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.

Dendrochilum Blume 1825 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Coelogyneae, SUBTRIBE Coelogyninae.

There are 150 epiphytic and lithophytic and rarely terrestrial species with creeping rhizomes, ovoid to cylindrical pseudobulbs that are basally sheathed by brown to green thin bracts and carrying from 1 to 2 apical, tough, erect, lanceolate to elliptic leaves with a slender petiole that range from Burma to the Philippines and blooms on a racemose, lateral, yet appearing to arise terminally from the leaf center of emerging growths, slender, long, ascending and then abruptly decending, densely many flowered inflorescence with 2 ranked, small, fragrant flowers.

Common Name or Meaning refers to it's epiphytic habit

Synonyms Acoridium Nees and Meyen 1843; Platyclinis Benth. 1881

Type Species = ! = Dendrochilum aurantiacum Blume 1825

1. Dendrochilum abbreviatum Blume 1825

   SECTION Platyclinis [Bentham] Pfitzer

   To To

   ~Dendrochilum abbreviatum var reniformis J.J. Sm. 1905 - See Dendrochilum abbreviatum Blume 1825

   ~Dendrochilum album Ridl. 1896 - See Dendrochilum pallidiflavens Blume 1825

   ~Dendrochilum amboinense J.J.Sm. 1919 - See Dendrochilum longifolium Rchb. f. 1856

   ~Dendrochilum anfractoides Ames 1908 - See Dendrochilum anfractum Pfitzer 1907

2. Dendrochilum anfractum Pfitzer 1907

   SECTION Luzonorchis

   

   ~Dendrochilum anfractum var. anfractoides (Ames) L.O.Williams 1951 - See Dendrochilum anfractum Pfitzer 1907

3. Dendrochilum arachnites Rchb. f. 1882

   SECTION Platyclinis [Bentham] Pfitzer

   To

4. Dendrochilum aurantiacum Blume 1825

   SUBGENUS Dendrochilum

   

   ~Dendrochilum aurantiacum var pallidiflavens J.J. Sm. 1905 - See Dendrochilum pallidiflavens Blume 1825

5. Dendrochilum auriculare Ames 1909

   SECTION Eurybrachium

   

   ~Dendrochilum auritum Rchb.f. 1856 - See Dendrochilum cornutum Blume 1925

   ~Dendrochilum bartonii (Ridl.) Schltr. 1911 - See Dendrochilum longifolium Rchb. f. 1856

   ~Dendrochilum bicallosum Ames 1908- See Dendrochilum convallariiforme Schauer 1843

   

   ~Dendrochilum bicallosum var minor - See Dendrochilum convallariiforme Schauer 1843

   ~Dendrochilum bistortum (H.Wendl. & Kraenzl.) J.J.Sm. 1904 - See Dendrochilum convallariiforme Schauer 1843

   ~Dendrochilum bracteosum Rchb.f. 1861 - See Dendrochilum longifolium Rchb. f. 1856

   ~Dendrochilum brevilabratum (Rendle) Pfitzer 1907 - See Dendrochilum pallidiflavens Blume 1825

   ~Dendrochilum brevilabratum var. petiolatum J.J.Wood 1984 - See Dendrochilum pallidiflavens Blume 1825

   ~Dendrochilum bulbophylloides Schltr. 1921 - See Dendrochilum pallidiflavens Blume 1825

   ~Dendrochilum cagayanense Ames 1911 - See Dendrochilum latifolium Lindl. 1843

   ~Dendrochilum clemensiae Ames 1908 - See Dendrochilum longifolium Rchb. f. 1856

6. Dendrochilum cobbianum Rchb.f 1880

   SECTION Platyclinis [Benth.] Pfitzer

   To

   ~Dendrochilum confusum Ames 1911 - See Dendrochilum convallariiforme Schauer 1843

   ~Dendrochilum conopseum Ridl. ex Stapf 1894 - See Dendrochilum pallidiflavens Blume 1825

7. Dendrochilum convallariiforme Schauer 1843

   SECTION Eurybrachium

   

   ~Dendrochilum convallariiforme var. minor (Ames) H.A.Pedersen 1997 - See Dendrochilum convallariiforme Schauer 1843

8. Dendrochilum cootesii H.A.Pedersen 1997

   SECTION Luzonorchis Pederson

   

9. Dendrochilum cordatum H.A.Pedersen 2001

   SECTION Platyclinis

   

10. Dendrochilum cornutum Blume 1925

    SECTION Eurybrachum

    To To EARLY

11. Dendrochilum crassum Ridl. 1896

    SUBGENUS Dendrochilum

    

    ~Dendrochilum cucumerinum Rchb. f. 1864- See Dendrochilum uncatum Rchb. f. 1855

12. Dendrochilum curranii Ames 1908

    SECTION Convoluta Pederson

    To

    ~Dendrochilum curranii var. serratoi (Ames) L.O.Williams 1951 - See Dendrochilum curranii Ames 1908

13. Dendrochilum dempoense J.J.Sm. 1917

    SECTION Platyclinis [Benth.] Pfitzer

    

    ~Dendrochilum ellipticum Ridl. 1899 - See Dendrochilum pallidiflavens Blume 1825

    ~Dendrochilum erosum Rchb.f 1861 - See Dendrochilum cornutum Blume 1925

14. Dendrochilum filiforme Lindley 1840

    SECTION Platyclinis [Benth.] Pfitzer

    To To EARLY

    ~Dendrochilum filiforme var. ramosii (Ames) L.O.Williams 1937 - See Dendrochilum filiforme Lindley 1840

15. Dendrochilum formosanum [Schlechter]Schlechter 1919

    

    ~Dendrochilum fuscum Teijsm. & Binn. 1862 - See Dendrochilum longifolium Rchb. f. 1856

16. Dendrochilum glumaceum Lindl. 1878

    SECTION Platyclinis [Benth.] Pfitzer

    To and

    ~Dendrochilum glumaceum var validum [Rolfe] Pfitz. 1907 - See Dendrochilum glumaceum Lindl. 1878

17. Dendrochilum gracile (Hook. f.) J.J. Sm. 1925

    SECTION Platyclinis [Benth.] Pfitzer

    To and

18. Dendrochilum gramineum (Ridl.) Holttum 1947

    SECTION Platyclinis [Benth.] Pfitzer

    

19. Dendrochilum graminifolium (Ames) Pfitzer 1907

    SECTION Acordium

    

    ~Dendrochilum grandiflorum Schlechter 1910 - See Dendrochilum latifolium Lindl. 1843

    ~Dendrochilum heterotum Pfitzer 1907 - See Dendrochilum gracile (Hook. f.) J.J. Sm. 1925

    Dendrochilum hymenanthum Vidal - See Dendrobium hymenanthum Rchb.f not Hkr. 1855

    ~Dendrochilum intermedium Ridl. 1908 - See Dendrochilum pallidiflavens Blume 1825

20. Dendrochilum irigense Ames 1915

    SECTION Platyclinis [Benth.] Pfitzer

    LATEEARLY

    ~Dendrochilum javierense L. K. Magrath, G. Bulmer & I Shafer 1989 - See Dendrochilum javieri L. K. Magrath, G. Bulmer & I Shafer 1989

21. Dendrochilum javieri L. K. Magrath, G. Bulmer & I Shafer 1989

    SECTION Acoridium [Nees & Meyen] Pfitzer & Kranzlin

    To

    ~Dendrochilum junceum Rchb.f. 1878 - See Dendrochilum tenellum (Nees & Meyen) Ames 1907

22. Dendrochilum lamellatum J.J.Sm.1922

    SUBGENUS Platyclinis SECTION Eurybrachium

    

23. Dendrochilum latifolium Lindl. 1843

    SECTION Platyclinis [Benth.] Pfitzer

    To

    ~Dendrochilum latifolium var. macranthum (Schltr.) H.A.Pedersen 1997 - See Dendrochilum latifolium Lindl. 1843

    ~Dendrochilum lineare (Ridl.) Holttum 1947 - See Dendrochilum simile Blume 1825

24. Dendrochilum linearifolium Hook.f. 1889

    SECTION Platyclinis

    To

25. Dendrochilum longibulbum Ames 1912

    SECTION Convoluta

    

26. Dendrochilum longifolium Rchb. f. 1856

    SECTION Platyclinis [Benth.] Pfitzer

    To

    ~Dendrochilum longifolium Rchb.f var buruense J.J.Sm. 1928 - See Dendrochilum longifolium Rchb. f. 1856

27. Dendrochilum longispicatum Ames 1908

    SECTION Platyclinis

    

    ~ Dendrochilum luchanense Ames 1912 - See Dendrochilum longifolium Rchb. f. 1856

28. Dendrochilum luzonense Ames 1908

    SECTION Acordium

    To

    ~Dendrochilum lyriforme J.J.Sm. 1931 - See Dendrochilum gracile (Hook. f.) J.J. Sm. 1925

    ~Dendrochilum macranthum Schlechter 1911 - See Dendrochilum latifolium Lindl. 1843

    To

    ~Dendrochilum macrobulbon Kraenzl 1907 - See Coelogyne longifolia Lindl. 1830

29. Dendrochilum magnum Rchb. f. 1861

    SECTION Platyclinis

    To

30. Dendrochilum marginatum (Ames) L.O. Williams 1952

    SECTION Acordium

    to

31. Dendrochilum mearnsii Ames 1908

    

    ~Dendrochilum micranthum Schltr. 1906 - See Dendrochilum pallidiflavens Blume 1825

32. Dendrochilum microchilum (Schltr.) Ames 1908

    SECTION Acoridium

    

33. Dendrochilum niveum Ames 1920

    SECTION Platyclinis

    

    ~Dendrochilum occultum (Thouars) Lindl 1830 - See Bulbophyllum occultum Thouars 1822

34. Dendrochilum oxylobum Schltr. 1911

    SECTION Platyclinis

    

35. Dendrochilum pallidiflavens Blume 1825

    SECTION Dendrochilum

    THROUGH

    ~Dendrochilum pallidiflavens var. brevilabratum (Rendle) J.J.Wood 2001 - See Dendrochilum pallidiflavens Blume 1825

    ~Dendrochilum pallidiflavens var. oblongum J.J.Wood 2001 - See Dendrochilum pallidiflavens Blume 1825

    ~Dendrochilum pallidiflavens var. pallidiflavens - See Dendrochilum pallidiflavens Blume 1825

36. Dendrochilum pangasinanense Ames 1923

    SECTION Platyclinis

    LATE

37. Dendrochilum parvulum Pfitz. 1907

    SECTION Acoridium [Nees & Meyen] Pfitzer & Kranzlin

    

    ~Dendrochilum parvulum var. strictiforme (Ames) H.A.Pedersen 1997 - See Dendrochilum parvulum Pfitz. 1907

38. Dendrochilum philippinense (Ames) Pfitzer 1907

    SECTION Acordium

    

    ~Dendrochilum philippinense var. purpureum (Ames) H. A. Pedersen 1997 - See Dendrochilum philippinense (Ames) Pfitzer 1907

39. Dendrochilum propinquum Ames 1920

    SECTION Eurybrachium

    

    ~Dendrochilum pteriphilum (Rolfe) Pfitzer 1907 - See Dendrochilum pallidiflavens Blume 1825

40. Dendrochilum pulcherrimum (Ames) L.O. Williams 1962

    SECTION Heterantha

    TO

41. Dendrochilum pumilum Rchb. f. 1855

    ~ Dendrochilum purpureum Ames 1920 - See Dendrochilum philippinense (Ames) Pfitzer 1907

42. Dendrochilum quadrilobum Ames 1915

    SECTION Acordium

    

    ~Dendrochilum ramosii Ames 1913 publ. 1914 - See Dendrochilum filiforme Lindley 1840

43. Dendrochilum rhombeum J.J.Sm. 1943

    SECTION Platyclinis [Benth] Pfitzer

    

44. Dendrochilum rhombophorum (Rchb.f.) Ames 1908

    SECTION Acoridium [Nees & Meyen] Pfitzer & Kranzl.

    

    ~Dendrochilum roseum Dalzell 1852 - See Dendrobium crepidatum Lindl. & Paxton 1850

45. Dendrochilum saccolabium Kraenzl. 1916

    SECTION Acoridium [Nees & Meyen] Pfitzer & Kranzl.

    To

    ~Dendrochilum serratum L.O.Williams 1937 - See Dendrochilum latifolium Lindl. 1843

46. Dendrochilum simile Blume 1825

    SUBGENUS Platyclinis SECTION Platyclinis

    

47. Dendrochilum smithianum (Ames) L.O. Williams 1952

    SECTION Heterantha Pedersen

    

    ~Dendrochilum spathulatum Ridl. 1908 - See Dendrochilum pallidiflavens Blume 1825

48. Dendrochilum sp.

49. Dendrochilum sp.

    

50. Dendrochilum sp.

51. Dendrochilum sp

52. Dendrochilum sp Sabah

    ~Dendrochilum sphacelatum (Ames) Pfitzer 1907 - See Dendrochilum tenellum (Nees & Meyen) Ames 1907

53. Dendrochilum stenophyllum L.O. Williams 1952

    SECTION Acordium [Nees & Meyan] Pfitzer

    To

    ~Dendrochilum tardum J.J.Sm. 1908 - See Dendrochilum gracile (Hook. f.) J.J. Sm. 1925

54. Dendrochilum tenellum (Nees & Meyen) Ames 1907

    SECTION Acoridium [Nees & Meyen] Pfitzer & Kranzlin

    To

    ~Dendrochilum tenue (Ames) Pfitzer 1907 - See Dendrochilum microchilum (Schltr.) Ames 1908

55. Dendrochilum turpe (Ames) Pfitzer 1907

    to

56. Dendrochilum uncatum Rchb. f. 1855

    SECTION Platyclinis [Benth.] Pfitzer

    To

    ~Dendrochilum uncatum var. formosanum (Schltr.) T.Hashim. 1982 - See Dendrochilum formosanum [Schlechter]Schlechter 1919

    ~Dendrochilum uncatum var. longispicatum (Ames) H.A.Pedersen 1997 - See Dendrochilum longispicatum Ames 1908

57. Dendrochilum vanoverberghii Ames 1912

    SECTION Convoluta

    

    ~Dendrochilum venustulum (Ames) Pfitzer 1907 - See Dendrochilum parvulum Pfitz. 1907

    ~Dendrochilum viridifuscum J.J.Sm. 1917 - See Dendrochilum oxylobum Schltr. 1911

    ~Dendrochilum weberi Ames 1913 publ. 1914 - See Dendrochilum pallidiflavens Blume 1825

58. Dendrochilum wenzelii Ames 1915

    SECTION Acoridium [Nees & Meyen] Pfitzer & Kranzlin

    LATE To EARLY

    ~Dendrochilum whitfordii (Rolfe) Pfitzer & Kraenzl.1907 - See Dendrochilum rhombophorum (Rchb.f.) Ames 1908

59. Dendrochilum williamsii (Ames) Pfitzer 1907

    SECTION Acoridium [Nees & Meyen] Pfitzer & Kranzlin

    To

60. Dendrochilum yuccaefolium L.O. Williams 1937

    SECTION Platyclinis [Benth] Pfitzer

    

~Dendrocolla Blume 1825 - See Thrixspermum Lour. 1790 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Vandeae, SUBTRIBE Aeridinae.

This genus has been thrown out and replaced by Thrixspermum.

~Dendrocolla acuminatissima Blume 1825 - See Thrixspermum acuminatissimum (Rchb. f.) Rchb 1868

~Dendrocolla alba Ridl. 1905 - See Thrixspermum trichoglottis (Hook.f.) Kuntze 1891

~Dendrocolla amplexicaulis Blume 1825 - See Thrixspermum amplexicaule (Rchb. f.) Rchb. f. 1868

~Dendrocolla apiculata (Rchb.f.) Zoll. ex Rchb.f. 1857 - See Micropera pallida [Roxb]Lindley 1833

~Dendrocolla appendiculata Blume 1825 - See Grosourdya appendiculata (Blume) Rchb.f. 1868

~Dendrocolla arachnites Blume 1825 - See Thrixspermum centipeda Lour. 1790

~Dendrocolla brachyglottis (Hook.f.) Ridl 1924 - See Tuberolabium rhopalorrhachis (Rchb. f.) J.J. Wood 1990

~*Dendrocolla compressa Blume 1825 - See Pteroceras compressum (Blume) Holttum 1960

~*Dendrocolla emarginata Blume 1825 - See Ascochilus emarginatus (Blume) Schuit. 2001

~Dendrocolla filiformis (Hook.f.) Ridl. 1896 - See Cordiglottis filiformis (Hook.f.) Garay 1972

~Dendrocolla merguensis (Hook.f.) Ridl. 1896 - See Thrixspermum merguense (Hook. f.) Kuntze 1891

~*Dendrocolla minima Blume 1825 - See Chroniochilus minimus (Blume) J.J.Sm.1927

~Dendrocolla pusilla Blume 1825 - See Stereochilus hirtus Lindl. 1859

~Dendrocolla rhopalarrhachis Rchb. f. 1857 - See Tuberolabium rhopalorrhachis (Rchb. f.) J.J. Wood 1990

~Dendrocolla pallida Blume 1825 - See Pteroceras pallidum (Bl.) Holtt. 1960

~*Dendrocolla purpurascens Blume 1825 - See Thrixspermum purpurascens (Blume) Rchb.f. 1868

~*Dendrocolla spuria Blume 1825 - See Dendrobium spurium (Blume) J.J.Sm. 1905

~*Dendrocolla teres Blume 1825; - See Pteroceras teres (Blume) Holttum 1960

~Dendrocolla trichoglottis (Hook.f.) Ridl. 1896 - See Thrixspermum trichoglottis (Hook.f.) Kuntze 1891

~*Dendrocolla zollingeri Rchb.f. 1857 - See Grosourdya zollingeri (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. 1868

~`Dendrocoryne [Lindley]Breiger 1981 - Dendrobium Sw. 1799 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Dendrobieae, SUBTRIBE Dendrobiinae.

~Dendrocoryne aemulum (R. Br.) Brieger 1981 - See Dendrobium aemulum R. Brown 1810

~Dendrocoryne kingianum (Bidwill ex Lindl.) Brieger 1981 - See Dendrobium kingianum Bidwill ex Lindley 1844

~Dendrocoryne speciosum (Sm.) Brieger 1981 - See Dendrobium speciosum J. E Smith 1805

~Dendrocoryne tetragonum (A. Cunn.) Brieger 1981 - See Dendrobium tetragonum Cunningham ex Lindley 1839

~Dendrolirium Bl. 1825 - See Eria Lindley 1825 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Podochileae, SUBTRIBE Eriinae.

~Dendrolirium abbreviatum Blume 1825 - See Trichotosia annulata Blume 1825

~*Dendrolirium acuminatum Blume 1825 - See Eria acuminata Lindl. 1830

~*Dendrolirium albidotomentosum Blume 1825 - See Eria albidotomentosa Lindl. 1830

~*Dendrolirium appendiculatum Blume 1825 - See Eria appendiculata (Blume) Lindl. 1830

~*Dendrolirium bicristatum Blume 1825 - See Eria bicristata (Blume) Lindl. 1830

~*Dendrolirium densiflorum Blume 1825 - See Phreatia densiflora (Blume) Lindl. 1830

~Dendrolirium ebulbe Blume 1825 - See Eria hyacinthodes Lindl. 1830

~*Dendrolirium hyacinthoides Blume 1825 - See Eria hyacinthodes Lindl. 1830

~*Dendrolirium multiflorum Blume 1825 - See Eria multiflora Lindl. 1830

~*Dendrolirium ornatum Blume 1825 - See Eria ornata (Blume) Lindl. 1830

~*Dendrolirium retusum Blume 1825 - See Bryobium retusum (Blume) Y.P.Ng & P.J.Cribb 2005

~Dendrolirium rugosum Blume 1825 - See Eria javanica (Sw.) Blume 1836

~*Dendrolirium secundum Blume 1825 - See Phreatia secunda (Blume) Lindl. 1830

Dendrophylax Rchb.f 1864 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Vandeae, SUBTRIBE Angraecinae.

This genus is made up of 5 to 11 species found in the West Indies, that have spurred flowers and are leafless plants that have roots that carry the chloroplasts necessary for photosynthesis.

Common Name or Meaning refers to it's being epiphytic

Synonyms Polyrrhiza Pfitzer 1888

Type Species = ! = Dendrophylax hymenanthus Rchb.f

1. Dendrophylax barrettiae Fawc. & Rendle 1909

   

2. Dendrophylax fawcetti Rolfe. 1888

   To

   ~Dendrophylax filiformis (Griseb.) Benth. ex Fawc. 1898 - See Campylocentrum grisebachii Cogn. 1906

   ~Dendrophylax flexuosus Urb. 1917 - See Dendrophylax varius (C.C. Gmel.) Urb. 1918

3. Dendrophylax funalis [Sw.]Fawcett 1889

   To To

   ~Dendrophylax hymenanthus Rchb.f. 1864 - See Dendrophylax varius (C.C. Gmel.) Urb. 1918

   ~Dendrophylax lindenii Bth. ex Rolfe 1916 - See Polyradicion lindenii [Lindley]Garay 1969

   ~Dendrophylax porrectus (Rchb.f.) Carlsward& Whitten 2003 - See Harrisella porrecta (Rchb.f.) Fawc.& Rendle 1909

4. Dendrophylax varius (C.C. Gmel.) Urb. 1918

   To

~Dendrorchis Thou. 1822 - See Polystachya Hooker 1824 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae SUBTRIBE Pleurothallidinae

This genus has been split up between Polystachya and Aerangis.

