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Genera or species names that are synonyms of current names are denoted with a ~.
The basiosynonym of a species is denoted with a "*". The basiosynonym is the very first name that a species had before it was changed to the current species name. If you have a name in parenthesis preceding another name, the name in parentheses is the basiosynonym. An example: ~*Ophrys bicolor Naegeli - See Ophrys apifera var. bicolor (Naegeli) Nelson: Ophyrs bicolor is the basiosynonym and in the current name the parentheses, (Naegeli), is the namer of the basiosynonym, while Nelson is the namer of the current species Ophyrs apifera var. bicolor.
If a genus is complete [all of the species are represented] it is preceded by a `
! denotes the Type Species of the genus
* denotes the basionym or original name with the same species taxon
I have decided to include synonyms in the alphabetical listings because I have found it frustrating to find that some growers do not stay currrent in their plant names and as such we the consumer end up buying a plant that we feel is an exotic different species only to find that it is a plant that we have had for years under the correct name. An example, Brassavola rhopalorrhachis Rchb.f is actually the common species Brassavola nodosa [L]Lindley.
Symbol Chart:
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Temperature Icons;
Cold = 
2500 Meters and Up, 50`F to 55`F night average - - Cool = 
1800 to 2500 Meters, 58`F to 60`F night average
Warm = 
1000 meters to 1800 meters, 68`F to 75`F night average - - Hot = 
Sea Level to 1000 Meters, 75`F to 85`F
Season Icons;
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SIZE: Miniature - under 6" tall leaf and pseudobulb Small - under 12" tall leaf and pseudobulb Medium - under 24" tall Large - under 48" tall Giant - Over 48" tall
Jacquiniella Schltr. 1920 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Laeliinae.
Twelve species are spread from Mexico to Bolivia that have small, canelike stems and distichous, flattened, terete leaves and small, apical, unopen, successively opening flowers which have 4 pollina and a viscidium that occur on an inflorescence that is a terminal fascile. They are commonly found in orange or mate groves and are best mounted on tree fern or cork.
Common Name or Meaning Named for Nicholaus Jacquin a Dutch naturalist
Type species= ! = *Epidendrum globosum Jacq. 1760 = Jacquiniella globosa (Jacq.) Schltr. 1920
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~Jacquiniella miserrima (Rchb.f.) Stehlé 1937 publ. 1938 - See Epidendrum miserrimum Rchb.f. 1855
~Jacquiniella teres (Rchb. f.) Hamer & Garay 1974 - See Jacquiniella teretifolia (Sw.) Britton & P. Wilson 1926
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~Jamaiciella Braem 1980 - See Tolumnia Raf. 1837 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Maxillarieae SUBTRIBE Oncidiinae
~Jamaiciella triquetra (Sw.) Braem 1980 - See Tolumnia triquetra (Sw.) Nir 1994
~`Jansenia Barb. Rodr. 1891 - See Plectrophora Focke 1848 SUBFAMILY Epidendrodeae, TRIBE Maxillareae SUBTRIBE Oncidiinae.
~*Jansenia cultrifolia Barb. Rodr. 1891 - See Plectrophora cultrifolia (Barb. Rodr.) Cogn. 1904
~Jennyella Lückel & Fessel 1999 - See Houlletia Brongn. 1841 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Gongoreae, SUBTRIBE Stanhopeinae.
~Jennyella clarae (Schltr.) Lückel & Fessel 1999 - See Houlletia sanderi Rolfe 1910
~Jennyella sanderi (Rolfe) Lückel & Fessel 1999 - See Houlletia sanderi Rolfe 1910
~`Jensoa Raf. 1838 - See Cymbidium Swartz 1799 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Cymbidieae. SUBTRIBE Cyrtopodinae
~Jensoa ensata Raf. 1836 - See Cymbidium ensifolium [L]Swartz 1799
~Jimenesia Raf. 1836 - See Bletilla Rchb.f 1852-3 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Arethuseae, SUBTRIBE Bletinae.
~Jimensia formosana (Hayata) Garay & R.E.Schult. 1958 - See Bletilla formosana (Hayata) Schltr.1911
~Jimensia kotoensis (Hayata) Garay & R.F.Schult. 1958- See Bletilla formosana (Hayata) Schltr.1911
~imensia morrisonicola (Hayata) Garay & R.E.Schult. 1958 - See Bletilla formosana (Hayata) Schltr.1911
~Jimensia striata [Thunb.]Garay & Schultes - See Bletilla striata [Thumb.]Rchb.f. 1878
~Jimensia szetschuanica (Schltr.) Garay & R.E.Schult. 1958 - See Bletilla formosana (Hayata) Schltr.1911
~Jimensia yunnanensis (Schltr.) Garay & R.E.Schult. 1958 - See Bletilla formosana (Hayata) Schltr.1911
~Jonesiopsis Szlach. 2001 - See Caladenia R. Br. 1810 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Diurideae, SUBTRIBE Caladeniinae
~Jonesiopsis cairnsiana (F.Muell.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2003 - See Caladenia cairnsiana F. Muell. 1866
~Jonesiopsis capillata ( D.L.Jones ) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2003 - See Caladenia capillata D.L.Jones 2000
~Jonesiopsis cristata (R.S.Rogers) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2003 - See Caladenia cristata R.S.Rogers 1923
~Jonesiopsis doutchiae (O.H.Sarg.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2003 - See Caladenia doutchae O.H. Sarg. 1921
~Jonesiopsis filamentosa ( R.Br. ) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2003 - See Caladenia filamentosa R. Br. 1810
~Jonesiopsis radialis (R.S.Rogers) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2003 - See Caladenia radialis R.S. Rogers 1927
~Jonesiopsis roei (Benth.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2003 - See Caladenia roei Benth. 1870
~Jonesiopsis voigtii (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2003 - See Caladenia voigtii Hopper & A.P.Br. 2001
~`Jonorchis G. Beck 1890 - See Limodorum Sw. 1760 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Orchideae, SUBTRIBE Orchidinae.
