughtonia fusca (Lindl.) Wall. 1890 - See Otochilus fuscus Lindl.1830
~Broughtonia grandiflora [HBK]Sprengel 1826 - See Maxillaria grandiflora [HBK] Lindley 1832
~Broughtonia lilacina Henfr. 1851 - See Laeliopsis domingensis Lindl. ex Paxton 1852-3
~Broughtonia lindenii (Lindl.) Dressler 1966 - See Cattleyopsis lindenii [Lindley]Cogn. 1910
~Broughtonia linearis Wall. ex Hook.f. 1890 - See Coelogyne ovalis Lindl 1838
~Broughtonia linearis Wall. ex Lindley 1830 - See Coelogyne ovalis Lindl 1838
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~Broughtonia nitida Herb. ex Sweet 1826 - See Coelogyne nitida Lindley 1828
~Broughtonia ortgiesiana (Rchb. f.) Dressler 1966 - See Cattleyopsis ortgiesiana (Rchb. f.) Cogn. 1910
~Broughtonia pendula Wall. ex Lindl. 1830 - See Otochilus albus Lindl. 1828
~Broughtonia pendula Wall. ex Hook.f. 1890 - See Otochilus albus Lindl. 1828
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~Broughtonia violacea hort. ex T. Moore '&' Ayres 1851 - See Cattleopsis lindenii [Lindley]Cogn. 1910
Brownleea Harv. ex Lindl. 1842 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Diseae, SUBTRIBE Disinae.
There are 16 species in this terrestrial genus segregated from Disa that occur in Africa and Madagascar.
Common Name or Meaning Brownlee's Orchid [English Missionary and orchid collector in South Africa 1800's]
Type species = ! =
~Brownleea alpina (Hook.f.) N.E.Br.1898 - See Brownleea parviflora Harv. ex Lindl. 1842
~Brownleea apetala (Kraenzl.) N.E.Br. 1898 - See Brownleea parviflora Harv. ex Lindl. 1842
~Brownleea caerulea Harv. ex Lindl. 1842 - See Brownleea coerulea Harv. ex Lindl. 1842
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~Brownleea fanniniae Rolfe 1920 - See Brownleea galpinii Bolus 1893
~Brownleea flavescens Schltr. 1924 - See Brownleea galpinii Bolus 1893
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~Brownleea galpinii subsp. major (Bolus) H.P.Linder 1981 - See Brownleea galpinii Bolus 1893
~Brownleea galpinii var. major Bolus 1893 - See Brownleea galpinii Bolus 1893
~Brownleea gracilis Schltr. 1915 - See Brownleea parviflora Harv. ex Lindl. 1842
~Brownleea leucantha Schltr. 1924 - See Brownleea galpinii Bolus 1893
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~Brownleea madagascarica Ridl. 1885 - See Brownleea coerulea Harv. ex Lindl. 1842
~Brownleea monophylla Schltr. 1895 - See Brownleea macroceras Sond. 1846
~Brownleea natalensis Rolfe 1913 - See Brownleea recurvata Sond.1846
~Brownleea nelsonii Rolfe 1913 - See Brownleea parviflora Harv. ex Lindl. 1842
EARLY
~Brownleea pentheriana Kraenzl. ex Zahlbr. 1905 - See Disa ophrydea (Lindl.) Bolus 1888
~Brownleea perrieri Schltr. 1924 - See Brownleea parviflora Harv. ex Lindl. 1842
EARLY
~Brownleea transvaalensis Schltr. 1924 - See Brownleea parviflora Harv. ex Lindl. 1842
~Brownleea woodii Rolfe 1913 - See Brownleea parviflora Harv. ex Lindl. 1842
Bryobium Lindley 1836 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Podochileae, SUBTRIBE Eriinae.
Common Name or Meaning
Type species = ! =
Synonyms Alvisia Lindl. 1859
~Bryobium diphyllum (Schltr.) J.J.Wood 2005 - See Bryobium eriaeoides (F.M.Bailey) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002
LATE
~Bryobium indivisum (Schltr.) J.J.Wood 2005 - See Eria fitzalanii F.Muell. 1882
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LATE
~Buccella Luer 2006 - See Masdevallia Ruiz and Pavon 1794 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Pleurothallidinae
~Buccella bucculenta (Luer) Luer 2006 - See Masdevallia bucculenta Luer 1995
~Buccella dynastes (Luer) Luer 2006 - See Masdevallia dynastes Luer 1979
~Buccella molossoides (Kraenzl.) Luer 2006 - See Masdevallia molossoides Kraenzl. 1921
~Buccella molossus (Rchb.f.) Luer 2006 - See Masdevallia molossus Rchb.f. 1877
~Buccella nidifica (Rchb.f.) Luer 2006 - See Masdevallia nidifica Rchb.f 1878
~Buccella ophioglossa (Rchb.f.) Luer 2006 -See Masdevallia ophioglossa Rchb. f. 1878
~Buccella ventricosa (Schltr.) Luer 2006 - See Masdevallia ventricosa Schltr. 1915
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