~Dendrorchis adansoniae (Rchb. f.) Kuntze 1891 - See Polystachya adansoniae Rchb. f. 1865

~Dendrorchis affinis (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891 - See Polystachya affinis Lindl. 1830

~Dendrorchis anceps (Ridl.) Kuntze 1891 - See Polystachya anceps Ridl.1885

~Dendrorchis appendiculata (Kraenzl.) Kuntze 1903 - See Polystachya cultriformis (Thouars) Lindl. ex Spreng. 1826

~Dendrorchis bennettiana (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891 - See Polystachya bennettiana Rchb.f. 1881

~Dendrorchis bracteosa (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891 - See Polystachya affinis Lindl. 1830

~Dendrorchis caloglossa (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891 - See Polystachya caloglossa Rchb.f. 1881

~Dendrorchis capensis (Sond. ex Harv.) Kuntze 1891 - See Polystachya ottoniana Reichb.f. 1855

~Dendrorchis caracasana (Rchb. f.) Kuntze 1891 - See Polystachya foliosa (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1863

~Dendrorchis cerea (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891 - See Polystachya foliosa (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1863

~Dendrorchis clavata (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891 - See Polystachya foliosa (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1863

~Dendrorchis dendrobiflora (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891 - See Polystachya dendrobiiflora Rchb.f. 1881

~Dendrorchis elegans (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891 - See Polystachya elegans Rchb.f. 1881

~Dendrorchis estrellensis (Rchb. f.) Kuntze 1891 - See Polystachya estrellensis Rchb. f. 1852

~Dendrorchis extinctoria (Rchb. f.) Kuntze 1891 - See Polystacha concreta [Jacq.]Garay & Sweet 1974

~Dendrorchis foliosa (Rchb. f.) Kuntze 1891 - See Polystachya foliosa (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1863

~Dendrorchis galeata (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891 - See Polystachya galeata (Sw.) Rchb. f. 1863

~Dendrorchis galericulata (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891 - See Polystachya laxiflora Lindl. 1862

~Dendrorchis golungensis (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891 - See Polystachya golungensis Rchb.f. 1865

~Dendrorchis jussieuana (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891 - See Polystachya mauritiana Sprengel 1826

~Dendrorchis laxiflora (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891 - See Polystachya laxiflora Lindl. 1862

~Dendrorchis masasayensis (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891 - See Polystachya masayensis Rchb. f.1855

~Dendrorchis membranacea (A.Rich.) Kuntze 1891 - See Tropidia polystachya (Sw.) Ames 1908

~Dendrorchis minor Fawc. & Rendle 1910 - See Polystachya foliosa (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1863

~Dendrorchis minuta [Aubl.]O. Ktze. 1891 - See Polystacha concreta [Jacq.]Garay & Sweet 1974

~Dendrorchis minutiflora (Ridl.) Kuntze 1891 - See Polystachya fusiformis (Thouars) Lindl. 1925

~Dendrorchis nana (Poepp. & Endl.) Kuntze 1891 - See Polystachya foliosa (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1863

~Dendrorchis odorata (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891 - See Polystachya odorata Lindl. 1862

~Dendrorchis ottoniana (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891 - See Polystachya ottoniana Reichb.f. 1855

~Dendrorchis paulensis (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891 - See Polystachya foliosa (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1863

~Dendrorchis polystachyon (Sw.) Kuntze 1891 - See Polystachya concreta [Jacq.] Garay & Sweet 1974

~Dendrorchis pubescens (Rchb. f.) Kuntze 1891 - See Polystachya pubescens Rchb. f. 1863

~Dendrorchis purpurea (Wight) Kuntze 1891 - See Polystachya concreta [Jacq.] Garay & Sweet 1974

~Dendrorchis pyramidalis (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891 - See Polystachya pyramidalis Lindl. 1862

~Dendrorchis ramulosa (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891 - See Polystachya ramulosa Lindl. 1838

~Dendrorchis rhodoptera (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891 - See Polystachya rhodoptera Rchb.f. 1858

~Dendrorchis rufinula (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891 - See Polystachya mauritiana Sprengel 1826

~Dendrorchis shirensis (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891 - See Polystachys modesta Rchb.f. 1867

~Dendrorchis similis (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891 - See Polystachys modesta Rchb.f. 1867

~Dendrorchis tessellata (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891 - See Polystachya mauritiana Sprengel 1826

~Dendrorchis usambarensis (Schltr.) Kuntze 1903 - See Polystachya odorata Lindl. 1862

~Dendrorchis wightii (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891 - See Polystachya concreta [Jacq.] Garay & Sweet 1974

~Dendrorchis zollingeri (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891 - See Polystachya concreta [Jacq.] Garay & Sweet 1974

~`Dendrorkis Thou. 1809 - See Polystachya Hooker 1824 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae SUBTRIBE Pleurothallidinae

This genus has been split up between Polystachya and Aerangis.

~`Denslovia Rydb. 1931 - See Platanthera L.C.Rich. 1817 SUBFAMILY Orchidiodeae, TRIBE Orchideae, SUBTRIBE Orchidinae.

~Denslovia clavellata (Michx.) Rydb. 1931 - See Platanthera clavellata (Michx.) Luer 1972

~`Deppia Raf. 1837 - See Lycaste Lindley 1842 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Maxillarieae, SUBTRIBE Zygopetalinae.

~Deppia mexicana Raf. 1836 - See Lycaste deppei [Lodd.]Lindley 1843

~Desmotrichum Bl. 1825 - See Epigeneium Gagnep 1932 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Dendrobieae, SUBTRIBE Dendrobiinae.

~Desmotrichum annamense A.D.Hawkes 1957 - See Flickingeria angustifolia (Blume) A.D.Hawkes 1965

~*Desmotrichum angulatum Blume 1825 - See Flickingeria angulata (Blume) A.D. Hawkes 1965

~*Desmotrichum angustifolium Blume 1825 - See Flickingeria angustifolia (Blume) A.D.Hawkes 1965

~Desmotrichum ardenii (Ridl.) Ridl. 1924 - See Flickingeria angustifolia (Blume) A.D.Hawkes 1965

~Desmotrichum bancanum (J.J.Sm.) Kraenzl. 1910 - See Flickingeria bancana (J.J.Sm.) A.D.Hawkes 1965

~Desmotrichum bicostatum (J.J.Sm.) Kraenzl. 1910 - See Flickingeria bicostata (J.J.Sm.) A.D.Hawkes 1965

~Desmotrichum binnendijkii (Rchb.f.) Kraenzl. 1910 - See Flickingeria fimbriata (Blume) A.D. Hawkes 1961

~*Desmotrichum comatum Blume 1825 - See Flickingeria comata (Blume) A.D. Hawkes 1961

~Desmotrichum convexum Blume 1825 - See Flickingeria convexa (Blume) A.D. Hawkes 1965

~Desmotrichum criniferum [Lindl.] Kranzl. 1910 - See Flickingeria comata (Blume) A.D. Hawkes 1961

~*Desmotrichum cymbidioides Bl. 1825 - See Epigeneium cymbidioides [Bl.]Summerh. 1957

Desmotrichum fargesii (Finet) Kraenzl.1910 - See Epigeneium fargesii (Finet) Gagnep. 1932

~Desmotrichum fimbriatolabellum (Hayata) Hayata 1914 - See Flickingeria comata (Blume) A.D. Hawkes 1961

~*Desmotrichum fimbriatum Blume 1825 - See Flickingeria fimbriata (Blume) A.D. Hawkes 1961

~Desmotrichum fimbriatum Kraenzl. ? - See Flickingeria rhipidoloba (Schltr.) A.D. Hawkes 1965

~Desmotrichum forcipatum Gagnep. 1950 - See Flickingeria angustifolia (Blume) A.D.Hawkes 1965

~*Desmotrichum geminatum Blume 1825 - See Epigeneium geminatum (Blume) Summerh. 1957

~*Desmotrichum grandiflorum Blume 1825 - See Flickingeria grandiflora (Blume) A.D.Hawkes 1965

~Desmotrichum kunstleri (Hook.f.) Kraenzl. 1910 - See - See Flickingeria fimbriata (Blume) A.D. Hawkes 1961

~Desmotrichum lonchophyllum (Hook.f.) Kraenzl. 1910 - See Flickingeria xantholeuca (Rchb.f.) A.D.Hawkes 1965

~Desmotrichum longirepens (Ames & C.Schweinf.) A.D.Hawkes 1957 - See Epigeneium longirepens (Ames & C.Schweinf.) Seidenf. 1980

~Desmotrichum luxurians (J.J.Sm.) Carr 1932 - See Flickingeria luxurians (J.J.Sm.) A.D.Hawkes 1965

~Desmotrichum pallidiflorum (Ridl.) Kraenzl. 1910 - See Flickingeria xantholeuca (Rchb.f.) A.D.Hawkes 1965

~Desmotrichum poilanei Gagnep. 1931 - See Flickingeria angustifolia (Blume) A.D.Hawkes 1965

~Desmotrichum pristichilum Kraenzl. 1910 - See Flickingeria angulata (Blume) A.D. Hawkes 1965

~Desmotrichum pumilum (Kuntze) A.D.Hawkes 1957 - See Dendrobium pachyphyllum (Kuntze) Bakh. f. 1963

~Desmotrichum pusillum Blume 1825 - See Dendrobium pachyphyllum (Kuntze) Bakh. f. 1963

~Desmotrichum rhipidolobum (Schltr.) A.D. Hawkes 1957 - See Flickingeria rhipidoloba (Schltr.) A.D. Hawkes 1965

~ Desmotrichum ritaeanum (King & Pantl.) Kraenzl. 1910 - See Flickingeria ritaeana (King & Pantl.) A.D.Hawkes 1965

~Desmotrichum roseopunctatum (Ridl.) Ridl. 1924 - See Flickingeria fugax (Rchb.f.) Seidenf. 1980

~Desmotrichum scopa (Lindl.) Kraenzl. 1910 - See Flickingeria scopa (Lindl.) Brieger 1981

~Desmotrichum simplicicaule (J.J.Sm.) A.D.Hawkes 1957 - See Flickingeria lonchigera [Schlechter] Schuit. & de Vogel 2003

~Desmotrichum stenoglossum (Gagnep.) Tang & F.T.Wang 1951 - See Flickingeria stenoglossa (Gagnep.) Seidenf. 1980

~Desmotrichum thysanochilum (Schltr.) Carr 1934 - See Flickingeria comata (Blume) A.D. Hawkes 1961

~*Desmotrichum triflorum Blume 1825 - See Epigeneium triflorum (Blume) Summerh. 1957

~Desmotrichum xantholeucum (Rchb.f.) Kraenzl. 1910 - See Flickingeria xantholeuca (Rchb.f.) A.D.Hawkes 1965

`Devogelia Schuit. 2004 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae TRIBE? SUBTRIBE?

There is one species in this genus

Common Name or Meaning DeVogel's Orchid [Dutch Botanist and Orchid Enthusiast current]

Type Species = ! = Devogelia intonsa Schuit. 2004

1. Devogelia intonsa Schuit. 2004

   

~`Diacrium Lindley 1881 - See Caularthron Raf. 1836[1837] SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae SUBTRIBE Laeliinae

~Diacrium amazonicum Schlechter 1925 - See Caularthron bicornutum [Hkr] Raf.1836

~Diacrium bicornutum [Hkr.]Benth. 1881 - See Caularthron bicornutum [Hkr] Raf. 1836

~Diacrium bicornutum var. indivisum (Bradford) Cogn 1910 - See Caularthron indivisum (Bradford ex Griseb.) Garay & Dunst. 1979

~Diacrium bidentatum (Lindl.) Hemsl. 1884 - See Prosthechea boothiana [Lindl.] Higgins 1997

~Diacrium bigibberosum (Rchb. f.) Hemsl. 1883 - See Caularthron bilamellatum (Rchb. f.) R.E. Schult. 1958

~Diacrium bilamellatum (Rchb. f.) Hemsl. 1883 - See Caularthron bilamellatum (Rchb. f.) R.E. Schult. 1958

~Diacrium bilamellatum var reichenbachianum Schlechter 1922 - See Caularthron bilamellatum (Rchb. f.) R.E. Schult. 1958

~Diacrium bivalvatulum Schltr. 1923 - See Caularthron bilamellatum (Rchb. f.) R.E. Schult. 1958

~Diacrium indivisum Broadway 1895 - See Caularthron indivisum (Bradford ex Griseb.) Garay & Dunst. 1979

~Diacrium ulmeckei Kraenzlin 1927 - See Caularthron bilamellatum (Rchb. f.) R.E. Schult. 1958

~Diacrium venezuelanum Schltr. 1919 - See Caularthron bilamellatum (Rchb. f.) R.E. Schult. 1958

Diadenium Poepp. & Endl. 1836 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Maxillareae, SUBTRIBE Oncidiinae.

Common Name or Meaning refers to the 2 pollina

~*Diadenium ecuadorense Garay 1954 - See Systeloglossum ecuadorense (Garay) Dressler & N.H. Williams 1970

1. Diadenium micranthum Poepp. & Endl. 1836

   LATE TO EARLY

~Dialissa Lindley 1845 - See Stelis Sw. 1800 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Pleurothalidinae

~Dialissa inversa (Schltr.) Brieger 1976 - See Stelis brevilabris Lindl. 1845

Diaphananthe Schlechter 1914 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Vandeae, SUBTRIBE Aerangidinae

About 25 species make up this genus from Tropical Africa south to Natal. They are monopodial epiphytes best grown mounted to tree fern or in wooden slat baskets with wire hangers to support the plant as they tend to fall over if not supported.

Common Name or Meaning refers to the translucent flowers

Synonyms Rhipidoglossum Schlechter 1918; Sarcorhynchus Schlechter 1918

Type Species = ! = Diaphananthe pellucida [Lindley]Schlechter 1914

~Diaphananthe ashantensis (Lindl.) Schltr. 1918 - See Diaphananthe bidens (Afzel. ex Sw.) Schltr. 1914

1. Diaphananthe bidens (Afzel. ex Sw.) Schltr. 1914

   To

2. Diaphananthe bueae (Schltr.) Schltr. 1918

   ~*Diaphananthe burttii Summerh. 1934 - See Margelliantha burttii (Summerh.) P.J.Cribb 1979

3. Diaphananthe caffra (Bolus) H.P.Linder 1989

   

   ~ *Diaphananthe cuneata Summerh. 1960 - See Rhipidoglossum cuneatum (Summerh.) Garay 1972

   ~Diaphananthe densiflora (Summerh.) Summerh. 1960 - See Rhipidoglossum densiflorum Summerh. 1945

   ~Diaphananthe erectocalcarata (De Wild.) Summerh. 1960 - See Rhipidoglossum rutilum (Rchb. f.) Schltr. 1918

   ~Diaphananthe falcata (De Wild.) Schltr. 1918 - See Diaphananthe fragrantissima (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 1918

   ~Diaphananthe fimbriata Schltr. 1918 - See Diaphananthe fragrantissima (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 1918

4. Diaphananthe fragrantissima (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 1918

   

   Diaphananthe garayana Szlach. & Olszewski 2001

   TO

   ~Diaphananthe kirkii (Rolfe) Schltr. 1918 - See Diaphananthe fragrantissima (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 1918

5. Diaphananthe lorifolia Summerh. 1956

   

   ~Diaphananthe margaritae (De Wild.) Schltr. 1918 - See Rhipidoglossum rutilum (Rchb. f.) Schltr. 1918

6. Diaphananthe millarii (Bolus) H.P.Linder 1989

   THROUGH

   ~Diaphananthe monodon (Lindl.) Schltr. 1918 - See Diaphananthe bidens (Afzel. ex Sw.) Schltr. 1914

   ~Diaphananthe muansae (Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1918 - See Diaphananthe fragrantissima (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 1918

   ~Diaphananthe mystacidioides (Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1918 - See Diaphananthe bidens (Afzel. ex Sw.) Schltr. 1914

   ~Diaphananthe obanensis (Rendle) Summerh.1960 - See Rhipidoglossum obanense (Rendle) Summerh. 1936

   ~Diaphananthe pachyrhiza P.J.Cribb 1983 - See Rhipidoglossum pulchellum (Summerh.) Garay 1972

   ~Diaphananthe peglerae (Bolus) Summerh. 1960 - See Rhipidoglossum xanthopollinium [Rchb.f] Schlechter 1918

7. !Diaphananthe pellucida [Lindley]Schlechter 1914

   To To

   ~Diaphananthe polydactyla (Kraenzl.) Summerh. 1936 - See Rhipidoglossum polydactylum (Kraenzl.) Garay 1972

   ~Diaphananthe producta (Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1918 - See Diaphananthe bidens (Afzel. ex Sw.) Schltr. 1914

   ~*Diaphananthe pulchella Summerh 1945 - See Rhipidoglossum pulchellum (Summerh.) Garay 1972

   ~Diaphananthe pulchella var. geniculata Summerh. 1945 - See Rhipidoglossum pulchellum (Summerh.) Garay 1972

   ~Diaphananthe rutila (Rchb. f.) Summerh. 1960 - See Rhipidoglossum rutilum (Rchb. f.) Schltr. 1918

8. Diaphananthe sarcorhynchoides J.B.Hall 1974

   

   ~*Diaphananthe stolzii Schltr. 1915 - See Rhipidoglossum stolzii (Schltr.) Garay 1972

   ~Diaphananthe subfalcifolia (De Wild.) Schltr. 1918 - See Diaphananthe bidens (Afzel. ex Sw.) Schltr. 1914

   ~Diaphananthe tenuicalcar Summerh. 1945 - See Angraecopsis amaniensis Summerh. 1945

   ~Diaphananthe xanthopollinia (Rchb. f.) Summerh.1960 - See Rhipidoglossum xanthopollinium [Rchb.f] Schlechter 1918

~Dicerostylis Blume 1859 - See Hylophila Lindl. 1833SUBFAMILY Spiranthoideae , TRIBE Cranichideae, SUBTRIBE Goodyerinae

~Dicerostylis kinabaluensis Carr 1935 - See Hylophila lanceolata (Blume) Miq. 1859

~*Dicerostylis lanceolata Blume 1859 - See Hylophila lanceolata (Blume) Miq. 1859

Dichaea Lindley 1833 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Maxillarieae , SUBTRIBE Zygopetalinae

There are more than 114 species spread throughout tropical America in this little known genus that lacks pseudobulbs and has a monopodial stem with closely arranged distichous leaves, that gives rise, opposite the leaf axil, to an often extremly fragrant, single flowered inflorescence. The flowers are perfect, with ovate to lanceolate, basally concave sepals and petals, distally three-lobed to anchor shaped to clawed ovate, projecting labellum with an erect column and a terminal anthre carrying 4 hard and waxy pollina. They are as a whole epiphytic and occur in wet montane forests at elevations of 200-2800 meters and are pollinated by male Euglossine bees. Many of the species are pendant growers and need treefern as a mount, but some are erect growers and can be kept in a pot. The majority of species are intermediate growers and need moderate shade and humid conditions, ample year round water and fertilizer, and with good air circulation.

Common Name or Meaning refers to the typical leaf pattern growing in two opposite rows

Synonyms Dichaeopsis Pfitz. 1887; Epithecia Kn. & Westc. 1839

Type Species = ! = Epidendrum echinocarpum Sw. 1788 = Dichaea echinocarpa Sw. 1833 = Dichaea pendula (Aubl.) Cogn. 1903 Taxomony according to Mark Nir

~Dichaea acostae Schltr. 1923 - See Dichaea oxyglossa Schltr. 1923

1. Dichaea amparoana Schltr. 1923

   SECTION Dichaeopsis

   

2. Dichaea anchoraelabia C. Schweinf. 1947

   

3. Dichaea australis Cogn. 1906

   to

4. Dichaea brachyphylla Rchb.f. 1859

   ~Dichaea bradeorum Schltr. 1923 - See Dichaea muricata (Sw.) Lindl. 1833

   ~Dichaea brenesii Schltr. 1923 - See Dichaea trulla Rchb. f. 1866

5. Dichaea bryophila Rchb.f. 1881

6. Dichaea camaridioides Schltr.1920

   

   ~Dichaea ciliolata Rolfe 1917 - See Dichaea hystricina Rchb. f. 1865

7. Dichaea cogniauxiana Schltr. 1922

   

   ~Dichaea coriacea Barb. Rodr. 1881 - See Dichaea trulla Rchb. f. 1866

8. Dichaea costaricensis Schltr. 1923

   SECTION Dichaea

   

9. Dichaea cryptarrhena Rchb.f. ex Kraenzl. 1923

   SECTION Dichaea

   

10. Dichaea dammeriana Kraenzl. 1923

    SECTION Dichaea

    To THROUGH

    ~Dichaea echinocarpa Sw. 1833 - See Dichaea pendula (Aubl.) Cogn. 1903

    ~Dichaea echinocarpa var. lobata Ames & Correll 1943 - See Dichaea pendula (Aubl.) Cogn. 1903

11. Dichaea eligulata Folsom 1994

    SECTION Dichaea

    

12. Dichaea filiarum Pupulin 2005

    SECTION Dichaea

    

13. Dichaea fragrantissima subsp. eburnea Dressler & Pupulin 2006.

    SECTION Dichaeopsis

    

    ~Dichaea glabrescens Kraenzl. 1923 - See Dichaea tuerckheimii Schltr. 1916

14. Dichaea glauca (Sw.) Lindl. 1833

    SECTION Dichaeopsis

    To

15. Dichaea globosa Dressler & Pupulin 2005

    SECTION Dichaeopsis

    To LATE EARLY

    ~Dichaea hookeri Garay & H.R.Sweet 1972 - See Dichaea picta Rchb. f. 1872

16. Dichaea hutchisonii D.E.Benn. & Christenson 2001

    

17. Dichaea hystricina Rchb. f. 1865

    SECTION Hystricina

    To THROUGH

18. Dichaea intermedia Ames & Correll 1943

    

19. Dichaea kegeli Rchb.f 1877

    LATE

20. Dichaea lankesteri Ames 1923

    SECTION Dichaeopsis

    

21. Dichaea latifolia Lindley 1833

    

    ~Dichaea latifolia var. longa (Schltr.) Folsom 1996 - See Dichaea longa Schltr. 1922

22. Dichaea lehmannii Schltr.1920

    

    ~Dichaea liebmannii Rchb.f. 1879 - See Dichaea muricatoides Hamer & Garay 1974

    ~Dichaea lobata (Ames & Correll) L.O.Williams 1950 - See Dichaea pendula (Aubl.) Cogn. 1903

23. Dichaea longa Schltr. 1922

    

24. Dichaea mattogrossensis Brade 1943

25. Dichaea morrisii Fawc. & Rendle 1910

    SECTION Dichaeopsis

    

    ~Dichaea moritzii Rchb.f. 1858 - See Dichaea muricata (Sw.) Lindl.