~Jonorchis abortiva Beck 1890 - See Limodorum abortivum (Linne) Swartz
~Josephia Wight 1851 Polystachya Hooker 1824 SUBFAMILY Epidendrodeae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Adrorhizinae.
`~Jostia Luer 2000 - See Masdevallia Ruiz and Pavon 1794 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Pleurothallidinae
~Jostia teaguei (Luer) Luer 2000 - See Masdevallia teaguei Luer 1978
Jumellea Schlechter 1914 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Vandeae, SUBTRIBE Angraecinae.
This genus is made up of 60 epiphytic or lithophytic or occasionally terrestrial species from the Islands of Madagascar, Comoros and Mascarene and two species from the East African mainland that are similar culturally to Angraecum. In Victorian times the leaves of Jumellea fragrans were used to brew a tea like beverage called 'Faham Tea'. Their range is from sealevel up to 2000 meters in open forests. They have short or relatively long stems with leaves either arranged along the stem or held in a fan shape. The flowers have narrow segments and a lanceolate lip that does not envelop the column. All the inflorescence carry a single, fragrant, white or green white flower.
Jumellea can be arranged into 7 groups.
Group #1 Very large plants, but with a short or no stem, and the inflorescence arising around the fan of leaves [a total of 11 species are in this group]
Group #2 Plants with a short stem and very small leaves very close together [3 species]
Group #3 Plants with a very elongate stem, and a spur at the base of the lip that is 1.5cm or less in length [10 species]
Group #4 Plants with a very elongate stem and a spur that is 1 to 1.8" [2.5 to 4.5 cm] long [3 species]
Group #5 Plants with elongate stems and a spur the is 2.6 to 3.2" [6.5 to 8 cm] long [1 species]
Group #6 Plants with an elongate stem and a spur that is 4" [10 cm] or longer [16 species]
Group #7 Plants found in Africa [2 species]
Group #8 Plants from Reunion and the Mauritius
Common Name or Meaning Named for Henri Jumelle a French botanist
Type species = ! = Jumellea recurva [Thou.]Schlechter 1915
~Jumellea ambongensis Schltr. 1925 - See Jumellea gracilipes Schltr. 1922
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~Jumellea exilipes Schltr. 1925 - See Jumellea gracilipes Schltr. 1922
~Jumellea filicornoides (De Wild.) Schltr. 1918 - See Jumellea walleri (Rolfe) la Croix 2000
~Jumellea floribunda Schltr. 1925 - See Jumellea brachycentra Schltr. 1925
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~Jumellea imerinensis Schltr. 1925 - See Jumellea gracilipes Schltr. 1922
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~Jumellea recurva (Thouars) Schltr. 1915 - See Jumellea recta (Thouars) Schltr. 1915
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~Jumellea rigida var. altigena Schltr. 1925 - See Jumellea rigida Schltr. 1925
~Jumellea rutenbergiana (Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1915 - See Angraecum rutenbergianum Kraenzl. 1882
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~Jumellea subcordata H. Perrier 1938 - See Angraecum curnowianum (Rchb. f.) T. Durand & Schinz 1894
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~Jumellea tsaratananae Schltr. 1925 - See Jumellea zaratananae Schltr. 1925
~Jumellea unguicularis Schltr. 1925 - See Jumellea gracilipes Schltr. 1922
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`Kalimpongia Pradhan 1877 - See also Dicksonia L.O.Williams 1941 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae , TRIBE Coelogyneae, SUBTRIBE, Coelogyninae
This is a newly discovered monotypic genus [See also the monotypic genus Dickasonia ] and comes from Burma and India.
Type species = ! = Kalimpongia narajitii Pradhan 1977
Kalopternix Garay & Dunst. 1976 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Laeliinae
This genus of 3 species is separated from Epidendrum because the pollina is not compressed and has a pair of hyaline stipes.
Common Name or Meaning refers to the short prostrate rhizomatous stem
Type species =! = Epidendrum deltoglossum Garay & Dunsterville 1976
~Katherinea A. D. Hawkes 1956- See Epigeneium Gagnep. 1932 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Dendrobieae, SUBTRIBE Dendrobiinae.
~Katherinea acuminata (Rolfe) A.D.Hawkes 1956 - See Epigeneium acuminatum (Rolfe) Summerh. 1957
~Katherinea ampla A.D. Hawkes 1956 - See Epigeneium amplum [Lindley]Summerh. 1957
~Katherinea carrii (Rupp & C.T. White) Brieger 1981 - See Dendrobium carrii Rupp & C.T. White 1937
~Katherinea coelogyne (Rchb. f.) A.D. Hawkes 1956 - See Epigeneium amplum [Rchb.f] Summerh. 1957
~Katherinea cymbidioides A.D.Hawkes 1956 - See Epigenieum cymbidioides [Bl]Summerh. 1957
~Katherinea geminata (Blume) A.D.Hawkes 1956 - See Epigeneium geminatum (Blume) Summerh. 1957
~Katherinea longipes (Hook.f.) A.D.Hawkes 1956 - See Epigeneium longipes (Hook. f.) Summerh. 1957
~ Katherinea macropoda (Hook.f.) A.D.Hawkes 1956 - See Epigeneium macropodum (Hook.f.) Summerh. 1957
~Katherinea parvula (Rolfe) A.D.Hawkes 1956 - See Dendrobium parvulum Rolfe 1899
~Katherinea perakensis (Hook. f.) A.D. Hawkes 1956 - See Eria javanica (Sw.) Blume 1836
~Katherinea prasina (Lindl.) A.D.Hawkes 1956 - See Dendrobium prasinum Lindl 1859
~Katherinea stella-silvae (Loher & Kraenzl.) A.D.Hawkes 1956 - See Epigeneium stella-silvae (Loher & Kraenzl.) Summerh. 1957
~Katherinea treacheriana (Rchb.f. ex Hook.f.) A.D.Hawkes 1956 - See Epigeneium treacherianum (Rchb. f. ex Hook. f.) Summerh. 1957
Kefersteinia Rchb.f 1852 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae , TRIBE Maxillarieae, SUBTRIBE Zygopetaliinae
There are 36 species in this tropical American genus separated from Chondrorhyncha and characterized by a lack of pseudobulbs, foliaceous, distichous leaf sheaths forming a fan, narrow and lightly veined leaves, single flowered inflorescence that arise from the leaf sheath axils giving rise to a flower with a lip whose sides usually surround the column at the base, a pedestal like callus at the lip base, a column with a keeled underside and four compressed pollina on a short stipe attached to a hooked cordiform viscidium. This genus is mostly epiphytic, althought here are some that are found terrestrially occasionally, and grow in very wet montane forests at elevations of 300 to 2500 metrs and should be grown warm to cool with ample year round water, never allowing to dry out.