26. Dichaea muricata (Sw.) Lindl. 1833

    SECTION Dichaeopsis

    To

    ~Dichaea muricata var. moritzii (Rchb.f.) Cogn. 1906 - See Dichaea muricata (Sw.) Lindl. 1833

    ~Dichaea muricata var. neglecta (Schltr.) Kraenzl. 1923 - See Dichaea neglecta Schltr. 1918

27. Dichaea muricatoides Hamer & Garay 1974

    SECTION Dichaea

    

28. Dichaea neglecta Schltr. 1918

    

29. Dichaea obovatipetala Folsom 1994

    SECTION Dichaea

    

    ~Dichaea oerstedii Rchb.f. 1855 - See Dichaea glauca (Sw.) Lindl. 1833

30. Dichaea oxyglossa Schltr. 1923

    SECTION Dichaea

    

31. Dichaea panamensis Lindl. 1833

    SECTION Dichaeopsis

    

32. !Dichaea pendula (Aubl.) Cogn. 1903

    SECTION Dichaea

    To

    ~Dichaea pendula var swartzii Schweinf. 1955 - See Dichaea pendula (Aubl.) Cogn. 1903

33. Dichaea picta Rchb. f. 1872

    

34. Dichaea poicillantha Schltr. 1923

    SECTION Dichaea

    

    ~Dichaea powellii Schltr. 1922 - See Dichaea trulla Rchb. f. 1866

    ~Dichaea robusta Schltr. 1929 - See Dichaea muricata (Sw.) Lindl. 1833

35. Dichaea rubroviolacea Dodson 1989

    

36. Dichaea sarapiquinsis Folsom 1994

    SECTION Dichaea

    

37. Dichaea schlechteri Folsom 1994

    SECTION Dichaea

    

    ~Dichaea selaginella Schltr. 1920 - See Dichaea hystricina Rchb. f. 1865

    ~Dichaea similis Schltr. 1923 - See Dichaea muricata (Sw.) Lindl. 1833

38. Dichaea sodiroi Schltr.1921

    

39. Dichaea squarrosa Lindl. 1840

    SECTION Dichaea

    To

    ~Dichaea suaveolens Kraenzl. 1923 - See Dichaea squarrosa Lindl. 1840

    ~Dichaea swartzii [Schweinf.] Garay & Sweet 1972 - See Dichaea pendula (Aubl.) Cogn. 1903

    ~Dichaea trachysepala Schltr.1924 - See Dichaea pendula (Aubl.) Cogn. 1903

40. Dichaea trichocarpa (Sw.) Lindl. 1833

    SECTION Dichaea

    

41. Dichaea trulla Rchb. f. 1866

    SECTION Dichaeopsis

    

42. Dichaea tuerckheimii Schltr. 1916

    SECTION Tenuifolia

    

    ~*Dichaea tuerckheimii Kraenzl. 1923 nom illeg. - See Dichaea muricatoides Hamer & Garay 1974

    ~Dichaea verrucosa A. & S. 1925 - See Dichaea muricata (Sw.) Lindl.

43. Dichaea viridula Pupulin 2005

    SECTION Dichaea

    

    ~Dichaea wercklei Schltr. 1923 - See Dichaea tuerckheimii Schltr. 1916

    ~Dichaea willdenowiana Krzl.1923 - See Dichaea glauca (Sw.) Lindl.

~Dichaeopsis Pfitz. 1887 - See Dichaea Lindley 1833 SUBFAMILY SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Maxillarieae , SUBTRIBE Zygopetalinae

~Dichaeopsis glauca (Sw.) Schltr. 1918 - See Dichaea glauca (Sw.) Lindl. 1833

~Dichaeopsis oerstedii (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 1918 - See Dichaea glauca (Sw.) Lindl. 1833

~Dichaeopsis panamensis (Lindl.) Schltr. 1918 - See Dichaea panamensis Lindl. 1833

~Dichaeopsis trulla (Rchb. f.) Schltr. 1918 - See Dichaea trulla Rchb. f. 1866

~`Dichopus Bl. 1856 - See Dendrobium Sw. 1799 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Dendrobieae, SUBTRIBE Dendrobiinae.

~*Dichopus insignis Blume 1856 - See Dendrobium insigne Rchb. f. ex Miq. 1859

Dichromanthus Garay 1982 SUBFAMILY Spiranthoideae, TRIBE Cranichideae, SUBTRIBE Spiranthinae.

There are three species in this terrestrial genus segregated from Stenorrhynchos

Common Name or Meaning The Two Colored Flower Orchid

Type Species = ! = Dichromanthus cinnabarinus (La Llave & Lex.) Garay 1982

1. Dichromanthus aurantiacus (Lex.) Salazar & Soto Arenas 2002

   

`Dickasonia L.O. Williams 1941 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Coelogyneae , SUBTRIBE Coelogyninae

A monotypic genus established in 1941 by L.O. Williams and is found in NE India, Bhutan and Myanamar that is closely related to Panisea but is distinguished by the lip being adnate to the short column. The orchid is an epiphyte with perennial , shiney pseudobulbs carrying lanceolate-elliptic, petiolate leaves and has resupinate flowers arising on a lateral, racemose, few flowered inflorescence. The Flowers have similar sepals that are freee and keeled dorsally, the petals are smaller than the sepals. The Lip is immobile, entire and adnate to the short column which is strongly gibbous or saccate at the base and ecallose. The short column is lacking a foot and has an operculate, incumbent anther holding 4 pollina.

Common Name or Meaning Named for F.G. Dickason the discoverer of the genus

Type Species = ! = Dickasonia vernicosa L.O. Williams 1941

1. !Dickasonia vernicosa L.O. Williams 1941

   

~Dicrypta Lindley 1830 - See Maxillaria Ruiz and Pavon 1794 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Maxillarieae, SUBTRIBE Maxillariinae.

~Dicrypta baueri Lindl. 1830 - See Maxillaria crassifolia [Lindl.] Reichb.f. 1854

~Dicrypta bicolor Paxt. 1868 - See Maxillaria discolor (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1863

~Dicrypta crassifolia (Lindl.) Lindl. ex Loudon 1839 - See Maxillaria crassifolia [Lindl.] Reichb.f. 1854

~*Dicrypta discolor Lodd. ex Lindl. 1839 - See Maxillaria discolor (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1863

~*Dicrypta elatior Rchb. f. 1843 - See Maxillaria elatior (Rchb. f.) Rchb. f. 1863

~*Dicrypta iridifolia Bateman ex Rchb. f. 1854 - See Maxillaria valenzuelana (A. Rich.) Nash 1907

~Dicrypta iridifolia Bateman 1839 - See Maxillaria valenzuelana (A. Rich.) Nash 1907

~Dicrypta irisphyta Barb. Rodr. 1877 - SeeMaxillaria valenzuelana (A. Rich.) Nash 1907

~Dicrypta longifolia Barb. Rodr. 1877 - See Maxillaria discolor (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1863

~*Dicrypta villosa Barb. Rodr. 1877 - See Maxillaria villosa (Barb. Rodr.) Cogn. 1904

`Dictyophyllaria Garay 1986 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Vanilleae, SUBTRIBE Vanillinae.

This is a monotypic genus confined to Brazil.

Common Name or Meaning The

Type Species = ! = Dictyophyllaria dietschiana (Edwall) Garay 1986

1. Dictyophyllaria dietschiana (Edwall) Garay1986

~Didactyle Lindley 1852 - See Bulbophyllum Thouars 1822 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Dendrobieae, SUBTRIBE Bulbophyllinae.

~Didactyle atropurpurea (Barb.Rodr.) Barb.Rodr. 1882 - See Bulbophyllum atropurpureum Barb. Rodr. 1877

~*Didactyle bidentata Barb.Rodr. 1882 - See Bulbophyllum bidentatum (Barb.Rodr.) Cogn. 1902

~Didactyle exaltata (Lindl.) Lindl. 1852 - See Bulbophyllum exaltatum Lindl. 1842

~*Didactyle glutinosa Barb.Rodr.1882 -See Bulbophyllum glutinosum (Barb.Rodr.) Cogn. 1902

~*Didactyle laciniata Barb. Rodr. 1881 - See Bulbophyllum laciniatum (Barb. Rodr.) Cogn. 1902

~*Didactyle plumosa Barb.Rodr 1877 - See Bulbophyllum plumosum (Barb.Rodr.) Cogn. 1902

~Didactyle regnellii Barb.Rodr 1882 - See Bulbophyllum regnellii Rchb. f. 1849

~Didactyle tripetala (Lindl.) Lindl. 1852 - See Bulbophyllum tripetalum Lindl. 1842

~*Didactyle weddelii Lindley 1852 - See Bulbophyllum weddelii [Lindley]Rchb.f 1864

~Didactylus (Luer) Luer 2004 - See Pleurothallis R. Brown 1813 SUBFAMILY Epidendrodeae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Pleurothallidinae.

~Didactylus butcheri (L.O. Williams) Luer 2004 - See Pleurothallis butcheri L.O. Williams. 1961

~Didactylus thysana (Luer & J.J. Portilla) Luer 2004 - See Pleurothallis thysana Luer & J.J. Portilla 2001

~`Didothion Raf. 1836 - See Epidendrum L. 1763 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Laeliinae.

~*Didiothion clavatum Raf 1838 - See Coilostylis clavatum [Raf.] Withner & Harding 2004

Didymoplexiella Garay 1954 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae TRIBE Gastrodieae SUBTRIBE Gastrodiinae

There are 7 species in this terrestrial genus in SE ASia, the Indonesian Islands and to Japan

Common Name or Meaning

Synonyms Leucolena Ridl. 1891

Type Species = ! =

1. Didymoplexiella siamensis (Rolfe ex Downie) Seidenf. 1972

   

2. Didymoplexiella sp Sarawak Borneo

Didymoplexis Griff.1844 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae TRIBE Gastrodieae SUBTRIBE Gastrodiinae

There are about 20 species in this terrestrial genus spread from Tropical & South Africa to the Western Pacific and is a mycoheterotrophic genus with a fleshy rhizome and has an erect, slender stem and blooms on a terminal inflorescence with rather small flower with tepals are joined to a short tube at the base, the upper dorsal, upper sepals and lateral petals are joined together at a higher level. The lip is joind to the short column-foot and the column is elongate.

Common Name or Meaning refers to the dorsal petal connected to each sepal

Synonyms Apetalon Wight 1851; Epiphanes Rchb.f. 1868; Leucorchis Blume 1849

Type Species = ! = Didymoplexis pallens Griff. 1844

~Didymoplexis brevipes Ohwi 1937 - See Didymoplexis pallens Griff. 1844

~*Didymoplexis nipponica Honda 1932 - See Gastrodia nipponica (Honda) Tuyama 1939

1. !Didymoplexis pallens Griff. 1844

   

   ~Didymoplexis subcampanulata Hayata 1912 - See Didymoplexis pallens Griff. 1844

   ~Didymoplexis sylvatica (Blume) Garay 1995 - See Didymoplexis pallens Griff. 1844

~Dienia 1824 - See Malaxis Sw. 1788 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae , TRIBE Malaxideae SUBTRIBE Liparidinae

~Dienia calycina Lindl. 1830 - See Malaxis carnosa (Kunth) C.Schweinf. 1941

~Dienia carinata Rchb.f. 1855 - See Malaxis acuminata D. Don 1825

~Dienia congesta Lindl. 1825 - See Malaxis latifolia Sm. 1819

~Dienia curranii (Ames) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 1996 - See Malaxis latifolia Sm. 1819

~Dienia fusca Lindl. 1830 - See Malaxis latifolia Sm. 1819

~Dienia gmelinii Lindl. 1830 - See Malaxis monophyllos (Pav ex Lindl.) Swartz 1800

~Dienia latifolia (Sm.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 1996 - See Malaxis latifolia Sm. 1819

~Dienia maianthemifolia Rchb.f. 1846 - See Malaxis fastigiata (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891

~Dienia montana (Blume) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 1996 - See Malaxis latifolia Sm. 1819

~Dienia ophrydis (J.König) Seidenf. 1997 - See Malaxis latifolia Sm. 1819

~Diglyphis Blume, 1828 - See Diglyphosa Blume 1825 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE misfits, SUBTRIBE Collabiinae.

~Diglyphis latifolia {Bl.] Bl. 1858 - See Diglyphosa latifolia Blume 1825

Diglyphosa Blume 1825 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Cymbidieae Pfitz SUBTRIBE Collabiinae Schlecht

There are two species in this terrestrial genus related to Chrysoglossum which has a lax inflorescence, a column with small wings or arms on the front edge, and a distinct column foot instead of Diglyophosa having a column without any appendages as well as a much denser inflorescence and 2, waxy pollina.

Common Name or Meaning Double Notch Orchid [refers tothe 2 notched pollina]

Type Species = ! = Diglyphosa latifolia Blume 1825

1. !Diglyphosa latifolia Blume 1825

   

~Digomphotis Raf. 1837 - See Gennaria Parl. 1958 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Orchideae, SUBTRIBE Habenariinae

~Digomphotis cordata (Willd.) Raf. 1837 - See Gennaria diphylla (Link) Parl. 1958

~Digomphotis undulata Raf. 1837 - See Peristylus goodyeroides (D.Don) Lindl. 1835

~`Dikylikostigma Kraenzl. 1919 - See Discyphus Schltr. 1919 SUBFAMILY Spiranthoideae, TRIBE Cranichideae, SUBTRIBE Spiranthinae.

~Dikylikostigma preussii Kraenzl 1919 - See Discyphus scopulariae (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 1919

Dilochia Lindley 1830 SUBFAMILY Epidendrodeae, TRIBE Arethuseae, SUBTRIBE Coelogyninae.

There are 8 or so species in this terrestrial genus that is allied to Arundina yet has very little in common in appearance and has 5 keels on the lip.

Common Name or Meaning

Type Species = ! = Dilochia wallichii Lindl. 1830

1. Dilochia cantleyi (Hook. f.) Ridl. 1896

   

2. Dilochia cf. celebica (Schltr.) Schltr. 1925

   

   ~Dilochia gracilis (Ames & C.Schweinf.) Carr 1935 - See Dilochia rigida (Ridl.) J.J.Wood 1993

   ~Dilochia pentandra Rchb.f. 1857 - See Dilochia wallichii Lindl. 1830

3. Dilochia rigida (Ridl.) J.J.Wood 1993

   

4. Dilochia wallichii Lindl. 1830

   

Dilomilis Raf. 1836-7 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Laeliinae.

Type Species = ! = Octomeria serratifolia Hkr. 1828 = Dilomilis montana [Sw.] Summerh. 1961

~Dilomilis nodosa ( Cogn. ) Summerh. 1961 - See Domingoa nodosa Schltr. in Urb. 1913

~*Dilomilis filicina Dod 1989 - See Tomzanonia filicina (Dod) Nir 1997

Dimerandra Schlechter 1922 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Laeliinae.

A hot growing epiphytic genus with 7 species, found below the elevation of 900 meters from Central America south to Brazil with thick, canelike, leafed stems, a sessile, apical inflorescence that give rise to a single, pink flower occurring in succession with 4 laterally flattened hard pollina.

Common Name or Meaning refers to the erect wings on both sides of the column

Type Species = ! = Dimerandra stenopetala (Hook.) Schltr. 1922

1. Dimerandra elegans (Focke) Siegerist 1986

   To

2. Dimerandra emarginata (G.Mey.) Hoehne 1933 publ. 1934

   THROUGH

   ~Dimerandra emarginata var. alba L.C.Menezes 1998 - See Dimerandra elegans (Focke) Siegerist 1986

   ~Dimerandra isthmi Schltr. 1922 - See Dimerandra stenopetala (Hook.) Schltr. 1922

   ~Dimerandra lamellata (Westc. ex Lindl.) Siegerist ex Hamer 1985 - See Dimerandra stenopetala (Hook.) Schltr. 1922

3. Dimerandra latipetala Siegerist 1985

   THROUGH

   ~Dimerandra major Schltr. 1924 - See Dimerandra elegans (Focke) Siegerist 1986

   ~Dimerandra rimbachii (Schltr.) Schltr. 1922 - See Dimerandra stenopetala (Hook.) Schltr. 1922

4. !Dimerandra stenopetala (Hook.) Schltr. 1922

   To

   ~Dimerandra tenuicaulis (Rchb.f.) Siegerist 1986 - See Dimerandra elegans (Focke) Siegerist 1986

`Dimorphorchis Rolfe 1919 SUBFAMILY Epidendrodeae, TRIBE Vandeae, SUBTRIBE Aeridinae.

Three species make up this genus endemic to Borneo that have two flower forms on the same inflorescence. Related to Vanda this monopodial epiphytic genus was separated because of the floral differences. Here is a Dimmorphorchis species ensitu in Mulu Natinal Park Borneo Photo courtesy of Peter Maxwell

Common Name or Meaning refers to the two flower forms that this genus has on the same inflorescence

Type Species = ! = Dimorphorchis lowii [Lindley]Rolfe 1919

1. !Dimorphorchis lowii (Benth. & Hook. f.) Rolfe 1919

   TO To EARLY

   Dimorphorchis lowii var. rohaniana (Rchb.f.) K.W.Tan 1974 - See Dimorphorchis lowii (Benth. & Hook. f.) Rolfe 1919

2. Dimorphorchis rossii Fowlie 1989

   TO

   ~Dimorphorchis rossii var. graciliscapa A.L.Lamb & Shim 1994 - See Dimorphorchis rossii Fowlie 1989

   ~Dimorphorchis rossii var. tenomensis A.L.Lamb 1994 - See Dimorphorchis rossii Fowlie 1989

~ Dinema 1831 Lindley - See Epidendrum L. 1763 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Laeliinae.

Type Species = ! = Dinema polybulbon [Sw.]Lindley 1831

~Dinema paleacea Lindl. 1840 - See Nidema boothii (Lindl.) Schltr. 1922

~Dinema polybulbon [Sw.]Lindley 1831 - See Encyclia polybulbon [Sw.]Dressler 1961

~Diodonopsis Pridgeon & M.W. Chase 2001 - See Masdevallia Ruiz and Pavon 1794 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Pleurothallidinae

~

~Diodonopsis anachaeta (Rchb. f.) Pridgeon & M.W. Chase 2001 - See Masdevallia anachaeta Rchb. f. 1878

~Diodonopsis erinacea (Rchb. f.) Pridgeon & M.W. Chase 2001 - See Masdevallia erinacea Rchb.f 1877

~Diodonopsis hoeijeri (Luer & Hirtz) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 2001 - See Masdevallia hoeijeri Luer & Hirtz 1986

~Diodonopsis pterygiophora (Luer & R.Escobar) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 2001 - See Masdevallia pterygiophora Luer & R.Escobar 1988

~Diodonopsis pygmaea (Kraenzl.) Pridgeon & M.W. Chase 2001 - See Masdevallia erinacea Rchb.f 1877

Diothonea Lindley 1834 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Laeliinae.

There are 5 epiphytic species in the high Andes of Colombia and as such are cool growing.

Common Name or Meaning refers to the sailboat-like bow shape that the column and lip create

~*Diothonea arevaloi Schltr. 1924 - See Epidendrum arevaloi (Schltr.) Hágsater 1991

~*Diothonea cottoniiflora Rchb.f. 1876 - See Epidendrum cottoniiflorum (Rchb.f.) Hágsater 1991

~Diothonea exasperata C. Schweinf. 1951 - See Epidendrum trachysepalum Hágsater 1992

~*Diothonea gratissima Rchb.f. 1852 - See Epidendrum gratissimum (Rchb.f.) Hágsater & Dodson 1992

~Diothonea heterothonaea Rchb.f. & Warsz. 1854 - See Epidendrum heterothoneum (Rchb.f. & Warsz.) Hágsater & Dodson 1992

~*Diothonea imbricata Lindl. 1841 - See Hexisea imbricata (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1862

~*Diothonea lloensis Lindl. 1834 - See Epidendrum lloense Lindl. 1992

~Diothonea megalospatha (Rchb. f.) Garay & Dunst. 1965 - See Epidendrum megalospathum Rchb.f. 1877

~Diothonea nutans (Lindl.) C. Schweinf. 1944 - See Hemiscleria nutans Lindl. 1853

~Diothonea oppositifolia [A.Rich& Gal.]Rchb.f - See Hexisea imbricata Rchb.f 1862

~Diothonea rhodochila Schltr. 1924 - See Epidendrum megalospathum Rchb.f. 1877

~Diothonea sodiroi Schltr. 1916 - See Epidendrum megalospathum Rchb.f. 1877

~*Diothonea suavis Rchb. f. & Warsz. 1854 - See Epidendrum suavis (Rchb. f. & Warsz.) Løjtnant 1977

~Diothonea viridiflora Schltr.1921 - See Epidendrum neoviridiflorum Hágsater 1992

~Dipera Spreng 1826 - See Disperis Sw. 1800 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Diseae, SUBTRIBE Disinae.