Common Name or Meaning Named for Keferstein a German aficionado
Type species =! = Kefersteinia graminea [Lindley]Rchb.f 1852
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~Kefersteinia deflexipetala Fowlie 1966 - See Kefersteinia parvilabris Schltr. 1923
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~Kefersteinia flaveola (Linden & Rchb.f.) Schltr. 1920 - See Chondroscaphe fimbriata (Linden & Rchb.f.) Dressler 2001
~Kefersteinia salustianae D.E.Benn. & Christenson 1994 - See Kefersteinia andreettae G.Gerlach, Neudecker & Seeger 1989
~Kefersteinia subquadrata Schltr. 1923 - See Chaubardiella subquadrata (Schltr.) Garay 1969
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~Kegelia Rchb. f. 1852 - See Kegeliella Mansf. 1934 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Gongoreae, SUBTRIBE Stanhopeinae.
Kegeliella Mansf. 1934 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Gongoreae, SUBTRIBE Stanhopeinae.
A small genus of 3 small, to medium sized plants similar to Gongora in plant appearance that is found in Central America, the Caribbean and Surinam. They are characterized by having pseudobulbs with one or two leaves at the apex, a basal, pendant racemose inflorescence, with a few to several flowers which haqve petals that are narrower than the sepals, a lip, that is continuous with the column foot, which is clawed at the base and widens up, with lateral lobes are erect and winged, the central lobe rhomboid and the disc carries a high double callus. It has an arched and winged column with 2 stiped pollina.
Common Name or Meaning Named for Kegel, a German gardener
Synonyms Kegelia Rchb. f. 1852
Type species = ! = Kegelia houtteana Rchb.f 1852 = Kegeliella houtteana (Rchb. f.) L.O. Williams 1942
~Kerigomnia P.Royen 1976 - See Octarrhena Thwaites 1861 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Podochileae SUBTRIBE Thelasiinae .
~ Kingidium P.F.Hunt 1970 - See Phalaenopsis Blume 1825 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Vandeae, SUBTRIBE Aeridinae.
This genus is composed of 5 species found throughout tropical Asia and are very similar to Phalenopsis in culture and in appearance. They differ from Phalenopsis by having a sacate lip and they need to stay wetter in cultivation as they cannot store much as they have no psuedobulbs. There are leafless varieties of Kingidium and these must be slab mounted as to allow the phytosynthetic roots to get sun. This genus likes intermediate light and regular year round water and fertilizer. The genus was described by Hunt in 1970 as it was formerly known as Kingiella.
Common Name or Meaning Named for Sir George King an English Orchid collector and botanist with Pantling 1800's]
Synonyms Biermannia King & Pantling 1897; Kingiella Rolfe 1917
Type species = ! = Kingidium decumbens [Griff.]P. F. Hunt and Kingidium taenialis [Lindley] P.F.Hunt
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Kingidium braceanum (Hook. f.) Seidenf. 1988 - See Phalaenopsis braceana (Hook. f.) Christenson 1986 Subgen Aphyllae [Sweet] Christ 2001
~Kingidium chibae [Yukawa] Gruss & Rolke 1997 - See Phalaenopsis chibae T.Yukawa 1996
~!Kingidium decumbens (Griff.) P.F. Hunt 1970 - See *Phalaenopsis deliciosa Rchb. f. 1854 or Phalaenopsis parishii Rchb. f. 1865
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~Kingidium deliciosum ssp hookeriana [Gross & Rolke] Christensen 2001 - See Phalaenopsis deliciosa subsp. hookeriana (O.Gruss & Roellke) Christenson 2001
~Kingidium deliciosum var bellum [Teijsm & Binn 1993 - See Phalaenopsis deliciosa Rchb. f. 1854
~Kingidium hookerianum O.Gruss & Roellke 1995 - See Phalaenopsis deliciosa Rchb. f. 1854
~Kingidium hookerianum O.Gruss & Roellke 1994 - See Phalaenopsis deliciosa Rchb. f. 1854
~*Kingidium minus Seidenfadden 1988 - See Phalaenopsis minus [Seidenfaden] E. A. Christenson 2001
~Kingidium naviculare Tsi ex Hashim 1984 - See Phalaenopsis braceana (Hook. f.) Christenson 1986
~Kingidium philippinenesis [Ames] O. Gruss 1995 - See Phalaenopsis deliciosa Rchb. f. 1854
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~Kingidium stobarianum (Rchb. f.) Seidenf. 1988 - See Phalaenopsis stobartiana Rchb. f. 1877
~Kingidium taenialis (Lindl.) P.F. Hunt 1970 - See Phalaenopsis taenialis [Lindl.] E.A Christ. & Pradham 1986
~Kingidium wightii [Rchb.f] Gruss & Rolke 1995 - See Phalaenopsis deliciosa Rchb. f. 1854
~Kingidium wilsonii (Rolfe) O.Gruss & Roellke 1996 - See Phalaenopsis wilsonii Rolfe 1909
~`Kingiella Rolfe 1917- See Phalaenopsis Blume 1825 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Vandeae, SUBTRIBE Aeridinae.
~Kingiella decumbens [Griff]Rolfe 1917 - See *Phalaenopsis deliciosa Rchb. f. 1854 or Phalaenopsis parishii Rchb. f. 1865
~Kingiella hebe (Rchb. f.) Rolfe 1917 - See Phalaenopsis deliciosa Rchb. f. 1854
~Kingiella philippinensi (Ames) Rolfe 1917 - Phalaenopsis deliciosa Rchb. f. 1854
~Kingiella steffensii [Schltr.] Rolfe 1917 - See Phalaenopsis deliciosa Rchb. f. 1854
~Kingiella taenialis (Lindl.) Rolfe 1917 - See Phalaenopsis taenialis [Lindl.] E.A Christ. & Pradham 1986
~`Kochiophyton Schlechter 1906 - See Acacallis Lindley 1853 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Maxillarieae, SUBTRIBE Zygopetalinae.
~Kochiophyton caeruleum Hoehne 1910 - See Acacallis cyanea Lindley 1853
~Kochiophyton coeruleus Hoehne 1906 - See Acacallis cyanea Lindley 1853
~Kochiophyton coerulens Hoehne 1910 - See Acacallis cyanea Lindley 1853
~Kochiophyton negrense Schlecter 1906 - See Acacallis cyanea Lindley 1853
~Kionophyton Garay 1980 publ. 1982 - See Aulosepalum Garay 1980 publ.25/6/1982 SUBFAMILY Spiranthoideae, TRIBE Cranichideae SUBTRIBE Spirantinae.
~Kionophyton pyramidalis (Lindl.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982 - See Aulosepalum pyramidale [Lindl.] Dix & Dix ?
Koellensteinia Rchb. f. 1854 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Maxillarieae, SUBTRIBE Zygopetalinae.
There are 16 species in this genus of smaller epiphytes and occasional terrestrials. Occuring in very wet cloud forests this genus neds to be kept moist at all times, and as they are found as a whole at elevations of 1000 to 2000 meters they need to be grown with warm to coool temperatures in pots with a well draining medium. They are characterized by the presence of tiny psedobulbs surrounded by the base s of narrow, lightly veined leaveswith a lateral multifloral inflorescence produced on a new or mature growth, giving rise to flowers with the sepals and petals free, a threee lobed lip with a bilobed, erect callus, attached to an elongate column foot, spurless, and four hard pollina in two pairs.
Common Name or Meaning Named for Kelner Koellenstein Austrian orchid aficionado
Type species = ! = Koellensteinia kellneriana Rchb. f. 1854
~Koellensteinia brachystalix Schltr. 1915 - See Otostylis brachystalix (Rchb.f.) Schltr.1918
~Koellensteinia colnagoi Ruschi 1974 - See Koellensteinia altissima Pabst 1962
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`Konanzia Dodson & N.H. Williams 1980 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Maxillarieae, SUBTRIBE Oncidiinae
A monotypic genus characterized by having ovoid pseudobulbs, with an aborted apical leafsubtended by distichous, thick, fleshy, leaf-like sheaths, an axillary, paniculate inflorescence giving rise to tiny spurless flowers with the sepals fused at the base to form a small tube a short column foot creating a mentum with the lateral sepals and two hard pollina..
Common Name or Meaning Named for Max Konantz an Ecuadorian orchid collector
Synonyms Konantzia
Type species = ! = Konanzia minutiflora Dodson & N.H. Williams 1980
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~`Konantzia Dodson & N.H. Williams 1980 - See Konanzia Dodson & N.H. Williams 1980 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Maxillarieae, SUBTRIBE Oncidiinae
~Konantzia minutiflora Dodson & N.H. Williams 1980 - See Konanzia minutiflora Dodson & N.H. Williams 1980
~Kraenzlinella O. Ktze. 1903 - See Pleurothallis R. Brown 1813 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Maxillarieae, SUBTRIBE Zygopetalinae.
~Kraenzlinella anfracta (Luer) Luer 2004 - See Pleurothallis anfracta Luer 1994
~Kraenzlinella erinacea (Rchb.f.) Solano 2002 publ. 2003 - See Pleurothallis erinacea Rchb. f. 1855
~Kraenzlinella lappago (Luer) Luer 2004 - See Pleurothallis lappago Luer 1980
~Kraenzlinella muricata (Schltr.) Rolfe 1915 - See Pleurothallis erinacea Rchb. f. 1855
~Kraenzlinella platyrachis [Rolfe]Rolfe 1915 - See Pleurothallis endotrachys Rchb.f 1876
~Kraenzlinella rufescens Rolfe 1916 - See Pleurothallis erinacea Rchb. f. 1855
~Kraenzlinella sororia (Schltr.) Rolfe 1915 - See Pleurothallis erinacea Rchb. f. 1855
~Kryptostoma (Summerh.) Geerinck 1982 - See Habenaria Willd. 1805SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Orchideae, SUBTRIBE Habenariinae.
~Kryptostoma pectinatum (D.Don) Olszewski & Szlach. 2000 - See Habenaria pectinata D.Don 1825
~Kryptostoma praestans (Rendle) Szlach. 1995 - See Habenaria praestans Rendle 1895
~Kryptostoma praestans var. umbrosum (G.Will.) Szlach. & Olszewski 1998 - See Habenaria praestans Rendle 1895
Kuhlhasseltia J.J.Sm. 1910SUBFAMILY Spiranthoideae , TRIBE Cranichideae, SUBTRIBE Goodyerinae
There are 9 species in this terretrial Jewel orchid genus
Common Name or Meaning Kuhl and Hasselt's Orchid [2 Dutch Botanists early 20th cen]
Synonyms Vexillabium F.Maek. 1935
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~Kuhlhasseltia kinabaluensis Ames & C.Schweinf. 1920 - See Kuhlhasseltia javanica J.J.Sm.1910
~Kusibabella Szlach. 2004 - See Habenaria Willd. 1805 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Orchideae, SUBTRIBE Habenariinae.