~Dipera capensis (L.) Spreng. 1826 - See Disperis capensis (L.) Sw.1800

~Dipera cucullata Spreng. 1826 - See Disperis cucullata Sw.1800

~Dipera secunda (Thunb.) Spreng. 1826 - See Disperis circumflexa (L.) T.Durand & Schinz 1894

~Dipera villosa (L.f.) Spreng. 1826 - See Disperis villosa (L.f.) Sw. 1800

~`Diperis Wight 1852 - See Disperis Sw. 1800 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Diseae, SUBTRIBE Disinae.

~Diphryllum Raf. 1808 - See Listera R.Br. 1813 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Neottieae, SUBTRIBE Listerinae.

~Diphryllum australe Kuntze 1891 - See Listera australis Lindl. 1840

~Diphryllum bifolium Raf. 1808 - See Listera australis Lindl. 1840

~Diphryllum cordatum Kuntze 1891 - See Listera cordata (L.) R. Br 1813

~Diphryllum japonicum (Blume) Kuntze 1891 - See Neottia japonica (Blume) Szlach. 1995

~Diphryllum ovatum Kuntze 1891 - See Listera ovata (Linne) R. Brown 1813

~Diphryllum pinetorum (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891 - See Neottia pinetorum (Lindl.) Szlach. 1995

~Diphyes Bl. 1825 - See Bulbophyllum Thouars 1822 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Dendrobieae, SUBTRIBE Bulbophyllinae.

~*Diphyes cernua Bl. 1825 - See Bulbophyllum cernuum [Bl.]Lindl. 1830

~Diphyes crocea Blume 1825 - See Bulbophyllum croceum Lindl. 1830

~*Diphyes flavescens Blume 1825 - See Bulbophyllum flavescens (Blume) Lindl. 1830

~*Diphyes gibbosa Bl 1825 - See Bulbophyllum gibbosum Lindl. 1830

~*Diphyes hirsuta Blume 1825 - See Bulbophyllum hirsutum Lindl. 1830

~*Diphyes laxiflora Blume 1825 - See Bulbophyllum laxiflorum [Bl.] Lindl.1830

~*Diphyes mutabilis Bl. 1825 - See Bulbophyllum mutabile [Bl.] Lindl. 1830

~*Diphyes obtusa Blume 1825 - See Bulbophyllum obtusum (Blume) Lindl.1830

~Diphyes occulata (Thouars) Kuntze 1891 - See Bulbophyllum occultum Thouars 1822

~Diphyes occulta (Thouars) Kuntze 1891 - See Bulbophyllum occultum Thouars 1822

~*Diphyes odorata Blume 1825 - See Bulbophyllum odoratum (Blume) Lindl. 1830

~*Diphyes ovalifolia Bl. 1825 - See Bulbophyllum ovalifolium Lindl. 1830

~Diphyes pusilla Blume 1825 - See Bulbophyllum ovalifolium Lindl. 1830

~ *Diphyes sulcata Blume 1825 - See Bulbophyllum sulcatum (Blume) Lindl. 1830

~Diphyes tenella Blume 1825 - See Bulbophyllum tenellum Lindl. 1830

~*Diphyes tenuifolia Blume 1825 - See Bulbophyllum tenuifolium (Blume) Lindl. 1830

~*Diphyes tortuosa Blume 1825 - See Bulbophyllum tortuosum [Bl.] Lindl. 1830

~*Diphyes violacea Blume 1825 - See Bulbophyllum violaceum (Blume) Lindl. 1830

Diphylax Hkr.f. 1889 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Orchideae, SUBTRIBE Orchidinae.

There are 4 species in this terrestrial genus confined to China and the surrounding Himalayan areas.

Common Name or Meaning The Two Guards Orchid [refers to the 2 long staminodes that appear to guard the anther]

Type Species = ! = Diphylax urceolata (C.B.Clarke) Hook.f. 1889

1. !Diphylax urceolata (C.B.Clarke) Hook.f. 1889

   

~Diplacorchis Schltr. 1921 - See Brachycorythis Lindl. 1838 SUBFAMILY Orchidiodeae, TRIBE Orchideae, SUBTRIBE Orchidinae.

~Diplacorchis disoides (Ridl.) Schltr. 1921 - See Brachycorythis disoides (Ridl.) Kraenzl. 1898

~Diplecthrum Pers. 1807 - See Satyrium Swartz 1800 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Diseae, SUBTRIBE Disinae

~*Diplectrum amoenum Thouars 1822 - See Satyrium amoenum (Thouars) A.Rich. 1828

~Diplectrum bicallosum (Thunb.) Pers.1807 - See Satyrium bicallosum Thunb. 1794

~Diplectrum bracteatum (L.f.) Pers. 1807 - See Satyrium bracteatum (L.f.) Thunb. 1794

~Diplectrum coriifolium (Sw.) Pers.1807 - See Satyrium coriifolium Sw. 1800

~Diplectrum cucullatum Pers. 1807 - See Satyrium bicorne (L.) Thunb. 1794

~Diplectrum cuculliflorum Salisb. 1812 - See Satyrium bicorne (L.) Thunb. 1794

~Diplectrum erectum Pers.1807 - See Satyrium coriifolium Sw. 1800

~Diplectrum membranaceum Pers. 1807 - See Satyrium membranaceum Sw. 1800

~Diplectrum parviflorum (Sw.) Pers. 1807 - See Satyrium parviflorum Sw. 1800

~Diplectrum pumilum Pers. 1807 - See Satyrium pumilum Thunb. 1794

~*Diplocaulobium Rchb.f. - See Diplocaulobium [Rchb.f]Krzl. 1910 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Dendrobieae, SUBTRIBE Dendrobiinae.

Diplocaulobium [Rchb.f]Kranzlin 1910 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Dendrobieae, SUBTRIBE Dendrobiinae.

A genus of 100 small epiphytic or lithophytic orchids from Malaysia, to Australia and out to the Philippines, and differ from Dendrobium in their one leafed psuedobulbs and axillary, solitary, ephemeral flowers. They have creeping stems with swollen small, clustered pseudobulbs and have either grooved, attenuate-pyriform, or narrow except for the swollen, ridged and sheathed base and carrying a single, apical, oblong-ligulate leaf.

Common Name or Meaning refers to this genus having 2 diferent types of pseudobulbs on the same plant

Synonyms *Diplocaulobium Rchb.f

Type Species = ! = Dendrobium nitidissimum Rchb.f 1876 = Diplocaulobium nitidissimum [Rchb.f]Kraenzel 1910

1. Diplocaulobium abbreviatum (Schltr.) A.D.Hawkes 1957

   SECTION Diplocaulobium

   

2. Diplocaulobium arachnoideum (Schlechter) Carr 1934

   THROUGH

3. Diplocaulobium aratriferum (J.J. Sm.) P.F. Hunt & Summerh. 1961

   SECTION Diplocaulobium

   

4. Diplocaulobium auricolor (J.J.Sm.) A.D.Hawkes 1957

   

5. Diplocaulobium brevicolle (J.J.Sm.) Kraenzl.1910

6. Diplocaulobium centrale (J.J.Sm.) P.F.Hunt & Summerh. 1961

   SECTION Diplocaulobium

   

7. Diplocaulobium chrysotropis (Schltr.) A.D. Hawkes

   SECTION Goniobulbon

   and

8. Diplocaulobium clemensiae (Ames) A.D.Hawkes 1957

   

9. Diplocaulobium compressicolle P.F. Hunt& Summerh. 1961

   

10. Diplocaulobium cyclobulbon (Schltr.) A.D.Hawkes 1957

    

11. Diplocaulobium dichrotropis (Schltr.) A.D.Hawkes 1957

    SECTION Goniobulbon

    

12. Diplocaulobium fariniferum (Schltr.) Carr 1934

    

13. Diplocaulobium glabrum (J.J. Sm.) Kraenzl. 1910

    SECTION Goniobulbon

    THROUGH

14. Diplocaulobium hydrophilum [J.J.Sm.] Kraenzl.1910

    LATE THROUGH EARLY

15. Diplocaulobium jadunae [Schlechter] Hawkes 1957

    LATE THROUGH MID

16. Diplocaulobium kirchianum (A.D.Hawkes & A.H.Heller) P.F.Hunt & Summerh. 1961

    

17. Diplocaulobium longicolle (Lindl.) Kraenzl. 1910

    

    ~Diplocaulobium malayanum Carr 1932 - See Diplocaulobium longicolle (Lindl.) Kraenzl. 1910

18. Diplocaulobium mekynosepalum (Schltr.) Kraenzl. 1910

    SECTION Diplocaulobium

    To

19. Diplocaulobium nitidissimum (Rchb.f.) Kraenzl. 1910

    

20. Diplocalobium obyrnei Harris 1997

    SECTION Diplocaulobium

    

21. Diplocaulobium phalangium (Schltr.) Kraenzl. 1910

    TO

22. Diplocaulobium pulvilliferum (Schltr.) A.D.Hawkes 1957

    

23. Diplocaulobium regale var euanthe [Schlechter] A.D.Hawkes 1957

    SECTION Diplocaulobium

    To

24. Diplocaulobium species

25. Diplocaulobium stelliferum (J.J.Smith) A.D.Hawkes 1957

    SECTION Goniobulbon

    

26. Diplocaulobium tentaculatum (Schltr.) Kraenzl. 1910

    

27. Diplocaulobium tipula (J.J. Sm.) Kraenzl. 1910

28. Diplocaulobium validicolle (J.J. Sm.) Kraenzl. 1910

    

~Diplochilus Lindl. 1932 - See Diplomeris D.Don 1825

~*Diplochilus hirsutus Lindl. 1832 - See Diplomeris hirsuta (Lindl.) Lindl. 1835

~Diplochilus longifolius Lindl. 1832 - See Diplomeris pulchella D.Don 1825

~Diplodium Sw. 1810 - See Pterostylis R. Brown 1810 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Diurideae, SUBTRIBE Pterostylidinae.

~Diplodium abruptum (D.L.Jones) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002 - See Pterostylis abrupta D.L.Jones 1985

~Diplodium aestivum (D.L.Jones) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002 - See Pterostylis aestiva D.L.Jones 1972

~Diplodium alata ( Labill. ) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002 - See Pterostylis alata ( Labill. ) Rchb.f. 1871

~Diplodium alveatum (Garnet) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002 - See Pterostylis alveata Garnet 1939

~Diplodium asperum ( D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. ) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002 - See Pterostylis aspera D.L. Jones & M.A. Clem. 1989

~Diplodium atrans ( D.L.Jones ) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002 - See Pterostylis atrans D.L.Jones 1994

~Diplodium australe Sw. 1810 - See Pterostylis alata ( Labill. ) Rchb.f. 1871

~Diplodium coccinum (Fitzg.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002 - See Pterostylis coccina Fitzg.1878

~Diplodium decurvum (R.S.Rogers) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002 - See Pterostylis decurva R.S.Rogers 1923

~Diplodium dolichochilum (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002 - See Pterostylis dolichochila D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 1986

~Diplodium elegans (D.L.Jones) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002 - See Pterostylis elegans D.L.Jones 1997

~Diplodium fischii (Nicholls) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002 - See Pterostylis fischii Nicholls 1950

~Diplodium grandiflorum ( R.Br. ) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002 - See Pterostylis grandiflora R. Br. 1810

~Diplodium hamiltonii ( Nicholls ) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002 - See Pterostylis hamiltonii Nicholls 1933

~Diplodium hians (D.L.Jones) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem 2002 - See Pterostylis hians D.L.Jones 1997

~Diplodium laxum (Blackmore) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002 - See Pterostylis laxa Blackmore 1968

~Diplodium longicurvum ( Rupp ) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002 - See Pterostylis longicurva Rupp 1941

~Diplodium longipetalum (Rupp) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002 - See Pterostylis longipetala Rupp 1943

~Diplodium revolutum ( R.Br. ) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002 - See Pterostylis revoluta R. Br 1810

~Diplodium robustum (R.S.Rogers) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002 - See Pterostylis robusta R.S.Rogers 1927

~Diplodium rogersii (E.Coleman) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002 - See Pterostylis rogersii E. Coleman 1929

~Diplodium russellii (T.E.Hunt) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002 -See Pterostylis russellii T.E.Hunt 1952

~Diplodium scabrum ( Lindl. ) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002 - See Pterostylis scabra Lindl. 1840

~Diplodium striatum (Fitzg.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002 - See Pterostylis alata ( Labill. ) Rchb.f. 1871

~Diplodium tenuissimum (Nicholls) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem 2002 - See Pterostylis tenuissima Nicholls 1950

~Diplodium truncatum ( Fitzg. ) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002 - See Pterostylis truncata Fitzg.

~`Diplogastra Welw. ex Rchb.f. 1865 - See Platylepis A. Rich. 1828?] SUBFAMILY Spiranthoideae, TRIBE Cranichideae SUBTRIBE Goodyerinae

~Diplogastra angolensis Welw. ex Rchb.f. 1865 - See Platylepis glandulosa (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1877

Diplomeris D.Don 1825 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Orchideae

There are 4 species in this little seen terrestrial genus from the Himalayas

Common Name or Meaning The Two Appendaged Orchid

Synonyms Diplochilus Lindl. 1932; Paragnathis Spreng. 1826

Type Species = ! = Diplomeris pulchella D.Don 1825

~Diplomeris boxallii Rolfe in F.W.L.Kraenzlin 1898 - See Diplomeris pulchella D.Don 1825

1. Diplomeris hirsuta (Lindl.) Lindl. 1835

   To

2. Diplomeris pulchella D.Don 1825

   

`Diploprora Hook.f. 1890 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Aeridinae, SUBTRIBE Vandeae.

There are 2 species in this monopodial genus restricted to the India to Thailand corridor. It is related to the genus Vanda but is easy to see why they were always considered different.

Common Name or Meaning The Double Bow Orchid [refers to the bifurcate lip apex]

Type Species = ! = Diploprora championii (Lindl.) Hook.f. 1890

~Diploprora bicaudata (Thwaites) Schltr. 1919 - See Diploprora championii (Lindl.) Hook.f. 1890

1. Diploprora championii (Lindl.) Hook.f. 1890

   to

   ~Diploprora championii var. uraiensis (Hayata) S.S.Ying 1988 - See Diploprora championii (Lindl.) Hook.f. 1890

   ~Diploprora kusukusensis Hayata 1914 - See Diploprora championii (Lindl.) Hook.f. 1890

   ~Diploprora uraiensis Hayata 1914 - See Diploprora championii (Lindl.) Hook.f. 1890

2. Diploprora truncata Rolfe ex Downie 1925

   

Dipodium R. Brown 1810 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Cymbidieae, SUBTRIBE Eulophiinae.

There are twenty some species in this fascinating saprophytic genus from Southern China, S.E. Asia, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia and the Philippines. These terrestrials can be either leafless with short, slender stems with reduced bracts or leafed with long climbing vinelike plants that grow from the apex and have roots throughout and branch irregularly, and strangely enough there is a group within the genus that has a monopodial-like growth habit similar to Vanda but this genus is a part of the Cyrtopodiinae. They need shade, warmth and a large area as they are scrambling terrestrials that can be potted in coarse bark, leafmold and sphagnum moss and need an even watering schedule year round.

Common Name or Meaning refers to the double stipites on the pollina that attach it to the viscidium

Synonyms Hydranthus Kuhl & Hasselt ex Rchb.f. 1862; Leopardanthus Bl. 1849; Trichochilus Ames 1932; Wailesia Lindley 1849

Type Species = ! = Dipodium punctatum [J.E.Sm.] R. Br. 1810

1. Dipodium campanulatum D.L.Jones 1991

   To

   ~Dipodium elatum J.J.Sm. 1908 - See Dipodium scandens (Blume) J.J.Sm. 1905

2. Dipodium ensifolium F. Mueller 1825

   to

3. Dipodium hamiltonianum F.M.Bailey 1881

   LATE

   ~Dipodium khasianum Griff 1851 - See Sunipia bicolor (Lindl.) Lindl. 1833

   ~Dipodium khasyanum Griff 1851 - See Sunipia bicolor (Lindl.) Lindl. 1833

4. Dipodium paludosum (Griff.) Rchb. f. 1862

   to LATE

5. Dipodium pandanum F.M.Bailey 1902

   SECTION Wailesia

   

   ~Dipodium pandanum F.M.Bailey 1902 - See Dipodium pandanum F.M.Bailey 1902

   ~Dipodium pandanum var. pilotaenia Schltr. 1914 - See Dipodium pandanum F.M.Bailey 1902

6. Dipodium pardalinum D.L.Jones 1996

   To

7. Dipodium pictum (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1862

   

   ~Dipodium punctatum (Sm.) R.Br.1810 - See Dipodium squamatum (G.Forst.) R.Br. 1810

   ~Dipodium punctatum var. hamiltonianum (F.M.Bailey) F.M.Bailey 1883 - See Dipodium hamiltonianum F.M.Bailey 1881

8. Dipodium roseum D. Jones & M.A. Clem. 1991

   To

9. Dipodium scandens (Blume) J.J.Sm. 1905

   

10. Dipodium squamatum (G.Forst.) R.Br. 1810

    To

11. Dipodium variegatum M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 1987

    To EARLY

A genus of 12 species from South America found in wet or dry forests from sea-level to 1000 meters and are best mounted to accommodate the pendant inflorescence and should be grown in cool to warm conditions and kept from drying out completely. They are characterized by tiny pseudobulbs that have a single leaf and are surrounded by distichous, thick, leaf-like sheaths, an axillary inflorescence with spurless, insect-like yellow flowers with 4 hard, ovoid pollina.

Common Name or Meaning refers to the 2 winged flower and it's resemblance to a small fly

Type Species = ! = Ornithocephalus pseudobulbifer Barb Rod. 1877 = Dipteranthus pseudobulbifer Barb. Rodr. 1881

~*Dipteranthus peruvianus Schltr. 1916 - See Notylia peruviana (Schltr.) C.Schweinf. 1946

~Dipteranthus bradei Schltr. 1922 - See Zygostates bradei (Schltr.) Garay 1967

1. Dipteranthus duchii Pabst 1971

2. Dipteranthus estradae Dodson 1977

   

3. Dipteranthus grandiflorus [Lindley]Pabst 1966

   To

4. Dipteranthus ovatipetalus Brade 1932

   

   ~Dipteranthus pellucidus (Rchb.f.) Cogn. 1905 - See Zygostates pellucida Rchb.f. 1863

   ~Dipteranthus planifolius (Rchb.f.) Garay 1956 - See Dipteranthus estradae Dodson 1977

   ~Dipteranthus pseudobulbiferus (Barb.Rodr.) Barb.Rodr. 1882 - See Zygostates pellucida Rchb.f. 1863

   ~Dipteranthus pustulatus (Kraenzl.) Pabst 1966 - See Zygostates pustulata (Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1926

5. Dipteranthus sp.

   

~Dipterostele Schltr. 1921- See Stellilabium Schlechter 1915 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Maxillarieae, SUBTRIBE Telipogoninae

~ Dipterostele lankesteri (Ames) Garay & G.A. Romero 1998 - Seee Telipogon lankesteri Ames 1923

~Dipterostele minutiflora [Kraenzlin] Schlechter 1923 - See Stellilabium minutiflorum (Kraenzl.) Garay 1969

~Dipterostele tanii (Dodson) Garay & G.A.Romero 1998 - See - See Stellilabium astroglossum [Rchb.f] Schlechter 1914

Disa Berg. 1767 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Orchideae, SUBTRIBE Orchidinae.

A genus made up of 130 terrestrial herbs with tuberous roots widespread throughout tropical Africa as well as South Africa, Madagascar and the Mascarenes. They are characterized by having ovoid, globose or ellipsoid tubers that give rise to a flowering stem with leaves and sheathing leaves or a separate sterile shoot with leaves only. This genus blooms on a racemose, one to many flowered inflorescence with free sepals, the spurred dorsal sepal that generally forms a hood and large, spreading lateral sepals, and the smaller petals, which can be entire or lobed and often held within the hood. The lip is narrow and not spurred and carries a short column, an erect, horizontal or reflexed anther, a cushion-like stigma lying beneath the anther which carries 2 pollina each with a caudicle and a viscidium. These plants need cool to cold temperatures and kept quite humid and wet while growing and then a definite decrease after flowering.

Common Name or Meaning Refers to the beauty that some flowers within this genus posses

Synonyms Orthopenthea Rolfe 1912; Penthea Lindley 1835

Type Species = ! = Disa uniflora Berg. 1767

1. Disa aconitoides Sond. 1846

   SECTION Aconitoideae Kraenzl.

   

   ~Disa aconitoides subsp. concinna (N.E.Br.) H.P.Linder 1981 - See Disa aconitoides Sond. 1846

   ~Disa aconitoides subsp. goetzeana (Kraenzl.) H.P.Linder 1981 - See Disa aconitoides Sond. 1846

   ~Disa adolphi-fridericii Kraenzl. 1909 - See Disa ochrostachya Rchb.f. 1865

   ~Disa affinis N.E.Br.1885 - See Disa comosa (Rchb.f.) Schltr.1901

   ~Disa alpina Hook.f. 1864 - See Brownleea parviflora Harv. ex Lindl. 1842

2. Disa alticola H.P.Linder 1981

   SECTION Emarginatae Linder

   LATE EARLY

   ~Disa amblyopetala Schltr.1915 - See Disa hircicornis Rchb.f. 1881

3. Disa amoena H.P.Linder 1981

   SECTION Stenocarpa Lindl.