~Kusibabella bractescens (Lindl.) Szlach. 2004 - See Habenaria bractescens Lindl. 1835
~Kusibabella burkartiana (Hoehne) Szlach. 2004 - See Habenaria bractescens Lindl. 1835
~Kusibabella gourlieana (Gillies ex Lindl.) Szlach. 2004 - See Habenaria bractescens Lindl. 1835
`Lacaena Lindl. 1843 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Gongoreae, SUBTRIBE Stanhopeinae.
There are 2 species in this genus that is found from Mexico to Colombia
Common Name or Meaning refes to the beauty of the flower - Greek mythology reference to Helen of Troy
Synonyms Nauenia Klotzsch 1853
Type species = ! = Lacaena bicolor Lindl. 1843
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~Lacaena bicolor f. alba Rolfe 1910 - See Lacaena bicolor Lindl. 1843
~Lacaena bicolor var. glabrata Lem.1854 - See Lacaena bicolor Lindl. 1843
~Lacaena nicaraguensis L.O.Williams 1964 - See Lacaena spectabilis (Klotzsch) Rchb.f. 1854
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Laelia Lindley 1831 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Laeliinae.
Laelia was first described by John Lindley in 1831 and Schlechter revised it in 1917 by dividing the genus to 7 subsections.
1. Cattleyodes- the species that resemble Cattleya yet have 8 pollina such as Laelia purpurata.
2.Hadrolaelia- Have lips with distinctive crests and keels as well as heteroblastic psuedobulbs such as Laelia pumila.
3.Laelia- has homoblastic psuedobulbs such as Laelia speciosa.
4. Microlaelia- same as section 3 except for sepals and petals are of equal size such as Laelia lundii.
5. Cyrtolaelia- they are rupicolious or rock growing and have a narrow lip and the flower color is most often yellow to orange red such as Laelia cinnabarina.
6.Podolaelia- has sheaths and an articulated stem such as Laelia anceps.
7. Calolaelia- has a single species, Laelia superbiens, which has now been moved to Schomburgkia.
Common Name or Meaning Named for an ancient Roman family, meaning unclear
Synonyms `Amalias Hoffmannsegg 1842
Type species = ! = Bletia grandiflora La Llave & Lex. 1825 = Laelia grandiflora [LaLave & Lex.]Lindley 1831 = Laelia speciosa (Kunth) Schltr. 1914
Taxonomy according to Carl Withner
~Laelia acuminata Lindley 1841 - See Laelia rubescens Lindley 1840
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~Laelia anceps fo. chilapensis Soto Arenas 1993 - See Laelia anceps Lindley 1835
~Laelia anceps fo. dawsonii (J. Anderson) Soto Arenas 1993 - See Laelia anceps Lindley 1835
~Laelia anceps var. dawsonii J. Anderson 1865 subvar. Chialapensis - See Laelia anceps Lindley 1835
~Laelia anceps subsp. dawsonii Rolfe 1922 - See Laelia anceps Lindley 1835
~Laelia anceps subsp. hallydayana (O'Brien) Rolfe 1922 - See Laelia anceps Lindley 1835
~Laelia anceps subsp. sanderiana (Rchb.f.) Rolfe 1922 - See Laelia anceps Lindley 1835
~Laelia anceps subsp. schroederiana (Rchb.f.) Rolfe 1922 - See Laelia anceps Lindley 1835
~Laelia anceps var barkerriana Lindley - See Laelia anceps Lindley 1835
~Laelia anceps Lindley 1836 var. chamberlainiana Lindley 1895 - See Laelia anceps Lindley 1835
~Laelia anceps var. hallydayana O'Brien 1894 - See Laelia anceps Lindley 1835
~Laelia anceps var. sanderiana Rchb.f. 1887 - See Laelia anceps Lindley 1835
~Laelia anceps var. schroederiana Rchb.f. 1885 - See Laelia anceps Lindley 1835
Subgen Parviflorae
sec Parviflorae Lindley
To LATE
~Laelia aurantiaca (Bateman ex Lindl.) Beer 1854 - See Cattleya aurantiaca [Bateman ex Lindley]P.N.Don 1840
~Laelia aurea F. Navarro 1990 - See Laelia rubescens var aurea Lindley 1840
Subgen Laelia
sec Podolaelia Schlechter
To and
~Laelia autumnalis f. atrorubens (Backh.f.) Halb. 1993 - See Laelia autumnalis Lindl. 1831
~Laelia autumnalis f. xanthotrophis (Rchb.f.) Halb. & Soto Arenas 1997 - See Laelia autumnalis Lindl. 1831
~Laelia autumnalis var. atrorubens Backh.f. 1880 - See Laelia autumnalis Lindl. 1831
~Laelia autumnalis var. venusta auct. 1884 - See Laelia autumnalis Lindl. 1831
~Laelia autumnalis var. xanthotrophis Rchb.f. 1888 - See Laelia autumnalis Lindl. 1831
Subgen Laelia
sec Podolaelia Schlechter
To LATE To
~Laelia barkeriana Knowles & Westc. 1837 - See Laelia anceps Lindley 1836