   

   ~Disa apetala Kraenzl. 1895 - See Brownleea parviflora Harv. ex Lindl. 1842

4. Disa aristata H.P.Linder 1981

   SECTION Stenocarpa Lindl.

   

5. Disa atricapilla (Harv. ex Lindl.) Bolus 1882

   SECTION Disa Linder

   To LATE

6. Disa atrorubens Schltr. 1897

   SECTION Monadenia

   LATE

   ~Disa attenuata Lindl. 1838 - See Disa sagittalis (L. f.) Sw. 1800

   ~Disa aurantiaca Rchb.f. 1867 - See Disa ochrostachya Rchb.f. 1865

7. Disa aurata (Bolus) L.T.Parker & Koop. 1993

   SECTION Disa Linder

   

   ~Disa auriculata Bolus 1896 - See Disa densiflora (Lindl.) Bolus 1889

   ~Disa bakeri Rolfe 1907 - See Disa stairsii Kraenzl. 1892

8. Disa barbata (L.f.) Sw. 1800

   SECTION Herschelianthe Linder

   LATE

   ~Disa barelii Puydt. 1880 - See Disa uniflora P.J. Bergius 1767

9. Disa basutorum Schltr. 1895

   

10. Disa baurii Bolus 1889

    SECTION Herschelianthe Linder

    

    ~Disa bifida Sw. 1800 - See Schizodium bifidum (Thunb.) Rchb. f. 1883

    ~Disa bisetosa Kraenzl.1914 - See Disa aconitoides Sond. 1846

11. Disa bivalvata (L. f.) T. Durand & Schinz. 1892

    SECTION Disa SERIES Complanae Linder

    to

12. Disa bodkinii Bolus 1885

    SECTION Disa

    

13. Disa bolusiana Schltr. 1897

    SECTION Monadenia

    LATEEARLY

14. Disa bracteata Sw. 1800

    SECTION Monadenia

    

    ~Disa bracteata Lindl. 1838 - See Disa cylindrica (Thunb.) Sw. 1800

15. Disa brevicornis (Lindl.) Bolus 1889

    SECTION Monadenia

    LATE EARLIER

16. Disa buchenaviana Kraenzl. 1882

    SECTION Emarginatae Linder

    To LATE

17. Disa caffra Bolus 1889

    SECTION Hircicornes Kraenzl.

    EARLY

    ~Disa caerulea (Harv. ex Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1881 - See Brownleea coerulea Harv. ex Lindl. 1842

18. Disa cardinalis H.P.Linder 1980

    SECTION Disa

    

    ~Disa carsonii N.E.Br. 1898 - See Disa erubescens Rendle 1895

19. Disa caulescens Lindl. 1838

    SECTION Disa Linder

    To To

20. Disa cedarbergensis H.P.Linder 1988

    

21. Disa cephalotes Rchb.f. 1881

    SECTION Stenocarpa Lindl.

    

    ~Disa cephalotes subsp. frigida (Schltr.) H.P.Linder 1981 - See Disa cephalotes Rchb.f. 1881

22. Disa cernua [Thunb.] Sw. 1800

    SECTION Monadenia

    

    ~Disa charpentieriana Rchb.f. 1847 - See Disa multifida Lindl. 1838

23. Disa chimanimaniensis (H.P.Linder) H.P.Linder 1999

    SECTION Herschelianthe Linder

    ~Disa chiovendaei Schltr. 1920 - See Disa aconitoides Sond. 1846

24. Disa chrysostachya Sw. 1800

    SECTION Micranthe Lindl.

    LATE EARLY

25. Disa clavicornis H.P.Linder 1984

    SECTION Hircicornes Kraenzl.

    

    ~Disa clavigera (Lindl.) Bolus 1888 - See Schizodium clavigerum Lindl. 1838

    ~Disa coccinea Kraenzl.1902 - See Disa robusta N.E.Br. 1898

    ~Disa coerulea [Harv. ex Lindl.] Rchb.f 1881 - See Brownleea coerulea Harv. ex Lindl. 1842

26. Disa comosa (Rchb.f.) Schltr.1901

    SECTION Monadenia

    

    ~Disa compta Summerh. 1964 - See Disa caffra Bolus 1889

    ~Disa concinna N.E.Br.1898 - See Disa aconitoides Sond. 1846

27. Disa conferta Bolus 1893

    SECTION Monadenia

    

28. Disa cooperi Rchb.f. 1881

    SECTION Hircicornes Kraenzl.

    LATE EARLY

29. Disa cornuta (L.) Sw., Kongl. Vetensk 1800

    SECTION Repandra Lindl.

    and

30. Disa crassicornis Lindl. 1838

    SECTION Hircicornes Kranzlin

    to THROUGH EARLY

    ~Disa culveri Schltr.1895 - See Disa hircicornis Rchb.f. 1881

31. Disa cylindrica (Thunb.) Sw. 1800

    SECTION Monadenia

    EARLY

    ~Disa deckenii Rchb.f. 1881 - See Disa fragrans Schltr. 1895

    ~Disa delphinoides Haw. ex Schltr. 1895 - See Disa aconitoides Sond. 1846

32. Disa densiflora (Lindl.) Bolus 1889

    SECTION Monadenia

    

33. Disa dracomontana Schelpe ex H.P.Linder 1981

    SECTION Stenocarpa

    LATE EARLIER

34. Disa draconis (L.f.) Sw. 1800

    SECTION Coryphaea

    

35. Disa elegans Sond. ex Rchb.f. 1865

    SECTION Disa

    

36. Disa eminii Kraenzl.1894

    LATE

37. Disa engleriana Kraenzl. 1902

    

38. Disa erubescens Rendle 1895

    SECTION Micanthe

    

    ~Disa erubescens subsp. carsonii (N.E.Br.) H.P.Linder 1981 - See Disa erubescens Rendle 1895

    ~Disa erubescens var. carsonii (N.E.Br.) Geerinck 1982 - See Disa erubescens Rendle 1895

    ~ Disa erubescens var. leucantha Schltr. 1915 - See Disa erubescens Rendle 1895

    ~Disa excelsa Sw. 1800 - See Disa tripetaloides [Lf.] N.E. Br. 1889

    ~Disa excelsa Thunb. ex N.E.Br.1884 - See Disa venosa Sw. 1800

    ~Disa falcata Schltr. 1893 - See Disa tripetaloides [Lf.] N.E. Br. 1889

    ~Disa fallax Kranzl. 1893 - See Disa incarnata Lindl. 1838

39. Disa fasciata Lindl. 1838

    SECTION Disa

    

40. Disa ferruginea (Thunb.) Sw. 1800

    SECTION Stenocarpa Lindl.

    to

41. Disa filicornis (L.) Thunb. 1794

    SECTION Disa Linder

    To To

    ~Disa flexuosa (L.) Sw. 1800 - See Schizodium flexuosum (L.) Lindl. 1838

42. Disa fragrans Schltr. 1895

    SECTION Micranthe Lindl.

    

    ~Disa fragrans subsp. deckenii (Rchb.f.) H.P.Linder 1981 - See Disa fragrans Schltr. 1895

    ~Disa frigida Schltr. 1895 - See Disa cephalotes Rchb.f. 1881

    ~Disa gerrardii Rolfe 1913 - See Disa patula Sond. 1846

43. Disa gladioliflora Burch. ex Lindl. 1838

    SECTION Stenocarpa

    

44. Disa glandulosa Burch. ex Lindl. 1838

    SECTION Coryphaea

    

    ~Disa goetzeana Kraenzl. 1900 - See Disa aconitoides Sond. 1846

    ~Disa gracilis Lindl. 1838 - See Disa chrysostachya Sw. 1800

45. Disa graminifolia Ker Gawl. ex Spreng.1826

    SECTION Herschelianthe Linder

    to

    ~Disa grandiflora L. f. 1792 - See Disa uniflora P.J. Bergius 1767

    ~ Disa gregoriana Rendle 1895 - See Disa stairsii Kraenzl. 1892

    ~Disa gueinzii (Rchb.f.) Bolus 1889 - See Schizodium clavigerum Lindl. 1838

    ~Disa hamatopetala Rendle 1894 - See Disa baurii Bolus 1889

46. Disa harveyana Lindl. 1842

    SECTION Coryphaea

    and EARLY

    ~Disa harveyana subsp. longicalcarata S.D.Johnson & H.P.Linder 1995 - See Disa harveyana Lindl. 1842

    ~Disa hemisphaerophora Rchb.f. 1881 - See Disa versicolor Rchb.f. 1865

47. Disa hians Spreng. 1826

    SECTION Herschelianthe Linder

    To LATETo EARLY

48. Disa hircicornis Rchb.f. 1881

    SECTION Hircicornes

    

49. Disa incarnata Lindl. 1838

    LATE

    ~Disa inflexa (Lindl.) Mundt ex Bolus 1888 - See Schizodium inflexum Lindl. 1838

50. Disa intermedia H.P.Linder 1981

    SECTION Emarginatae Linder

    FAINT

    ~Disa jacottetiae Kraenzl. 1915 - See Disa crassicornis Lindl. 1838

    ~Disa kilimanjarica Rendle 1895 - See Disa fragrans Schltr. 1895

    ~Disa kraussii Rolfe 1913 - See Disa pulchra Sond. 1846

    ~Disa lacera Sw. 1800 - See Disa hians Spreng. 1826

    ~Disa laeta Rchb.f. 1881 - See Disa hircicornis Rchb.f. 1881

    ~Disa leopoldii De Wild. & T.Durand 1899 - See Disa walleri Rchb.f., 1881

    ~Disa leucostachys Kraenzl. 1901 - See Disa fragrans Schltr. 1895

51. Disa lineata Bolus 1885

    SECTION Disella

    

    ~Disa longicornis Thunb. 1794 - See Disa longicornu L.f. 1782

52. Disa longicornu L.f. 1782

    SECTION Phlebidia Lindl.

    LATE and EARLY

53. Disa longilabris Schltr. 1906

    SECTION Herschelianthe Linder

    

54. Disa lugens Bolus 1884

    SECTION Herschelianthe Linder

    

    ~Disa lugens var. nigrescens (H.P.Linder) H.P.Linder 1999 - See Disa lugens Bolus 1884

    ~Disa lutea H.P. Linder 1985 - See Disa tenuifolia Sw. 1800

    ~Disa luxurians Kraenzl. 1900 - See Disa stairsii Kraenzl. 1892

    ~Disa macowanii Rchb.f. 1881 - See Disa versicolor Rchb.f. 1865

    ~Disa macroceras Rchb.f. 1881 - See Brownleea coerulea Harv. ex Lindl. 1842

55. Disa macrostachya (Lindl.) Bolus 1889

    SECTION Monadenia

    

56. Disa maculata L.f. 1782

    SECTION Phlebidia

    

    ~Disa maculata Harv. ex Lindl. 1842 - See Disa ocellata Bolus 1884

57. Disa × maculomarronina McMurtry 1984

    SECTION Hircicornes Kraenzl.

    LATE EARLY

58. Disa marlothii Bolus 1905

    SECTION Coryphaea Lindl.

    LATE EARLY

    ~Disa megaceras Hook.f. 1880 - See Disa crassicornis Lindl. 1838

    ~Disa melaleuca (Thunb.) Sw. 1800 - See Disa bivalvata (L. f.) T. Durand & Schinz. 1892

    ~Disa micrantha (Lindl.) Bolus 1888 - See Disa bracteata Sw. 1800

59. Disa miniata Summerh. 1964

    SECTION Micranthe

    

    ~Disa modesta Rchb.f.1847 - See Disa vaginata Harv. ex Lindl. 1842

60. Disa montana Sond. 1846

    SECTION Stenocarpa

    

61. Disa multifida Lindl. 1838

    SECTION Herschelianthe Linder

    

    ~Disa multiflora (Sond.) Bolus 1888 - See Disa densiflora (Lindl.) Bolus 1889

    ~Disa natalensis Lindl 1842 - See Disa polygonoides Lindl. 1838

62. Disa nervosa Lindl. 1838

    SECTION Emarginatae Linder

    LATE

63. Disa nivea H.P.Linder 1981

    SECTION Stenocarpa

    

64. Disa nubigena H.P.Linder 1999

    SECTION Monadenia

    

    ~Disa nyassana Schltr.1915 - See Disa zombica N.E.Br. 1898

    ~Disa obliqua (Lindl.) Bolus 1888 - See Schizodium obliquum Lindl.1838

    ~Disa obliqua subsp. clavigera (Lindl.) Bytebier 2008 - See Schizodium clavigerum Lindl. 1838

65. Disa obtusa Lindl.1838

    SECTION Disella Lindl.

    

    ~Disa obtusa subsp. hottentotica H.P.Linder 1981 - See Disa obtusa Lindl.1838

    ~Disa obtusa subsp. picta (Sond.) H.P.Linder 1981 - See Disa obtusa Lindl.1838

66. Disa ocellata Bolus 1884

    SECTION Disella

    LATE

67. Disa ochrostachya Rchb.f. 1865

    SECTION Micranthe

    

    ~Disa ochrostachya var. major Rendle 1905 - See Disa ochrostachya Rchb.f. 1865

    ~Disa oliveriana Rchb.f. 1886 - See Disa crassicornis Lindl. 1838

68. Disa ophrydea (Lindl.) Bolus 1888

    SECTION Monadenia

    

69. Disa oreophila Bolus 1889

    SECTION Stenocarpa Lindl.

    LATE

    ~Disa oreophila subsp. erecta H.P.Linder 1981 - See Disa oreophila Bolus 1889

70. Disa ornithantha Schltr.1915

    SECTION Micranthe

    

    ~Disa outeniquensis Schltr. 1924 - See Disa hians Spreng. 1826

71. Disa ovalifolia Sond.1846

    SECTION Ovalifoliae Linder

    

    ~Disa pappei Rolfe 1913; sa picta Sond. 1846 - See Disa obtusa Lindl.1838

    ~Disa parviflora (Harv. ex Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1881 - See Brownleea parviflora Harv. ex Lindl. 1842

    ~Disa patens (L. f.) Thunb. 1794 - See Disa tenuifolia Sw. 1800

    ~Disa patens Sw. 1800 - See Disa filicornis (L.) Thunb. 1794

72. Disa patula Sond. 1846

    SECTION Emarginatae Linder

    LATE EARLY

    ~Disa patula var. transvaalensis Summerh. 1938 - See Disa patula Sond. 1846

73. Disa perplexa H.P.Linder 1981

    SECTION Hircicornes

    

    ~Disa perrieri Schltr. 1924 - See Disa caffra Bolus 1889

74. Disa physodes Sw.1800

    SECTION Monadenia

    

75. Disa pillansii L.Bolus 1916

    SECTION Disa

    

    ~Disa poikilantha Kraenzl. 1915 - See Disa montana Sond. 1846

76. Disa polygonoides Lindl. 1838

    SECTION Micranthe

    LATER EARLY

77. Disa porrecta Sw.1800

    

    ~Disa porrecta Ker Gawl. 1818 - See Disa ferruginea (Thunb.) Sw. 1800

78. Disa praecox (H.P.Linder) H.P.Linder 1999

    SECTION Herschelianthe Linder

    

    ~Disa praestans Kraenzl.1902 - See Disa robusta N.E.Br. 1898

    ~Disa praetermissa Schltr. 1924 - See Disa bracteata Sw. 1800

    ~Disa preussii Kraenzl. 1893 - See Brownleea parviflora Harv. ex Lindl. 1842

    ~Disa princeae Kraenzl.1900 - See Disa walleri Rchb.f., 1881

79. Disa pulchra Sond. 1846

    SECTION Stenocarpa

    LATE

80. Disa purpurascens Bolus 1884

    SECTION Herschelianthe

    

81. Disa pygmaea Bolus 1885

    SECTION Monadenia

    

82. Disa racemosa L. f. 1782

    SECTION Disa Linder

    To

    ~Disa recurvata (Sond.) Rchb.f. 1881 - See Brownleea recurvata Sond.1846

    ~Disa reflexa (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1865 - See Disa filicornis (L.) Thunb. 1794

83. Disa reticulata Bolus 1885

    SECTION Monadenia

    

84. Disa rhodantha Schltr. 1895

    SECTION Hircicornes Kraenzl.

    LATE THROUGH EARLY

85. Disa richardiana Lem. ex Bolus 1884

    SECTION Disa

    

86. Disa robusta N.E.Br. 1898

    SECTION Hircicornes

    

87. Disa rosea Lindl. 1838

    SECTION Disa

    LATER

88. Disa rufescens (Thunb.) Sw. 1800

    SECTION Monadenia

    

89. Disa rungweensis Schltr. 1915

    SECTION Australpinae

    

    ~Disa rungweensis subsp. rhodesiaca (Summerh.) Summerh.1964 - See Disa zimbabweensis H.P.Linder 1981

    ~Disa rungweensis var. rhodesiaca Summerh. 1937 - See Disa zimbabweensis H.P.Linder 1981

    ~Disa rutenbergiana Kraenzl. 1882 - See Disa buchenaviana Kraenzl. 1882

90. Disa sabulosa Bolus 1893

    SECTION Monadenia

    

91. Disa sagittalis (L. f.) Sw. 1800

    SECTION Coryphaea

    To

92. Disa salteri G.J.Lewis 1941

    SECTION Amphigena Bolus

    

93. Disa sankeyi Rolfe 1913

    SECTION Micranthae

    

94. Disa saxicola Schltr. 1895

    SECTION Stenocarpa Lindl.

    LATE

95. Disa schizodioides Sond. 1846

    SECTION Disa

    LATE EARLY

96. Disa scullyi Bolus 1885

    SECTION Hircicornes

    LATE EARLY

97. Disa spathulata (L.f.) Sw. 1800

    SECTION Herschelianthe Linder

    

    ~Disa secunda [Thunb.]Sw. 1800 - See Disa racemosa L. f. 1782

    ~Disa sonderiana Schltr. ex Kraenzl. 1900 - See Disa ophrydea (Lindl.) Bolus 1888

    ~Disa spathulata subsp. tripartita (Lindl.) H.P.Linder 1999 - See Disa spathulata (L.f.) Sw. 1800

98. Disa stachyoides Rchb.f. 1881

    SECTION Emarginatae Linder

    LATE

99. Disa stairsii Kraenzl. 1892 SECTION Stoloniferae Linder

    

    ~Disa stenoglossa Bolus 188 - See Disa patula Sond. 1846

    ~Disa stolonifera Rendle 1905 - See Disa eminii Kraenzl.1894

    ~Disa stolzii Schltr.1915 - See Disa erubescens Rendle 1895

100. Disa stricta Sond. 1846

     SECTION Stenocarpa

     LATER

     ~Disa subscutellifera Kraenzl. 1912 - See Disa engleriana Kraenzl. 1902

101. Disa subtenuicornis H.P.Linder 1981

     SECTION Disella Lindl.

     LATE

     ~Disa tabularis Sond. 1846 - See Disa obtusa Lindl.1838

102. Disa telipogonis Rchb.f. 1847

     SECTION Disella Lindl.

     

103. Disa tenella (L.f.) Sw.1800

     SECTION Stenocarpa

     LATE EARLY

     ~Disa tenella subsp. pusilla H.P.Linder 1981 - See Disa tenella (L.f.) Sw.1800

104. Disa tenuifolia Sw. 1800

     SECTION Disa Linder

     To LATE EARLY

105. Disa thodei Schltr. ex Kraenzl.1900

     SECTION Hircicornes

     LATEEARLY

106. Disa triloba Lindl. 1838

     SECTION Coryphaea

     LATE

     ~Disa tripartita Lindl. 1838 - See Disa spathulata (L.f.) Sw. 1800

107. Disa tripetaloides [Lf.] N.E. Br. 1889

     SECTION Disa Linder

     To To LATE

     ~Disa tripetaloides subsp. aurata (Bolus) H.P.Linder 1981 - See Disa aurata (Bolus) L.T.Parker & Koop. 1993

     ~*Disa tripetaloides var. aurata Bolus 1893 - See Disa aurata (Bolus) L.T.Parker & Koop. 1993

108. Disa ukingensis Schltr. 1915

     SECTION Micranthe

     

     ~Disa uliginosa Kraenzl. 1901 - See Disa saxicola Schltr. 1895

109. Disa uncinata Bolus 1884

     SECTION Disella

     EARLY

110. !Disa uniflora P.J. Bergius 1767

     SECTION Disa Linder

     To

111. Disa vaginata Harv. ex Lindl. 1842

     SECTION Coryphaea

     LATE EARLY

     ~Disa vaginata Chiov. 1911 - See Disa aconitoides Sond. 1846

112. Disa vasselotii Bolus ex Schltr. 1901

     SECTION Disa

     

113. Disa venosa Sw. 1800

     SECTION Disa

     

114. Disa venusta Bolus 1884

     SECTION Herschelianthe

     

     ~Disa venosa Lindl. 1838 - See Disa tripetaloides [Lf.] N.E. Br. 1889

115. Disa versicolor Rchb.f. 1865

     SECTION Hircicornes Kraenzl.

     LATE

116. Disa vigilans McMurty & Edwards 2006

     SECTION Stenocarpa Lindl.

     LATE EARLy

117. Disa walleri Rchb.f., 1881

     SECTION Hircicornes

     

118. Disa welwitschii Rchb.f. 1865

     SECTION Micranthe

     

     ~Disa wissmannii Kraenzl. 1895 - See Disa stairsii Kraenzl. 1892

119. Disa woodii Schltr. 1924

     SECTION Micranthae

     

     ~Disa zeyheri Sond.1846 - See Disa porrecta Sw.1800

120. Disa zimbabweensis H.P.Linder 1981

     SECTION Austroalpinae Linder

     LATE

     ~Disa zombaensis Rendle 1894 - See Disa walleri Rchb.f., 1881

121. Disa zombica N.E.Br. 1898

     SECTION Micranthe

     

Discyphus Schltr. 1919 SUBFAMILY Spiranthoideae, TRIBE Cranichideae, SUBTRIBE Spiranthinae. This is a monotypic terrestrial genus occurring in Brazil and related to Spiranthes

Common Name or Meaning The Two Cupped Orchid [refers to the double separated stigmata]

Type Species = ! =

Synonyms Dikylikostigma Kraenzl. 1919

1. Discyphus scopulariae (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 1919

   

   ~Discyphus scopulariae var. longiauriculata Szlach. 1992 - See Discyphus scopulariae (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 1919

Disperis Sw. 1800 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Diseae, SUBTRIBE Disinae.

There are about 80 species occurring in Africa, Madagascar, Mascarene Islands, The Comoros, Seychelles, India and New Guinea as terrestrial to epiphytic orchids and have 2 ovoid to round tubers or fleshy roots from which arise a slender, stem carrying one to several, opposite or alternate, sometimes with white or silver patterning, disticous leaves and bloom on a one to several flowered inflorescence with the dorsal sepal joined to the petals to form a hood, both flat and open, or deep and spurred. The lateral sepals are deflexed and most have a sac-like spur and have two granular pollina and viscidia.

Synonyms Dipera Spreng 1826; Diperis Wight 1852; Dryopaeia 1827; Dryopeia Thou. 1822; Dryopria Thou.1822; Dryorkis Thou. 1809

Common Name or Meaning The Two Pouch Orchid [refers tothen sac-like spurs on the lateral sepals of most species]

Type Species = ! = Disperis secunda Sw. 1800

~*Disperis alata Labill. 1806 - See Pterostylis alata ( Labill. ) Rchb.f. 1871

~Disperis allisonii Rolfe 1913 - See Disperis cooperi Harv. 1863

~Disperis anomala Schltr.1899 - See Disperis stenoplectron Rchb.f. 1881

1. Disperis anthoceros Rchb.f. 1881

   LATE

   ~Disperis anthoceros var. grandiflora Verdc. 1968 - See Disperis anthoceros Rchb.f. 1881

   ~Disperis anthoceros var. humbertii (H.Perrier) la Croix 2002 - See Disperis anthoceros Rchb.f. 1881

   ~Disperis atacorensis A.Chev. 1920 - See Disperis togoensis Schltr. 1905

   ~Disperis bicolor Rolfe 1913 - See Disperis tysonii Bolus 1885

2. Disperis bolusiana Schltr 1898

   LATE EARLY

   ~Disperis bolusiana Schltr. subsp. macrocorys ( Rolfe ) J.C.Manning 1990 - See Disperis bolusiana Schltr 1898

   ~Disperis buchananii Rolfe 1913 - See Disperis cooperi Harv. 1863

3. Disperis capensis (L.) Sw.1800

   EARLY

   ~ Disperis capensis var. brevicaudata Rolfe 1913 - See Disperis capensis (L.) Sw.1800

   ~Disperis cardiopetala Summerh. 1935 - See Disperis togoensis Schltr. 1905

4. Disperis cardiophora Harv. 1863

   LATE

5. Disperis circumflexa (L.) T.Durand & Schinz 1894

   LATE EARLY

   ~Disperis circumflexa subsp. aemula (Schltr.) J.C.Manning 1990 - See Disperis circumflexa (L.) T.Durand & Schinz 1894

   ~Disperis circumflexa var. aemula Schltr. 1898 - See Disperis circumflexa (L.) T.Durand & Schinz 1894

6. Disperis concinna Schltr. 1895

   

7. Disperis cooperi Harv. 1863

   LATER

   ~Disperis cordata Summerh.1933 - See Disperis togoensis Schltr. 1905

8. Disperis cucullata Sw.1800

   LATE EARLY

9. Disperis dicerochila Summerh. 1935

   LATE LATE

10. Disperis discifera H. Perrier 1936

    LATE

11. Disperis egregia Summerh. 1951 publ. 1952

    

    ~Disperis ermelensis Rolfe 1913 - See Disperis cooperi Harv. 1863

12. Disperis fanniniae Harv. 1863

    

    ~Disperis flava Rolfe 1913 - See Disperis wealei Rchb.f. 1881

    ~Disperis gracilis Schltr. 1895 - See Disperis wealei Rchb.f. 1881

    ~Disperis hamadryas Schltr. 1924 - See Disperis anthoceros Rchb.f. 1881

    ~Disperis humbertii H.Perrier 1939 - See Disperis anthoceros Rchb.f. 1881

    ~Disperis javanica J.J.Sm. 1914 - See Disperis neilgherrensis Wight 1851

13. Disperis johnstonii Rchb.f. ex Rolfe 1898

    LATER

    ~Disperis kermesina Rolfe 1913 - See Disperis tysonii Bolus 1885

14. Disperis kilimanjarica Rendle 1895

    

    ~Disperis lantauensis S.Y.Hu 1972 - See Disperis neilgherrensis Wight 1851

15. Disperis lindleyana Rchb.f. 1865

    LATE EARLY

    ~Disperis macrocorys Rolfe 1913 - See Disperis bolusiana Schltr 1898

16. Disperis micrantha Lindl. 1839

    EARLY

    ~Disperis natalensis Rolfe 1913 - See Disperis stenoplectron Rchb.f. 1881

17. Disperis neilgherrensis Wight 1851

    

    ~Disperis nelsonii Rolfe 1913 - See Disperis virginalis Schltr. 1897

18. Disperis oppositifolia Sm. 1808

    

    ~Disperis orientalis Fukuy. 1936 - See Disperis neilgherrensis Wight 1851

19. Disperis oxyglossa Bolus 1885

    

    ~Disperis palawensis (Tuyama) Tuyama 1940 - See Disperis neilgherrensis Wight 1851

20. Disperis paludosa Harv. ex Lindl. 1842

    EARLY

    ~Disperis papuana Michol. & Kraenzl. 1900 - See Disperis neilgherrensis Wight 1851

    ~Disperis philippinensis Schltr. 1911 - See Disperis neilgherrensis Wight 1851

21. Disperis purpurata Rchb.f. 1876

    LATE EARLY

    ~Disperis purpurata var. parviflora Bolus 1885 - See Disperis bolusiana Schltr 1898

22. Disperis reichenbachiana Rchb. f. 1865

    

23. Disperis renibractea Schltr. 1924

    LATE

    ~Disperis rhodoneura Schltr. 1905 - See Disperis neilgherrensis Wight 1851

    ~ Disperis secunda (Thunb.) Sw. 1800 - See Disperis circumflexa (L.) T.Durand & Schinz 1894

    ~Disperis siamensis Rolfe ex Downie 1925 - See Disperis neilgherrensis Wight 1851

24. Disperis stenoplectron Rchb.f. 1881

    EARLY

    ~Disperis stolzii Schltr. 1915 - See Disperis johnstonii Rchb.f. ex Rolfe 1898

    ~Disperis teleplana Maek. 1974 - See Disperis neilgherrensis Wight 1851

25. Disperis thorncroftii Schltr. 1895

    LATE EARLY

26. Disperis togoensis Schltr. 1905

    LATER

27. Disperis tysonii Bolus 1885

    

28. Disperis villosa (L.f.) Sw. 1800

    

29. Disperis virginalis Schltr. 1897

    FAINT

    ~Disperis walkerae Rchb.f. 1876 - See Disperis neilgherrensis Wight 1851

30. Disperis wealei Rchb.f. 1881

    EARLY

    ~Disperis zeylanica Trimen 1885 - See Disperis neilgherrensis Wight 1851

    ~Disperis zeylanica var. neilgherrensis (Wight) Pradhan 1976 - See Disperis neilgherrensis Wight 1851

~Dissorhynchium Schau. 1843 - See Habenaria Willd. 1805 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Orchideae, SUBTRIBE Orchidinae.

~Disticholiparis Marg. & Szlach.2004 - See Liparis L.C.Rich 1817 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Malaxideae SUBTRIBE Liparidinae.

~Disticholiparis anopheles (J.J.Wood) Marg. & Szlach. 2004 - See Liparis anopheles J.J.Wood 1991

~Disticholiparis compressa (Blume) Marg. & Szlach. 2004 - See Liparis compressa [Bl] Lindl. 1830

~Disticholiparis disticha (Thouars) Marg. & Szlach. 2004 - See Liparis disticha [Thouars] Lindl. 1826

~Disticholiparis elmeri (Ames) Marg. & Szlach. 2004 - See Liparis elmeri [Ames] Ames 1911

~Disticholiparis gibbosa (Finet) Marg. & Szlach. 2004 - See Liparis gibbosa Finet 1908

~Disticholiparis gregaria (Lindl.) Marg. & Szlach. 2004 - See Liparis disticha [Thouars] Lindl. 1826

~Disticholiparis merrillii (Ames) Marg. & Szlach. 2004 - See Liparis merrillii (Ames) Schltr. 1911

~Disticholiparis mucronata (Blume) Marg. & Szlach 2004 - See Liparis disticha [Thouars] Lindl. 1826

~Disticholiparis pandurata (Ames) Marg. & Szlach. 2004 - See Liparis pandurata Ames 1920

~Disticholiparis philippinensis (Ames) Marg. & Szlach. 2004 - See Liparis philippinensis (Ames) Schltr. 1911

~Disticholiparis propinqua (Ames) Marg. & Szlach. 2004 - See Liparis disticha [Thouars] Lindl. 1826

~Distichorchis M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Dendrobium Sw. 1799 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Dendrobieae, SUBTRIBE Dendrobiinae.

~Distichorchis angusta (Quisumb.) M.A.Clem. 2003 - See Dendrobium uniflorum Griff. 1851

~Distichorchis angustipetala (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem. 2003 - See Dendrobium angustipetalum J.J.Sm. 1905

~Distichorchis bifaria (Lindl.) M.A.Clem. 2003 - See Dendrobium bifarium Lindl. 1830

~Distichorchis connata (Blume) M.A.Clem. 2003 - See Dendrobium connatum (Blume) Lindl. 1830

~Distichorchis ellipsophylla (Tang & F.T.Wang) M.A.Clem. 2003 - See Dendrobium ellipsophyllum T. Tang & F.T. Wang 1951

~Distichorchis hepatica (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem. 2003 - See Dendrobium hepaticum J.J.Sm.1917

~Distichorchis maraiparensis (J.J.Wood & C.L.Chan) M.A.Clem. 2003 - See Dendrobium maraiparense J.J. Wood & C.L. Chan 1994

~Distichorchis metachilina (Rchb.f.) M.A.Clem. 2003 - See Dendrobium metachilinum Rchb.f. 1855

~Distichorchis nabawanensis (J.J.Wood & A.L.Lamb) M.A.Clem. 2003 - See Dendrobium nabawanense J.J.Wood & A.L.Lamb 1994

~Distichorchis olivacea (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem. 2003 - See Dendrobium olivaceum J.J.Sm. 1912

~Distichorchis pachyantha (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. 2003 - See Dendrobium pachyanthum Schltr. 1911

~Distichorchis quadrisulcata (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem. 2003 - See Dendrobium quadrisulcatum J.J. Sm. 1917

~Distichorchis revoluta (Lindl.) M.A.Clem. 2003 - See Dendrobium revolutum Lindl. 1840

~Distichorchis uniflora (Griff.) M.A.Clem. 2003 - See Dendrobium uniflorum Griff. 1851

~`Distomaea Spen. 1825 - See Listera R.Br. 1813 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Neottieae, SUBTRIBE Listerinae

~Distomaea cordata (L.) Spenn. 1825 - See Listera cordata (L.) R. Br. 1813

~Distomaea nidus-avis (L.) Spenn. 1825 - See Neottia nidus-avis (Linne) L.C.M. Richard 1818

~Distomaea ovata (L.) Spenn. 1825 - See Listera ovata (Linne) R. Brown 1813

~Diteilis Raf. 1833 - See Liparis L.C.Rich 1817 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Malaxideae.

~Diteilis elata (Lindl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2005 - See Liparis nervosa (Thunb.) Lindl. 1830

~Diteilis formosana (Rchb.f.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2005 - See Liparis nervosa (Thunb.) Lindl. 1830

~Diteilis nepalensis Raf. 1833 - See Liparis nervosa (Thunb.) Lindl. 1830

~Diteilis nervosa (Thunb.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2005 - See Liparis nervosa (Thunb.) Lindl. 1830

~Diteilis rheedei (Lindl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2005 - See Liparis rheedei Lindl. 1830

~Diteilis walkeriae (Graham) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2005 - See Liparis walkeriae Graham 1836

~`Dituilis Raf. 1836[1838] - See Liparis L.C.Rich 1817 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Malaxideae.

~Dituilis nepalensis Raf. 1836 - See Liparis nervosa (Thunb.) Lindl. 1830

~`Ditulima Raf. 1838 - See Dendrobium Sw. SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Dendrobieae, SUBTRIBE Dendrobiinae.

~Ditulima anceps (Sw.) Raf. 1836 - See Dendrobium anceps Sw. 1800

Diuris J.E. Smith 1798 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Neottieae, SUBTRIBE Listerinae.

There are 40 species in this terrestrial genus confined to Java and Australia. They have subglobose tubers giving rise to a stem with overlapping basal scales and carrying narrow-lanceolate to linear, grassy, often paired leaves with a few sheathing beracts above. The genus blooms on an erect, tall, one to many flowered, racemose inflorescence. The flowers have erect, clawed petals and an erect, hooded, clasping the column dorsal sepal and long, narrow, strongly decurved to occassionally crossing lateral sepals and the lip is equal to or exceeding the dorsal sepal and is basally narrowed, keeled, trilobed and the lateral lobes are often reduced.

Common Name or Meaning refers to the thin, limp sepals - Double Tails

Type Species = ! = Diuris maculata J.E. Sm. 1806

1. Diuris abbreviata F.Muell. ex Benth. 1873

   To

2. Diuris aequalis. ex Fitzg. 1876

   LATER

3. Diuris alba R.Br. 1810

   

   ~Diuris althoferi Rupp 1948 - See Diuris abbreviata F.Muell. ex Benth. 1873

4. Diuris amplissima D.L. Jones 1991

   to

5. Diuris aurea Sm. 1804

   To LATE

   ~Diuris aurea var. obtusa Benth. 1873 - See Diuris aurea Sm. 1804

6. Diuris basaltica D.L.Jones 2006

   

7. Diuris behrii Schltdl. 1847

   

   ~Diuris brevissima Nichols 1942 - See Diuris maculata Sm. 1806

8. Diuris brumalis D.L.Jones 1991

   

9. Diuris carinata Lindl. 1840

   

10. Diuris chrysantha D. Jones & M.A. Clem. 1987

    to

11. Diuris chryseopsis D.L.Jones 1998

    To LATE

    ~Diuris citrina Nicholls 1950 - See Diuris abbreviata F.Muell. ex Benth. 1873

    ~Diuris colemaniae Rupp 1940 - See Diuris tricolor Fitzg. 1885

12. Diuris corymbosa Lindl. 1840

    LATE to

    ~Diuris cucullata Rupp 1948 - See Diuris abbreviata F.Muell. ex Benth. 1873

    ~Diuris curvifolia Lindl. 1840 - See Diuris maculata Sm. 1806

13. Diuris dendrobioides Fitzg. 1882

    LATE EARLY

14. Diuris disposita D.L.Jones 1991

    

15. Diuris drummondii Lindl. 1840

    to LATE to EARLY

    ~Diuris elongata Sw. 1805 - See Diuris punctata Sm. 1804

16. Diuris emarginata R. Br. 1810

    to LATE to EARLY

    ~Diuris emarginata var. pauciflora (R.Br.) A.S.George 1971 - See Diuris pauciflora R. Br. 1810

17. Diuris fragrantissima D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 1989

    

18. Diuris fucosa D.L.Jones 2006

19. Diuris goonooensis Rupp 1955

    

20. Diuris gregaria D.L.Jones 2006

    

21. Diuris heberlei D.L. Jones 1991

    To

22. Diuris laevis Fitz. 1882

    to

23. Diuris lanceolata Lindl. 1840

    To LATE

    ~Diuris latifolia Rupp 1951 - See Diuris sulphurea R. Brown 1810

24. Diuris laxiflora Lindl. 1840

    To LATE EARLY

    ~Diuris lilacina F.Muell. ex Lindl. 1854 - See Diuris punctata Sm. 1804

25. Diuris longifolia R. Br. 1810

    

    ~Diuris longifolia var. corymbosa (Lindl.) Domin 1912 - See Diuris corymbosa Lindl. 1840

26. !Diuris maculata Sm. 1806

    to

27. Diuris magnifica D.L. Jones 1991

    

28. Diuris micrantha D.L. Jones 1991

    To

29. Diuris monticola D.L.Jones 1998

    EARLY

    ~Diuris oculata F.Muell. ex Lindl. 1854 - See Diuris sulphurea R. Brown 1810

30. Diuris orientis D.L.Jones 1998

    To

31. Diuris × palachila R.S.Rogers 1907

    LATE

    ~Diuris pallens Benth. 1873 - See Diuris pedunculata R.Br. 1810

32. Diuris pardina Lindley 1840

    

33. Diuris parvipetala (Dockrill) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 1987

    To LATE

34. Diuris pauciflora R. Br. 1810

    To LATE

35. Diuris pedunculata R.Br. 1810

    To LATE

    ~Diuris pedunculata var. gigantea Nicholls 1933 - See Diuris pedunculata R.Br. 1810

    ~Diuris pedunculata var. lanceolata (Lindl.) Domin 1915 - See Diuris lanceolata Lindl. 1840

36. Diuris picta J R Drumm 1853

    To

37. Diuris pulchella D.L. Jones 1991

    to LATEto

38. Diuris punctata Sm. 1804

    to

    ~Diuris punctata f. sulphurea (Rupp) Dockrill 1964 - See Diuris punctata Sm. 1804

    ~Diuris punctata var. alba (R.Br.) Ewart & B.Rees 1913 - See Diuris alba R.Br. 1810

    ~Diuris punctata var. daltonii C.Walter 1907 - See Diuris punctata Sm. 1804

    ~*Diuris punctata var. parvipetala Dockrill 1964 - See Diuris parvipetala (Dockrill) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 1987

    ~Diuris punctata var. sulphurea Rupp 1944 - See Diuris punctata Sm. 1804

39. Diuris purdiei Diels 1903

    

40. Diuris recurva D.L. Jones 1991

    to

    ~Diuris rhomboidalis Rupp 1941 - See Diuris abbreviata F.Muell. ex Benth. 1873

41. Diuris semilunulata Messmer 1943 publ. 1944

    

42. Diuris setacea R. Br. 1810

    To

    ~Diuris setacea var. emarginata (R.Br.) Domin 1912 - See Diuris emarginata R. Br. 1810

    ~Diuris sheaffiana Fitzg.1891 - See Diuris tricolor Fitzg. 1885

    ~Diuris spathulata Sw. 1805 - See Diuris aurea Sm. 1804

43. Diuris sulphurea R. Brown 1810

    LATE

    ~Diuris sulphurea f. immaculata Gand. 1900 - See Diuris sulphurea R. Brown 1810

    ~Diuris sulphurea f. tasmanica Gand. 1900 - See Diuris sulphurea R. Brown 1810

44. Diuris tricolor Fitzg. 1885

    

45. Diuris venosa Rupp 1926

    LATE EARLY

Dockrillia Brieger 1981 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Dendrobieae, SUBTRIBE Dendrobiinae

This genus was recently carved out of Dendrobium.

Common Name or Meaning Named for A. W. Dockrill an Australian orchidist

Synonyms Callista Lour. 1790

Type Species = ! = ?