Subgen Parviflorae
sec Parviflorae Lindley
~Laelia boothiana Rchb.f. 1855 - See Laelia lobata [Lindley]Veitch 1887
Subgen Parviflorae
sec Esalqueanae Withner 1990
~Laelia brevicaulis (H.G.Jones) Withner 1990To
~Laelia boothiana Rchb.f. 1855 - See Laelia lobata (Lindl.) H.J. Veitch 1887
~Laelia brevicaulis (H.G.Jones) Withner 1990 - See Laelia harpophylla Rchb.f 1873
~Laelia caetensis Pabst 1975 - See Laelia crispata [Thunb.]Garay 1974
~Laelia candida Lodd. ex W.Baxter 1850 - See Laelia albida Bateman ex Lindl. 1839
~Laelia cardimii Pabst & A.F.Mello 1978
~Laelia casperiana Rchb.f. 1859 - See Laelia purpurata Lindley & Paxt. 1852
Subgen Parviflorae
sec Rupestres Withner 1990
To LATE
Subgen Parviflorae
sec Parviflorae Lindley
To LATE
~Laelia cinnabarina var crispilabia [A. Rich.]Veitch 1887 - See Laelia crispilabia A. Rich. ex Warner 1865
~Laelia cinnamomea Rchb.f. 1860 - See Laelia cinnabarina Bateman 1847
~Laelia cowanii Rolfe 1900
~Laelia crawshayana var. leucoptera Rchb.f. 1884 - See Laelia x crawshayana Rchb. f. 1883
Subgen Crispae
sec Crispae Pfitzer
To MOSTLY
Subgen Parviflorae
sec Rupestres Withner 1990
To LATE To EARLY
Subgen Parviflorae
sec Rupestres Withner 1990
To
~Laelia crispilabia Auct non A. Rich - See Laelia mantiqueirae Pabst 1974
To
~Laelia dawsoni [J. Anders. ]Crawshay 1902 - See Laelia anceps var. dawsonii J. Anderson 1865 subvar. Chialapensis
Subgen Crispae
sec Hadrolaelia Schlechter
To
~Laelia digbyana [Lindley]Benth. 1880 - See Rhyncholaelia digbyana [Lindley]Schlechter 1918
~Laelia digbyana var fimbripetala Ames 1932 - See Rhyncholaelia digbyana [Lindley]Schlechter 1918
~Laelia discolor A. Rich. & Gal. 1845 - See Laelia albida Batem. ex Lindl. 1839
~Laelia domingensis (Lindl.) Millsp. 1900 - See Broughtonia domingensis (Lindl.) Rolfe 1889
~*Laelia dormaniana Rchb. f. 1878 - See Cattleya dormaniana (Rchb. f.) Rchb. f. 1882
Subgen Parviflorae
sec Parviflorae Lindley 1990
To
To To EARLY
Subgen Crispae
sec Crispae Pfitzer
To
Subgen Parviflorae sec Parviflorae Lindley 1990
To
To To MID
~Laelia fulva Lindl. ex Heynh 1846 - See Laelia crispata [Thunb.]Garay 1974
Subgen Laelia
sec Podolaelia Schlechter
To To MID
~Laelia galeottiana (A.Rich.) Lindl. ex Heynh. 1846 - See Myrmecophila galeottiana A. Rich.) Rolfe 1917
Subgen Parviflorae
sec Rupestres Withner 1990
~Laelia geraensis Barb. Rodr. 1876 - See Laelia harpophylla Rchb.f 1873
To
~Laelia glauca Bth. 1880 - See Rhyncholaelia glauca [Lindley]Schlechter 1918
~Laelia goebeliana Keuppers & Kranzlin 1916 - See Laelia virens Lindley 1844
Subgen Parviflorae
sec Parviflorae Lindley
To LATE and EARLY
~Laelia gloriosa [Rchb.f] L.O.Wms. 1941 - See Schomburgkia crispa Lindley 1838
To and
Subgen Parviflorae
sec Parviflorae Lindley
To LATE and
~Laelia grandiflora (La Llave & Lex.) Lindl. 1831 - See Laelia speciosa (Kunth) Schltr. 1914
Subgen Crispae sec Crispae Pfitzer
To and
~Laelia grandis var purpurea Rchb.f 1854 - See Laelia lobata (Lindl.) H.J. Veitch 1887
~*Laelia grandis Lindley & Paxton var tenebrosa Gower 1891 - See Laelia tenebrosa [Rolfe]Rolfe 1893
~Laelia hallidayana (O'Brien) Crawshay 1902 - See Laelia anceps Lindley 1835
Subgen Parviflorae
sec Harpophyllae Withner 1990
To LATE and
~Laelia harpophylla var dulcotensis Hort. 1900 - See Laelia kautskyana Pabst 1974
~Laelia humboldtii [Rchb.f]L.O.Wms. 1941 - See Myrmecophilia humboldtia [Rchb.f] Rolfe 1917
~Laelia inconspicua H.G.Jones 1974 - See Laelia rubescens Lindley 1840
Subgen Parviflorae
sec Esalqueanae Withner 1990
~Laelia johniana Schlechter 1912 - See Laelia virens Lindley 1844
Subgen Crispae
sec Hadrolaelia Schlechter
To LATE To
Subgen Parviflorae
sec Harpophyllae Withner 1990
To
TO LATE
Subgen Parviflorae
sec Liliputinae Withner 1990 LATE
and
~Laelia lawrenceana Hort. 1863 - See Laelia crispilabia A. Rich. ex Warner 1865
~Laelia leucoptera (Rchb.f.) Rolfe 1890 - See Laelia x crawshayana Rchb. f. 1883
Subgen Parviflorae
sec Liliputinae Withner 1990
To and
~Laelia lindenii Lindley 1846 - See Cattleyopsis lindenii [Lindley] Cogn. 1910
~Laelia lindleyana G. Nicholson 1885 - See Laelia lindleyana (Rchb. f.) H.J. Veitch 1887
Subgen Crispae
sec Crispae Pfitzer
To
.
Subgen Parviflorae
sec Liliputinae Withner 1990
~Laelia longipes sensu Cogn. non Rchb.f - See Laelia gardneri Pabst 1975
~Laelia longipes var. fournieri Cogn. 1897 - See Laelia fournieri (Cogn.) F.E.L. Miranda 1993
Subgen Parviflorae
sec Liliputinae Withner 1990
To LATE To
~Laelia lueddemaniana [Prill.] Williams 1940 - See Schomburgkia lueddemannii Prill. 1862
Subgen Microlaelia [Schlechter] Withner 1990
Mid To
~Laelia lundii var. alba L.C.Menezes 1998 - See Laelia lundii Rchb. f. 1881
~Laelia lyonsii [Lindl.] Williams 1941 - See Schomburgkia lyonsii Lindl. 1853
~Laelia majalis Lindley 1839 - See Laelia speciosa (Kunth) Schltr. 1914
Subgen Parviflorae
sec Rupestres Withner 1990
To
~Laelia marginata (Lindl.) L.O.Williams 1941 - See Schomburgkia crispa Lindley 1838
Subgen Parviflorae
sec Parviflorae Lindley LATE
and
~Laelia monophylla (Griseb.) N.E. Br. 1882 - See Neocogniauxia monophylla (Griseb.) Schltr. 1913
~Laelia moyobambae (Schltr.) C.Schweinf. 1944 - See Schomburgkia moyobambae Schltr. 1921
~Laelia ostermeyeri Hoehne 1937 - See Laelia lucasiana Rolfe 1893
~
~Laelia peduncularis Lindley 1842 - See Laelia rubescens Lindley 1840
Subgen Crispae
sec Perriniae Withner 1990
To To
Subgen Parviflorae
sec Rupestres Withner 1990
<
~Laelia praestans Rchb. f. 1857 - See Laelia spectabilis (Paxton) Withner 1990
~Laelia praestans var noblis Lindley 1898 - See Laelia pumila [Hooker]Rchb.f 1853
~Laelia pubescens Lemoine 1852 - See Laelia rubescens Lindley 1840
Subgen Crispae
sec Hadrolaelia Schlechter
To
~Laelia pumila subsp. dayana (Rchb.f.) Bicalho 1976 - See Laelia dayana Rchb. f. 1876
~Laelia pumila subsp. praestans (Linden & Rchb.f.) Bicalho 1976 - See Laelia spectabilis (Paxton) Withner 1990
~Laelia pumila var. dayana (Rchb.f.) Burbridge ex Dean 1877 - See Laelia dayana Rchb. f. 1876
~Laelia pumila var mirabilis Morr. 1878 - See Laelia spectabilis (Paxton) Withner 1990
~Laelia pumila var praestans [Rchb.f] Veitch 1887 - See Laelia spectabilis (Paxton) Withner 1990
Subgen Crispae
sec Crispae Pfitzer
To LATE To
Subgen Parviflorae
sec Liliputinae Withner 1990
LATE
~Laelia regnelii Barb. Rod. 1881 - See Laelia lundii Rchb. f. 1881
~Laelia reichenbachiana Wendl. & Kraenzl 1892 - See Laelia lundii Rchb. f. 1881
~Laelia riveri Carr. 1874 - See Laelia lobata [Lindley]Veitch 1887
~Laelia rosea (Linden ex Lindl.) C.Schweinf. 1967 - See Schomburgkia rosea Linden ex Lindl. 1845
Subgen Laelia
sec Podolaelia Schlechter
To To
~Laelia rubescens f. peduncularis (Lindl.) Halb. 1993 - See Laelia rubescens Lindley 1840
~Laelia rupestris Lindley 1842 - See Laelia crispata [Thunb.]Garay 1973
~Laelia russelliana B.S.Williams 1885 - See Laelia purpurata Lindley 1852-3
~Laelia sanderiana (Rchb.f.) Crawshay 1902 - See Laelia anceps Lindley 1835
Subgen Parviflorae
sec Parviflorae Lindley 1990
~Laelia sawyeri L.O.Williams 1943 - See Myrmecophila galeottiana Rolfe 1917
~Laelia schroederiana (Rchb.f.) Crawshay 1902 - See Laelia anceps Lindley 1835
~Laelia schroederae Crawshay 1902 - See Laelia anceps Lindley 1835
Subgen Crispae
sec Sincoranae Withner 1990
Subgen Laelia
sec Laelia Lindley
To To
Subgen Crispae
sec Hadrolaelia Schlechter
~Laelia splendida (Schltr.) L.O. Williams 1941 - See Schomburgkia splendida Schltr. 1913
~*Laelia superbiens Lindl. 1840 - See Schomburgkia superbiens (Lindl.) Rolfe 1917
Subgen Crispae
sec Crispae Pfitzer
To To
Subgen Parviflorae
sec Rupestres Withner 1990
~Laelia thomsoniana [Rchb.f]L.O.Wms. 1941 - See Myrmecophila brysiana var. minor [Hooker] H.G.Jones ?
~Laelia tibicinis [Batem. ex Lindley] L.O.Wms. 1941 - See Myrmecophila tibicinis [Bateman]Rolfe 1917
~Laelia undulata [Lindley] L. O. Wms. 1941 - Schomburgkia undulata Lindley 1841
~Laelia venusta Rolfe 1895 - See Laelia autumnalis Lindl. 1831
Subgen Crispae
sec Crispae Withner 1990
~Laelia virens Hort. [non-Lindley] 1858 - See Laelia lobata (Lindl.) H.J. Veitch 1887
~Laelia violacea Rchb.f. 1854 - See Laelia rubescens Lindley 1840
~Laelia wallisii Linden 1865 - See Schomburgkia wallisii Rchb. f. 1877
~Laelia weberbaueriana [Kranzlin] Schweinf. 1944 - See Schomburgkia weberbaueriana Kraenzl. 1906
~Laelia wendlandii Rchb. f. 1862 - See Myrmecophila wendlandii (Rchb. f.) G.C. Kenn. 1979
~Laelia wetmorei Ruschi 1970 - See Laelia xanthina Lindley 1859
Subgen Crispae
sec Crispae Pfitzer
To LATE To EARLY
`Laeliopsis Lindl. ex Paxton 1853 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Laeliinae.
A monotypic genus found as an epiphyte or lithophyte in the Caribbean on the island of Hispaniola and Mona at altitudes from sealevel to 200 meters in xeric or hot, dry and desert like conditions. It differs from Broughtonia in that it has fleshy-rigid erose leaves and an elongate column lacking wings, and from Cattleyopsis in that it has 4 equal pollina instead of 8 unequal and the column lacks basal appendages.