1. Dockrillia banksii D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2005

   LATE

   ~Dockrillia baseyana (St.Cloud) Rauschert 1983 - See Dockrillia teretifolia (R. Br.) Brieger 1981

   ~Dockrillia beckleri (F. Muell.) Rauschert 1983 - See Dockrillia schoenina (Lindl.) M.A. Clem. & D.L. Jones 19961983

2. Dockrillia bowmanii (Benth.) M.A. Clem. & D.L. Jones 1996

   LATEto

   ~Dockrillia calamiforme (Lodd. ex Lindl.) M.A. Clem. & D.L. Jones 1996 - See Dockrillia teretifolia (R. Br.) Brieger 1981

   ~Dockrillia calamiformis (Rolfe) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 1996 - See Dockrillia teretifolia (R. Br.) Brieger 1981

   ~*Dockrillia caudiculata M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 1996 - See Dendrobium caudiculatum (M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones) Schuit. & de Vogel 2003

3. Dockrillia chordiformis (Kraenzl.) Rauschert 1983

4. Dockrillia cucumerina [W. Mcleay ex Lindley]Brieger 1981

   To LATE

   ~Dockrillia desmotrichoides (J.J.Sm.) Brieger 1981 - See Dockrillia rigida (R. Br.] Rauschert 1983

   ~Dockrillia dolichophylla (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 1996 - Dockrillia teretifolia (R. Br.) Brieger 1981See

   

5. Dockrillia fairfaxii (F. Muell.) Rauschert 1983

   to LATE to

6. Dockrillia fuliginosa M.A. Clem. & D.L. Jones 1996NO PHOTO

7. Dockrillia hepatica M.A. Clem. & D.L. Jones 1966

   TO

   ~Dockrillia lichenastrum (F. Muell.) Brieger 1981 - See Dendrobium lichenastrum [F. Mueller] Kraenzlin 1870

8. Dockrillia linguiforme (Sm.) Brieger 1981

   To To

   ~Dockrillia linguiforme var. huntianum Jones 2006 - See Dockrillia linguiforme (Sm.) Brieger 1981

9. Dockrillia mortii (F. Muell.) Rauschert 1983

   To

10. Dockrillia nugentii [F.M. Bailey]D. Jones & M. Clements 1996

    To LATE

11. Dockrillia pugioniformis (A. Cunn.) Rauschert 1983

    To

12. Dockrillia racemosa (Nicholls) Rauschert 1983

    

13. Dockrillia rigida [R Br.] Rauschert 1983

    To To

14. Dockrillia schoenina (Lindl.) M.A. Clem. & D.L. Jones 1996

    To LATE To EARLY

15. Dockrillia striolata (Rchb. f.) Rauschert 1983

    To

    ~Dockrillia striolata subsp. chrysantha D.L.Jones 1998 - See Dockrillia striolata (Rchb. f.) Rauschert 1983

    ~Dockrillia tennuissima [Rupp] Rauschert 1983 - See Dockrillia mortii (F. Muell.) Rauschert 1983

16. Dockrillia teretifolia (R. Br.) Brieger 1981

    To To

    ~Dockrillia toressae (F.M.Bailey) Brieger 1981 - See Dendrobium toressae (F.M. Bailey) Dockr. 1964

    ~Dockrillia vagans (Schltr.) Rauschert 1983 - See Dockrillia teretifolia (R. Br.) Brieger 1981

17. Dockrillia wassellii [S.T.Blake] Breiger 1981

    To To

~Dodsonia Ackerman 1979 - See Stenia Lindley 1837 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Maxillarieae, SUBTRIBE Zygopetalinae

~Dodsonia saccata (Garay) Ackerman 1979 - See Stenia saccata Garay 1969

~Dolabrifolia (Pfitzer) Szlach. & Romowicz 2007 - See Angraecum Bory 1804 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Vandaeae, SUBTRIBE Angraecinae

~Dolabrifolia aporoides (Summerh.) Szlach. & Romowicz 2007 - See Angraecum aporoides Summerh. 1964

~Dolabrifolia bancoensis (Burg) Szlach. & Romowicz 2007 - See Angraecum bancoense Burg 1980

~Dolabrifolia disticha (Lindl.) Szlach. & Romowicz 2007 - See Angraecum distichum Lindl. 1836

~Dolabrifolia poppendickiana (Szlach. & Olszewski) Szlach. & Romowicz 2007 - See - See Angraecum distichum Lindl. 1836

~Dolabrifolia podochiloides (Schltr.) Szlach. & Romowicz 2007 - See Angraecum podochiloides Schltr. 1906

Dolichocentrum (Schltr.) Brieger 1981 - See Dendrobium Sw. 1799 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae,TRIBE Dendrobieae, SUBTRIBE Dendrobiinae.

~Dolichocentrum superans (J.J.Sm.) Rauschert 1983 - See Dendrobium superans J.J.Sm. 1926 publ. 1927

Domingoa Schlechter 1913 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Laeliinae.

A genus comprised of 2 single leafed species with 4 pollina found in the Carribean, particularily in Hispanola, Puerto Rico and Cuba , that are allied to Cattleya yet appear plantwise to be a Pleurothallidinae. Bright shade, constant watering and fertilizing and a well draining finely chopped mixture will ensure a happy blooming specimen that occurs successively over a few years on the same stalk which is longer than the leaf.

Common Name or Meaning Refers to the Dominican Republic where the genus is found

Type Species = ! = Domingoa hymenodes [Rchb.f ex Lindley]Schltr. 1913 = Domingoa haematochila (Rchb. f.) Carabia 1943

1. !Domingoa haematochila (Rchb. f.) Carabia 1943

   To To

   ~Domingoa hymenoides (Rchb.f ex Lindl.) Schltr. 1913 - See Domingoa haematochila (Rchb. f.) Carabia 1943

2. Domingoa kienastii (Rchb. f.) Dressler 1913

   To

3. Domingoa nodosa Schltr. in Urb. 1913

   To

~`Donacopsis Gagnep. 1932 - See Arundina Blume 1825 SUBFAMILY Epidendrodeae, TRIBE MISFIT, SUBTRIBE Arundinae.

~Donacopsis laotica Gagnep. 1932 - See Arundina graminifolia [D Don] Hochr. 1910

Doritis Lindley 1833 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Vandeae, SUBTRIBE Aeridinae.

A single extremly variable epiphytic or lithophytic species makes up this genus found from Burma to Sumatra. It has been used extensively to hybridize with Phalaenopsis and these are known as Doritaenopsis. Culture for this genus is the same as that for Phalaenopsis.

Common Name or Meaning refers to the spear, a symbol of Aphrodite an allusion to "very beautiful"

Type Species = ! = Doritis pulcherrima Lindley 1832

~Doritis bifalcis (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1860 - See Dendrobium bifalce Lindl. 1843

~*Doritis braceana Hook. f. 1890 - See Phalaenopsis braceana (Hook. f.) Christenson 1986

~Doritis hebe [Rchb.f] Schlechter 1913- See Phalaenopsis deliciosa Rchb. f. 1854

~Doritis latifolia Benth. & Hook. f. 1889 - See Phalaenopsis deliciosa Rchb. f. 1854

~Doritis minus (Seidenf.) T.Yukawa & K.Kita 2005 - See Phalaenopsis minus [Seidenfaden] E. A. Christenson 2001

~Doritis philippinensis Ames 1908 - See Phalaenopsis deliciosa Rchb. f. 1854

1. !Doritis pulcherrima Lindley 1832

   To LATETHROUGH

   ~Doritis pulcherrima f. alba O.Gruss & Roeth 1999 - See Doritis pulcherrima Lindley 1832

   ~Doritis pulcherrima f. albiflora (Rchb.f.) Roeth & O.Gruss 1999 - See Doritis pulcherrima Lindley 1832

   ~Doritis pulcherrima f. caerulea (Fowlie) O.Gruss & Roeth 1999 - See Doritis pulcherrima Lindley 1832

   ~Doritis pulcherrima var. caerulea Fowlie 1969 - See Doritis pulcherrima Lindley 1832

   ~Doritis steffensii Schlechter 1911 - See Phalaenopsis deliciosa Rchb. f. 1854

   ~Doritis taenialis Benth. & Hook. f. 1889 - See Kingidium taenialis (Lindl.) P.F. Hunt 1970

   ~Doritis wightii [Rchb.f]Benth. 1889 - See Phalaenopsis deliciosa Rchb. f. 1854

~`Dorycheile Rchb.f. 1841 - See Cephalanthera L.C. Rich 1818 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Orchideae, SUBTRIBE Orchidinae.

~Dorycheile rubra Fuss 1866 - See Cephalanthera rubra (Linne) L.C.M. Richard 1818

Dossinia C.Morren 1848 SUBFAMILY Spiranthoideae, TRIBE Cranichideae SUBTRIBE Goodyerinae

There is one species in this terrestrial genus endemic to Borneo

Common Name or Meaning Dossin's Orchid [Belgian Orchid Enthusiast late 1800's]

Type Species = ! = Dossinia marmorata C.Morren 1848

~Dossinia cristata (Blume) Miq. 1859 - See Rhomboda cristata (Blume) Ormerod 1995

~Dossinia marmarata Lindl. 1857 - See Anoectochilus brevilabris Lindl. 1840

1. Dossinia marmorata C.Morren 1848

   

~Dothilis Raf. 1836[1837] - See Spiranthes L. C. Rich. 1817 SUBFAMILY Spiranthoideae, TRIBE Cranichideae, SUBTRIBE Spiranthinae.

~Dothilis grandiflora (Hook.) Raf. 1837 - See Sarcoglottis grandiflora (Lindl.) Klotzsch 1842

~`Dothilophis Raf. 1836[1838] - See Barkeria Knowles & Westc. 1838 SUBFAMILY Epidendeae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Laeliinae.

~Dothiolophis purpurea Raf. 1838 - See Barkeria skinneri (Bateman ex Lindl.) A. Rich. & Galeotti 1844

~`Doxosma Raf. 1836[1838] - See Encyclia Hooker 1828 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Laeliinae.

~Doxosma gracilis Raf.1836 - See Encyclia gracilis (Lindl.) Schltr 1915

~`Dracomonticola H.P.Linder & Kurzweil 1995 - See Neobolusia Schltr. 1895 SUBFAMILY Orchidiodeae, TRIBE Orchideae, SUBTRIBE Orchidinae.

~Dracomonticola virginea (Bolus) H.P.Linder & Kurzweil 1995 - See Neobolusia virginea (Bolus) Schltr. 1915

Draconanthes (Luer) Luer 1996 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae , TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Pleurothallidinae.

There are 2 species in this segregate Andean genus carved out of Lepanthes and differs in having rigidly fleshy sepals, linear to oblong, non-lobed, fleshy petals and a thick lip that is entire at it's apex and has lobe-like sides enveloping a slender, terete, footless column attached to the base with a claw. Draconanthes has a racemose and successively flowering inflorescence and the dorsal sepal is free while the laterals are connate to some degree. They have an unhooded, apical and deciduous anther witha pair of pollina and the stigma is entire and ventral.

Common Name or Meaning The Dragon Flowered Orchid

Type Species = ! = Draconanthes aberrans (Schltr.) Luer 1996

1. Draconanthes bufonis (Luer & Hirtz) Luer 1996

   LATE

~Dracontia (Luer) Luer 2004 - See Pleurothallis R. Brown 1813 SUBFAMILY Epidendrodeae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Pleurothallidinae.

~Dracontia carnosilabia (A.H.Heller & A.D.Hawkes) Luer 2004 - See Pleurothallis carnosilabia A.H.Heller & A.D.Hawkes 1966

~Dracontia cobanensis (Schltr.) Luer 2004 - See Pleurothallis cobanensis Schltr.1912

~Dracontia dracontea (Luer) Luer 2004 - See Pleurothallis dracontea Luer 1981

~Dracontia grandis (Rolfe) Luer 2004 - See Pleurothallis grandis Rolfe 1918

~Dracontia ingramii (Luer) Luer 2004 - See Pleurothallis ingramii Luer 1996

~Dracontia macrantha (L.O.Williams) Luer 2004 - See Pleurothallis macrantha L.O. Williams 1941

~Dracontia pachyglossa (Lindl.) Luer 2004 - See Pleurothallis pachyglossa Lindl. 1840

~Dracontia papillifera (Rolfe) Luer 2004 - See Pleurothallis papillifera Rolfe 1916

~Dracontia thymochila (Luer) Luer 2004 - See Pleurothallis thymochila Luer 1977

~Dracontia tuerckheimii (Schltr.) Luer 2004 - See Pleurothallis tuerckheimii Schltr. 1912

Dracula Luer 1978 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Pleurothalidinae.

According to Carl Luer. The genus is made up of 100 or so species that spread through all of Andean America including the cordillera in Central America. They are epiphytes and are found at higher elevations so most are cool if not cold growers. Fairly thin, broad leaves with a midrib are borne on a short ramicaul and distinguish this genus from Masdevallia without looking at the flowers, which have long tailed sepals and are borne singly or successively in commonly, pendant racemes which arise from the ramicaul with an annulus which is a considerable distance below the abscission layer or where the leaf separates from the stem. The small unique petals that flank the column are thickened apically and are ususally verrucose between a pair of valve like laminae. The lip is clearly divided into a cleft hypochile and a more or less rounded, concave epichile often coursed by lammellate radiating "veins". The semiterete column is well developed witha hooded ventral anther and stigma and a short, thick foot with two pollina.They do best in pots and need to be kept in moist humid conditions with lower light.

Common Name or Meaning flowers are reminiscent of a dragons mouth

Type Species = ! = Masdevallia chimaera Rchb.f 1872 = Dracula chimaera [Rchb.f] Luer 1978

1. Dracula alcithoe Luer & R. Escobar 1981

   SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Dracula

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2. Dracula amaliae Luer & R. Escobar 1978

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3. Dracula andreettae (Luer) Luer 1978

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4. Dracula anthracina Luer and Rodrigo Escobar 1982

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5. Dracula antonii Luer 2002

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6. Dracula aphorodes Luer & R. Escobar 1989

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7. Dracula astuta (Rchb. f.) Luer 1978

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8. Dracula barrowii Luer 2002

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9. Dracula bella [Rchb.f.]Luer 1978

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10. Dracula bellerophon Luer & R. Escobar 1978

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Grandiflorae-Parvilabiate

    

11. Dracula benedictii (Rchb. f.) Luer 1978

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    ~Dracula benedictii var. hubeinii (Luer) Hermans 1997 - See Dracula benedictii (Rchb. f.) Luer 1978

12. Dracula berthae Luer & R. Escobar 1979

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Costatae

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13. Dracula brangeri Luer 1986

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Parviflorae

    To

    ~Dracula burbidgeana (Rolfe) Luer 1978 - See Dracula erythrochaete (Rchb.f.) Luer 1978

    ~Dracula callifera (Schltr.) Luer 1978 - See Dracula houtteana (Rchb. f.) Luer 1978

14. Dracula callithrix Palaez, Buitrago and Meyer 2009

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Grandiflorae-Parvilabiate

    to LATE

15. Dracula carcinopsis Luer & R. Escobar 1989

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Parviflorae

    

    ~Dracula carderi [Rchb.f]Luer 1978 - See Dracula inaequalis (Rchb. f.) Luer & R. Escobar 1982

    ~Dracula carderiopsis (F. Lehm. & Kraenzl.) Luer 1978 - See Dracula houtteana (Rchb. f.) Luer 1978

16. Dracula carlueri J. Hermans & P.J. Cribb 1997

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Parviflorae

    

17. Dracula chestertonii [Rchb.f.]Luer 1978

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Chestertonia

    To and

18. !Dracula chimaera (Rchb. f.) Luer 1978

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Dracula

    LATETo

19. Dracula chiroptera Luer & Malo 1978

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Dracula

    

20. Dracula christineana Luer 2002

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Dracula

    

21. Dracula circe Luer & R. Escobar 1981

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22. Dracula citrina Luer & R.Escobar 1982

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Parviflorae

    

23. Dracula cochliops Luer & R. Escobar 1979

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Cochlipsia

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24. Dracula cordobae Luer 1979

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Parviflorae

    To

25. Dracula cutis-bufonis Luer & R. Escobar 1978

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Chestertonia

    

26. Dracula dalessandroi Luer 1989

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27. Dracula dalstroemii Luer 1984

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Grandiflorae-Parvilabiate

    

28. Dracula decussata Luer & R.Escobar 1978

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29. Dracula deltoidea (Luer) Luer 1978

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Costatae

    

30. Dracula deniseana Luer 2002

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Grandiflorae-Parvilabiate

    

31. Dracula diabola Luer & R. Escobar 1979

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Parviflorae

    

32. Dracula diana Luer & R. Escobar 1981

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Parviflorae

    

33. Dracula dodsonii (Luer) Luer 1978

    

34. Dracula erythrochaete (Rchb.f.) Luer 1978

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Parviflorae

    TO To

    ~Dracula erythrochaete subsp. astuta (Rchb.f.) Hermans 1997 - See Dracula astuta (Rchb. f.) Luer 1978

    ~Dracula erythrochaete var gaskelliana [Rchb.f]Luer 1987 - See Dracula erythrochaete (Rchb.f.) Luer 1978

35. Dracula exasperata Luer & R. Escobar 1989

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Parviflorae

    

36. Dracula felix (Luer) Luer 1978

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37. Dracula fuligifera Luer 1991

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Parviflorae

    

    ~Dracula fuliginosa (Luer) Luer 1978 - See Dracula radiella Luer 1978

    ~Dracula gaskelliana [Rchb.f] Luer 1978 - See Dracula erythrochaete (Rchb.f.) Luer 1978

38. Dracula gastrophora Luer & Hirtz 1989

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Grandiflorae-Parvilabiate

    

39. Dracula gigas (Luer) Luer 1978

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Grandiflorae-Parvilabiate

    TO

    ~Dracula gorgo (Rchb. f. ex Kraenzl.) Luer 1978 - See Dracula astuta (Rchb. f.) Luer 1978

40. Dracula gorgona (Veitch) Luer & R. Escobar 1978

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Dracula

    TO

41. Dracula gorgonella Luer & R. Escobar 1981

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Parviflorae

    To

42. Dracula hawleyi Luer 1978

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Grandiflorae-Parvilabiate

    

43. Dracula hirsuta Luer & Andreetta 1980

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Grandiflorae-Parvilabiate

    To

44. Dracula hirtzii Luer 1979

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Dracula

    TO

45. Dracula houtteana (Rchb. f.) Luer 1978

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Parviflorae

    TO and

    ~Dracula hubeinii Luer 1980 - See Dracula benedictii (Rchb. f.) Luer 1978

46. Dracula inaequalis (Rchb. f.) Luer & R. Escobar 1982

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Costatae

    LATE To EARLY

47. Dracula incognita Luer & R. Escobar 1989

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Parviflorae

    <

48. Dracula inexperata Pupulin 2001

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Grandiflorae-Parvilabiate

    

49. Dracula insolita Luer & R.Escobar 1989

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dodsonia

    

50. Dracula iricolor (Rchb. f.) Luer & R. Escobar 1982

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dodsonia

    To

51. Dracula janetiae (Luer) Luer 1978

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Costatae

    

52. Dracula kareniae Luer & Dalström 1997

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Grandiflorae-Parvilabiate

    

    ~Dracula lactea (Kraenzl.) Luer 1978 - See Dracula velutina (Rchb. f.) Luer 1875 var. xanthina

53. Dracula lafleurii Luer & Dalström 1993

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Dracula

    

54. Dracula lehmanniana Luer & R.Escobar 1982

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Grandiflorae-Parvilabiate

    

55. Dracula lemurella Luer & R. Escobar 1981

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Parviflorae

    

56. Dracula levii Luer 1978

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Grandiflorae-Parvilabiate

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57. Dracula ligiae Luer & R. Escobar 1989

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Dracula

    To

58. Dracula lotax [Luer]Luer 1978

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Parviflorae

    

    ~Dracula lowii (Rolfe) Luer 1978 - See Dracula platycrater (Rchb. f.) Luer 1978

59. Dracula mantissa Luer & R. Escobar 1979

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Costatae

    

60. Dracula marsupialis Luer & Hirtz 1986

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Parviflorae

    To

    ~ Dracula medellinensis (Kraenzl.) Luer 1978 - See Dracula radiosa (Rchb.f.) Luer 1978

    ~Dracula microglochin (Rchb. f.) Luer 1978 - See Dracula velutina (Rchb. f.) Luer 1875 var. xanthina

61. Dracula minax Luer & R.Escobar 1981

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Parviflorae

    

62. Dracula mopsus [F.Lehm & Kraenzel] Luer 1978

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Costatae

    To

63. Dracula morleyi Luer & Dalström 1993

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Parviflorae

    

    ~Dracula mosquerae (F. Lehm. & Kraenzl.) Luer 1978 - See Dracula houtteana (Rchb. f.) Luer 1978

64. Dracula navarroorum Luer & Hirtz 1993

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Parviflorae

    TO

    ~Dracula niesseniae P.Ortíz 1994 - See Dracula decussata Luer & R.Escobar 1978

65. Dracula nosferatu Luer & R. Escobar 1989

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Parviflorae

    

66. Dracula nycterina (Rchb.f.) Luer 1978

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Costatae

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67. Dracula octavioi Luer & R.Escobar 1979

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Parviflorae

    

68. Dracula olmosii Luer & Maduro 1999

    

69. Dracula ophioceps Luer & R.Escobar 1978

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Costatae

    To

70. Dracula orientalis Luer & R. Escobar 1982

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Grandiflorae-Parvilabiate

    

71. Dracula ortiziana Luer & R. Escobar 1993

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Grandiflorae-Parvilabiate

    

72. Dracula papillosa Luer & Dodson 1993

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Parviflorae

    

73. Dracula pholeodytes Luer & R. Escobar 1982

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Grandiflorae-Parvilabiate

    

74. Dracula pileus Luer & R.Escobar 1979

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Costatae

    

75. Dracula platycrater (Rchb. f.) Luer 1978

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Grandiflorae-Parvilabiate

    To

76. Dracula polyphemus (Luer) Luer 1878

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Dracula

    

77. Dracula portillae Luer & Andreetta 1980

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dodsonia

    

78. Dracula posadarum Luer & R. Escobar 1981

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Parviflorae

    To To

79. Dracula presbys Luer & R.Escobar 1993

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Parviflorae

    

80. Dracula psitticina [Rchb.f.]Luer

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Parviflorae

    To

81. Dracula psyche (Luer & Andreetta) Luer 1978

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Parviflorae

    

82. Dracula pubescens Luer & Dalström 1994

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Parviflorae

    

83. Dracula pusilla (Rolfe) Luer 1978

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Parviflorae

    

    ~Dracula quilichaoënsis (F. Lehm. & Kraenzl.) Luer 1978 - See Dracula iricolor (Rchb. f.) Luer & R. Escobar 1982

84. Dracula radiella Luer 1978

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Parviflorae

    To

85. Dracula X radio-syndactyla Luer 1981

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Parviflorae

    to

86. Dracula radiosa (Rchb.f.) Luer 1978

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Dracula

    

87. Dracula rezekiana Luer & R. Hawley 1979

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Parviflorae

    

88. Dracula ripleyana Luer 1979

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Parviflorae

    

89. Dracula robledorum [P.Ortiz]Luer 1978

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Dracula

    To

90. Dracula roezlii (Rchb.f.) C.A.Luer 1978

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Dracula

    

91. Dracula saulii Luer & Sijm 2006

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Parviflorae

    To

92. Dracula schudelii Luer & Hirtz 1999

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Costatae

    

    ~Dracula senilis (Rchb.f.) Luer 1978 - See Dracula chimaera (Rchb. f.) Luer 1978

93. Dracula sergioi Luer & R. Escobar 1978

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Parviflorae

    

94. Dracula severa (Rchb.f.) Luer 1978

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Dracula

    

95. Dracula sibundoyensis Luer & R.Escobar 1979

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Dracula

    

96. Dracula sijmii Luer 2002

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Parviflorae

    

97. Dracula simia (Luer) Luer 1978

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Dracula

    

98. Dracula sodiroi (Schltr.) Luer 1978

    SUBGENUS Sodiroa

    

99. Dracula syndactyla Luer 1981 NO PHOTO

    SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Parviflorae

    ~Dracula tarantula (Luer) Luer 1978 - See Dracula tubeana (Rchb. f.) Luer 1978

100. Dracula terborchii Luer & Hirtz 1999

     SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Dracula

     

     ~ Dracula trichroma (Schltr.) Hermans 1997 - See Dracula iricolor (Rchb. f.) Luer & R. Escobar 1982

     ~Dracula trinema (Rchb. f.) Luer 1978 - See Dracula velutina (Rchb. f.) Luer 1875 var. xanthina

     ~Dracula troglodytes (E. Morren) Luer 1978 - See Dracula benedictii (Rchb. f.) Luer 1978

101. Dracula tsubotae Luer 2002

     SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Dracula

     

102. Dracula tubeana (Rchb. f.) Luer 1978

     SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Dracula

     To

103. Dracula ubangina Luer 1980

     SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Dracula

     

     ~Dracula ubanquia Luer & Andreeta 1980 - See Dracula vampira [Luer]Luer 1978

     ~Dracula vagabunda Luer & R.Escobar 1981 - See Dracula pusilla (Rolfe) Luer 1978

104. Dracula vampira [Luer]Luer 1978

     SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Dracula

     

105. Dracula veleziana Luer & V.N.M.Rao 2005

     SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Dracula

     

106. Dracula velutina (Rchb. f.) Luer 1978

     SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Parviflorae

     To and

107. Dracula veneficia Luer & R. Escobar 1981

     SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Parviflorae

     

108. Dracula venosa (Rolfe) Luer 1978

     SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Costatae

     

109. Dracula verticulosa Luer & R. Escobar 1989

     SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Grandiflorae-Parvilabiate

     

110. Dracula vespertilio (Rchb. f.) Luer 1978

     SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Costatae

     To

111. Dracula villegasii Königer 1999

112. Dracula vinacea Luer & R. Escobar 1978

     SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Parviflorae

     

113. Dracula vlad-tepes Luer & R. Escobar 1981

     SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Grandiflorae-Parvilabiate

     

114. Dracula wallisii (Rchb. f.) Luer 1979

     SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Grandiflorae-Parvilabiate

     To

115. Dracula woolwardiae (F. Lehm. ex Kraenzl.) Luer 1978

     SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Dracula SERIES Grandiflorae-Parvilabiate

     To

116. Dracula xenos Luer & R. Escobar 1989

     SUBGENUS Xenosia

     

Drakaea Endl. 1840 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Diurideae, SUBTRIBE Drakaeinae

Common Name or Meaning Named for Miss Drake, Lindley's illustrator

Type Species = ! = Drakaea elastica Lindley 1840

~Drakaea ciliata (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1871 - See Spiculaea ciliata Lindl. 1839

1. Drakaea concolor?

   To

2. Drakaea confluens ?

   To

3. !Drakaea elastica Lindley 1840

   To

   ~Drakaea fitzgeraldii Schltr. 1921 - See Drakaea livida J.R.Drumm. 1842

4. Drakaea glyptodon Fitzg. 1882

   To

5. Drakaea gracilis ?

   To

   ~*Drakaea huntiana F.Muell. 1889 - See Thynninorchis huntiana ( F.Muell. ) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2002

6. Drakaea irritabilis (F.Muell.) Rchb.f. 1871

7. Drakaea isolata ?

   To

   ~Drakaea jeanensis R.S.Rogers 1920 - See Drakaea elastica Lindley 1840

8. Drakaea livida J.R.Drumm. 1842

   To

   ~Drakaea lucida J.Drumm. 1842 - See Drakaea elastica Lindley 1840

9. Drakaea thynniphila A.S.George 1984

   To

Drakonorchis (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2001 - See Caladenia R. Br. 1810 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Diurideae, SUBTRIBE Caladeniinae

~Drakonorchis barbarossa (Rchb.f.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2001 - See Caladenia barbarossa Rchb. f. 1871

Dresslerella Luer 1976 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Pleurothallidinae

According to Carl Luer. There are about 7 species in this hairy leafed genus. The flowers have hairs, the leaves have hairs, even the inflorescence has hairs. The leaves are thick and heavy often growing prostate to form leafy rosettes. The ramicauls are often shorter than the leaf, and the inflorescence emerges without an annulus from the apex of the ramicaul at the abscission layer with the sessile leaf. The solitary flowers are fleshy with the ovary and sepals pubescent. The column is elongate and denticulate at trhe hooded apex. The ventral anther contains a pair of large pollina flanked to either side by a smaller pair of pollina for a total of four. They are found throughout the tropical mountains of Central and South America. As a whole this genus is found in wet cloud forests at 800 to 2500 meters and needs to be grown moist conditions and with warm to cool temperatures.

Common Name or Meaning Named for R.L. Dressler American orchidist

Type Species = ! = Pleurothallis pertusa Dressler 1970 = Dresslerella pertusa [Dressler]Luer 1970

1. Dresslerella caesariata Luer 1978

   SUBGENUS Dresslerella Luer 1976

   

2. Dresslerella elvallensis Luer 1976

   SUBGENUS Dresslerella Luer 1976

   

3. Dresslerella hirsutissima (C. Schweinf.) Luer 1978

   SUBGENUS Pilositas Luer 1988

   To

4. Dresslerella hispida (L.O.Williams) Luer 1976

   SUBGENUS Dresslerella Luer 1976

   

5. Dresslerella lasiocampa Luer & Hirtz 2005

   SUBGENUS Pilositas Luer 1988

   

6. Dresslerella pertusa (Dressler) Luer 1976

   SUBGENUS Dresslerella Luer 1976

   

7. Dresslerella pilosissima (Schltr.) Luer 1979

   SUBGENUS Pilositas Luer 1988

   To

8. Dresslerella portillae Luer & Hirtz 2002

   SUBGENUS Pilositas Luer 1988

   

9. Dresslerella powellii (Ames) Luer 1976

   SUBGENUS Dresslerella Luer 1976

   To To LATE

10. Dresslerella sp. Ecuador

Dressleria Dodson 1975 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Cymbidieae, SUBTRIBE Catasetinae.

There are ten species found from Nicaragua to Ecuador and Venezuela in this epiphytic genus derived from members of Catasetum as they always have bisexual flowers in which the lip is adnate to the column-base and sides and Catasetum has both male and female flowers. This genus differs from Catasetum in the fact that Dressleria need to be kept moist at al times of the year, ie no rest, and they enjoy warm to cool conditions as they are found at elevations of 500 to 1500 meters in extremly wet forests on both sides of the Andes.

Common Name or Meaning Named for R.L. Dressler American orchidist

Type Species = ! = *Catasetum dilectum Rchb. f. 1866 = Dressleria dilecta (Rchb. f.) Dodson 1975

1. Dressleria aurorae H. Hills & D.E. Benn. 1995

   

2. Dressleria bennettii H. Hills & Christenson 1995

   and EARLY

3. !Dressleria dilecta (Rchb. f.) Dodson 1975

   To

   Dressleria eburnea (Rolfe) Dodson 1975 - See Dressleria dilecta (Rchb. f.) Dodson 1975

4. Dressleria suavis (Ames & C. Schweinf.) Dodson 1975

   To

~Dressleriella Brieger 1977 - See SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Laeliinae

~Dressleriella equitantifolia (Ames) Brieger 1977 - See Jacquiniella equitantifolia (Ames) Dressler 1966

~Dressleriella standleyi (Ames) Brieger 1977 - See Jacquiniella standleyi (Ames) Dressler 1966

Dryadella Luer 1978 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Pleurothallidinae

According to Carl Luer. A widely spead genus of 33 species from Guatemala to Brazil created out of the genus Masdevallia in 1978 by Carlyle Luer. They are all epiphytes that grow into large clumps with creeping rhizomes and erect, one leafed, short ramicauls. The little flowers are produced singly or successively in short racemes from an annulus. The commonly caudate sepals are connate basally into a gaping cup. Where the lateral sepals are deflexed from the cup above the base, a transverse callus like a transverse fold extends across the width of the sepals so that the petals and lip above protrude over the "dam". The petals are short, broad and multi-angled. The bicallous blade of the lip is hinged to the column foot by a long slender claw. The column is broadly winged and hooded with a ventral anther and stigma with 2 pollina. This genus needs to be kept moist, and given high humidity year round as they are found as epiphytes in moist cloud forests at elevations of 400 to 2500 meters.

Synonyms Trigonanthe [Schlechter] Brieg. 1975

Type Species = ! = Masdevallia elata Luer 1978 = Dryadella elata [Luer] Luer 1978

~Dryadella acuminata Luer & Hirtz 1999 - See Dryadella pachyrhiza Luer & Hirtz 1999

1. Dryadella albicans (Luer) Luer 1978

   To

2. Dryadella aurea Luer & Hirtz 1999

   

3. Dryadella auriculigera ( Rchb.f. ) Luer 1978

   

4. Dryadella aviceps (Rchb. f.) Luer 1978

   

5. Dryadella barrowii Luer 2005

   

6. Dryadella crenulata (Pabst) Luer 1978

   

7. Dryadella cristata Luer & R.Escobar R. 1982

   

   ~Dryadella dolichopoda (Luer) Luer 1978 - See Dryadella pusiola (Rchb.f.) Luer 1978

8. Dryadella dodsonii Luer 1999

   

9. Dryadella dressleri Luer 1999

   

10. Dryadella edwallii [Cogn.]Luer 1978

    MOSTLY

11. !Dryadella elata (Luer) Luer 1978

    THROUGH

12. Dryadella gnoma (Luer) Luer 1978

    

13. Dryadella gomes-ferreirae (Pabst) Luer 1978

14. Dryadella guatemalensis (Schltr.) Luer 1978

    

15. Dryadella hirtzii Luer 1980

    

16. Dryadella kautskyi (Pabst) Luer 1978

    

17. Dryadella liliputiana [Cogn.] Luer 1978

    To

18. Dryadella linearifolia (Ames) Luer 1978

    

19. Dryadella litoralis Campacci 2007 NO PHOTO

    ~Dryadella misasii Luer & R.Escobar 1979 - See Dryadella gnoma (Luer) Luer 1978

20. Dryadella minuscula Luer & R.Escobar 1978

    

    ~Dryadella obrieniana (Rolfe) Luer 1978 - See Dryadella aviceps (Rchb. f.) Luer 1978

21. Dryadella odontostele Luer 1996

    

22. Dryadella pachyrhiza Luer & Hirtz 1999

    

    Dryadella paranaensis (Schltr.) Luer 1978 - See Dryadella liliputiana [Cogn.] Luer 1978

    ~Dryadella popayanensis (F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.) Luer 1978 - See Dryadella simula (Rchb. f.) Luer 1978

23. Dryadella pusiola (Rchb.f.) Luer 1978

    and

    ~Dryadella silvana F.Barros 1995 - See Dryadella aviceps (Rchb. f.) Luer 1978

24. Dryadella simula (Rchb. f.) Luer 1978

    To

    ~Dryadella simulatrix (F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.) Luer 1978 - See Dryadella pusiola [Rchb.f] Luer 1978

25. Dryadella sororcula (Luer) 'Zia's Paulette' CBR/AOS Luer 1996

    To

26. Dryadella summersii (L.O.Williams) Luer 1978

    LATE

27. Dryadella sp.

28. Dryadella vitorinoi Luer & Toscano 2002

    

29. Dryadella zebrina (Porsch) Luer 1978

    THROUGH

Dryadorchis Schltr. 1913 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Vandeae, SUBTRIBE Aeridinae.

There are 5 species in this genus confined to New Guinea

Common Name or Meaning The Wood Nymph Orchids [refers fancifully to the mist forest locale of the species]

Type Species = ! =

1. Dryadorchis dasystele Schuit. & de Vogel 2004

   

2. Dryadorchis huliorum (Schuit.) Christenson & Schuit. 1995

   

Drymoda Lindl. 1838 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae SUBTRIBE Bulbophyllinae.

There are 4 species in this genus related to Bulbophyllum. They have a single leaf and usually one flower per inflorescence. They have a short column with spreading wings, lateral sepals that are attacjhed to a very long column foot and they have 4 pollina.

Common Name or Meaningrefers to the genus growing in deep forests

Type Species = ! = Drymoda picta Lindley 1838

~Drymoda gymnopus (Hook.f.) Garay, Hamer & Siegerist 1994 - See Bulbophyllum gymnopus Hook.f. 1890

~Drymoda latisepala Seidenf. 1981 - See Bulbophyllum capillipes C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f. 1874

1. Drymoda siamensis Schltr. 1906

   

~Dryopaeia 1827 - See Disperis Sw. 1800 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Diseae, SUBTRIBE Disinae.

~Dryopeia Thou. 1822 - See Disperis Sw. 1800 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Diseae, SUBTRIBE Disinae.

~Dryopeia oppositifolia (Sm.) Thouars 1822 - See Disperis oppositifolia Sm. 1808

~Dryopria Thou.1822 - See Disperis Sw. 1800 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Diseae, SUBTRIBE Disinae.

~Dryorchis Thou. 1809 - See Disperis Sw. 1800 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Diseae, SUBTRIBE Disinae.

Dryorkis antidris Thouars 1822 - Disperis oppositifolia Sm. 1808

~Dryorkis Thou. 1809 - See Disperis Sw. 1800 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Diseae, SUBTRIBE Disinae.

~Dubois-Reymondia H. Karst. 1848 - See Myoxanthus Poepp. & Endl. 1836 SUBFAMILY Epidendrodeae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Pleurothallidinae.

~Dubois-reymondia hemirrhoda (Lindl. & Paxton) Brieger 1977 - See Pleurothallis hemirhoda Lindl. & Paxton 1852-3

~Dubois-Reymondia lancipetala Karst 1858 - See Myoxanthus ceratothallis ( Rchb.f. ) Luer 1982

~Dubois-Reymondia lonchophylla (Barb.Rodr.) Brieger 1977 - See Myoxanthus lonchophyllus (Barb. Rodr.) Luer 1982

~Dubois-reymondia palpigera H. Karst. 1848 - See Myoxanthus reymondii (H. Karst.) Luer 1982

~Dubois-Reymondia punctata (Barb.Rodr.) Brieger 1977 - See Myoxanthus punctatus (Barb. Rodr.) Luer 1982

~Dubois-Reymondia reymondii (H.Karst.) Brieger 1977 - See Myoxanthus reymondii (H. Karst.) Luer 1982

~`Duboisia H. Karst. 1947 - See - See Myoxanthus Poepp. & Endl. 1836 SUBFAMILY Epidendrodeae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Pleurothallidinae.

~*Duboisia reymondii H. Karst. 1847 - See Myoxanthus reymondii (H. Karst.) Luer 1982

Duckeella Porto & Brade 1938 publ. 1940 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE MISFITS. SUBTRIBE Pogoniinae

There are 3 species in this terrestrial genus allied to the Pogoniinae and occuring only in Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil and the Guianas. Most often are found in sandy soils in the Llanos and are medium szied, with long slender leaves and a terminal inflorescence arising with several medium szied flowers with petals that are broader than the sepals and the lip is made up of 2 sections articulated to each other as well as the column is apically winged and carries 4 granular pollina. .

Type Species = ! = Duckeella adolphii Porto & Brade 1938 publ. 1940

Common Name or Meaning Ducke's Orchid [Brazilian Naturalist 1900's]

1. !Duckeella adolphii Porto & Brade 1938 publ. 1940

~Dungsia Chiron & V.P.Castro 2002 - See Laelia Lindley 1831 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Laeliinae.

~Dungsia brevicaulis (H.G.Jones) Chiron & V.P.Castro 2002 - See Laelia harpophylla Rchb.f 1873

~Dungsia harpophylla (Rchb.f.) Chiron & V.P.Castro 2002 - See Laelia harpophylla Rchb.f 1873

~Dungsia kautskyi (Pabst) Chiron & V.P.Castro 2002 - See Laelia kautskyana Pabst 1974

`Dunstervillea Garay 1972SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Maxillarieae SUBTRIBE Ornithocephalinae.

This is a monotypic genus found in Venezuela, Ecuador and Brazil and related to Ornithocephalus but differs in the spurred lip and the short rostellum.

Common Name or Meaning refers to the discoverer of the species and genus, G.C.K. Dunsterville Orchid Collector in Venezuela

Type Species = ! = Dunstervillea mirabilis Garay 1972

1. Dunstervillea mirabilis Garay 1972

   to

~Durabaculum M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Dendrobium Sw. 1799 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Dendrobeae, SUBTRIBE Dendrobiinae

All the members of this genus have been moved to Dendrobium or Dockerilla.

~Durabaculum albertisiana (F.Muell.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Dendrobium discolor Lindley 1841

~Durabaculum arachnanthe (Kraenzl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Dendrobium discolor Lindley 1841

~Durabaculum calophyllum (Rchb.f.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Dendrobium calophyllum Rchb.f. 1870

~Durabaculum cochliodes (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Dendrobium cochliodes Schltr. 1912

~Durabaculum conanthum (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Dendrobium conanthum Schltr. 1912

~Durabaculum fimbrilabium (Rchb.f.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Dendrobium discolor Lindley 1841

~Durabaculum fuscum (Fitzg.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Dendrobium discolor Lindley 1841

~Durabaculum gouldii (Rchb.f.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Dendrobium gouldii Rchb. f. 1867

~Durabaculum hamiferum (P.J.Cribb) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Dendrobium hamiferum P.J.Cribb 1981

~Durabaculum helix (P.J.Cribb) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Dendrobium helix P.J. Cribb 1980

~Durabaculum imthurnii (Rolfe) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Dendrobium gouldii Rchb. f. 1867

~Durabaculum ionoglossum (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Dendrobium nindi W. Hill 1874

~Dendrobium ionoglossum var. pomatophilum Schltr. 1912 - See Dendrobium nindi W. Hill 1874

~Durabaculum kajewskii (Ames) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Dendrobium conanthum Schltr. 1912

~Durabaculum kennedyi (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Dendrobium sylvanum Rchb. f. 1877

~Durabaculum lasiantherum (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 -See Dendrobium lasianthera J.J. Sm 1932

~Durabaculum magistratus (P.J.Cribb) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Dendrobium magistratus P.J. Cribb 1981

~Durabaculum mirbelianum (Gaudich.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Dendrobium mirbelianum Gaudich. 1829

~Durabaculum nindii (W.Hill) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Dendrobium nindi W. Hill 1874

~Durabaculum pomatophilum (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Dendrobium nindi W. Hill 1874

~Durabaculum prionochilum (F.Muell. & Kraenzl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Dendrobium mirbelianum Gaudich 1829

~Durabaculum pseudoconanthum (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Dendrobium pseudoconanthum J.J.Sm. 1926

~Durabaculum ruidilobum (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Dendrobium cochliodes Schltr. 1912

~Durabaculum schulleri (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Dendrobium schulleri J.J.Sm. 1914

~Durabaculum sylvanum (Rchb.f.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Dendrobium sylvanum Rchb. f. 1877

~Durabaculum tangerinum (P.J.Cribb) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Dendrobium tangerinum P.J.Cribb 1980

~Durabaculum tokai (Rchb.f.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Dendrobium tokai Rchb.f. 1865

~Durabaculum undulatum M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Dendrobium discolor Lindley 1841

~Durabaculum undulatum var broomfieldii M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Dendrobium discolor Lindley 1841

~Durabaculum validum (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Dendrobium sylvanum Rchb. f. 1877

~Durabaculum veratrifolium M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Dendrobium lineale Rolfe 1889

~Durabaculum violaceoflavens (J.J.Sm.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Dendrobium violaceoflavens J.J. Sm. 1929

~Durabaculum warianum (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Dendrobium sylvanum Rchb. f. 1877

~Durabaculum williamsianum (Rchb.f.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Dendrobium williamsianum Rchb. f. 1878

~Durabaculum wulaiense (Howcroft) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Dendrobium wulaiense Howcroft 1981

`Dyakia E. A. Christensen 1986 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Vandeae, SUBTRIBE Aeridinae

This is a monotypic genus from Borneo that was removed from Ascocentrum in 1986.

Common Name or Meaning Malay for Borneo where genus occurs

Type Species = ! = Saccolabium hendersonianum Rchb.f 1875 = Dyakia hendersoniana (Rchb. f.) Christenson 1986

1. !Dyakia hendersoniana (Rchb. f.) Christenson 1986

   and

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