Common Name or Meaning Refering to the similarities with the genus Laelia
Type species = ! = Cattleya domingensis Lindley 1831 = Laeliopsis domingensis [Lindley]Lindley 1852-3
~Laeliopsis chinense Lindley ex Rchb.f. 1882 - See Barkeria obovata [C. Presl.]Christenson 1988[1989]
~Laeliopsis cubensis [Lindl.]Lindl. 1853 - See Cattleyopsis cubensis (Lindl.) Sauleda & R.M. Adams 1984
To
~Laeliopsis lindenii [Lindl]Lindley 1853 - See Cattleyopsis lindenii [Lindley]Cogn. 1910
Lanium Lindley 1881 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Laeliinae.
This genus has less than 5 species found in northern South America as small epiphytic herbs that have a creeping rhizome and for that reason are best mounted on tree fern or cork. Before flowering the plant needs shade and water, but afterwards, more light and less water is needed. These species were segregated from Epidendrum because of their scaly creeping rhizomes, small growth habit, small flowers and wooly hairs on the backs of the sepals, flower stalks and fruits. Other differences incluse, an undivided lip that is only basally attached to the coluimn. The pollina have two larger center pollina are compressed with two outer smaller 2 pollina are elongated and comma shaped. The flowers are non-resupinate and have a small bird-like appearance.
Common Name or Meaning refers to the wooley hairs on the inflorescence, flowers and fruits
Type species = ! = Lanium avicula [Lindley]Benth.
and
~Lanium avicula var longifolium Cogn. 1898 - See Lanium avicula (Lindl.) Benth. 1881
~Lanium colombianum Schltr. 1921 - See Lanium microphyllum (Lindl.) Benth 1881
~Lanium ecuadorense Schltr. 1921 - See Lanium avicula (Lindl.) Benth. 1881
~Lanium hioramii (Acuña & Roíg) H.Dietr. 1980 - See Hormidium pygmaeum (Hook.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex Hemsl. 1881
~Lanium microphyllum subsp. colombianum (Schltr.) Brieger 1977 - See Lanium microphyllum (Lindl.) Benth 1881
~Lanium peruvianum Schltr. 1921 - See Lanium microphyllum (Lindl.) Benth 1881
Lankesterella Ames 1923 SUBFAMILY Spiranthoideae, TRIBE Cranichideae, SUBTRIBE Spiranthinae.
There are 10 smaller terrestrail or epiphytic species in this genus found in Central and South America that grow cool to warm and need shady humid conditions.
Type species = ! = Lankesterella costaricensis Ames 1923 =Lankesterella orthantha (Kraenzl.) Garay
~Lankesterella hoehnei Leite 1948 - See Lankesterella gnomus (Kraenzl.) Hoehne 1944
~Lankesterella major (Hoehne & Schltr.) Mansf. 1940 - See Lankesterella ceracifolia (Barb.Rodr.) Mansf. 1940
~Lankesterella oligantha (Hoehne & Schltr.) Mansf 1940 - See Lankesterella ceracifolia (Barb.Rodr.) Mansf. 1940
To
~`Larnandra Raf. 1825 - See Epidendrum L. 1763 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Laeliinae.
~Larnandra conopsea (R. Br.) Raf. 1836 - See *Epidendrum conopseum R. Br. 1813
~Larnandra magnolia Raf. 1825 - See Epidendrum conopseum R. Br. 1813
~Latourea Bl. 1849 - Dendrobium Sw. 1799 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Dendrobieae, SUBTRIBE Dendrobiinae.
~Latourea alexandrae [Schltr.] Breiger 1981 - See Dendrobium alexandrae Schltr. 1912
~Latourea atroviolacea [Rolfe] Breiger 1981 - See Dendrobium atroviolaceum Rolfe 1890
~Latourea forbesii [Ridl.] Breiger 1981 - See Dendrobium forbesii Ridl. 1886
~Latourea macrophylla ( A.Rich. ) F.G.Brieger 1981 - See Dendrobium macrophyllum A. Richard not Lindley or Ames 1834
~Latourea muscifera ( Schltr. ) F.G.Brieger 1981 - See Dendrobium macrophyllum A. Richard not Lindley or Ames 1834
~Latourea oncidiochila (Kraenzl.) Kraenzl. 1894 - See Dendrobium bifalce Lindl. 1843
~*Latourea spectabilis Blume 1849 - See Dendrobium spectabile (Blume) Miq. 1859
~`Latouria Bl. 1847 - Dendrobium Sw. 1799 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Dendrobieae, SUBTRIBE Dendrobiinae.
~Latouria spectabilis Blume 1850 - See Dendrobium spectabile (Blume) Miq. 1859
~Latourorchis Breiger 1981 - Dendrobium Sw. 1799 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Dendrobieae, SUBTRIBE Dendrobiinae.
~Latourorchis alexandre [Schltr.] Breiger 1981 - See Dendrobium alexandrae Schltr. 1912
~Latourorchis atroviolacea [Rolfe] Breiger 1981 - See Dendrobium atroviolaceum Rolfe 1890
~Latourorchis forbesii [Ridl.] Breiger 1981 - See Dendrobium forbesii Ridl. 1886
~Latourorchis johnsoniae {F. Meuller] Breiger 1981 - See Dendrobium johnsoniae F. Muell. 1882
~Latourorchis macrophylla [A.Rich.] Breiger 1981 - See Dendrobium macrophyllum A. Richard not Lindley or Ames 1834
~Latourorchis muscifera ( Schltr. ) F.G.Brieger 1981 - See Dendrobium macrophyllum A. Richard not Lindley or Ames 1834
~Latourorchis spectabile [Bl.] Breiger 1981 - See Dendrobium spectabile (Blume) Miq. 1859
~`Leaoa Schltr. & Porto 1922 - See Scaphyglottis Poeepp. & Endl. 1835 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Laeliinae.
~Leaoa hondurensis (Ames) Brieger 1976 - See Scaphyglottis hondurensis (Ames) L.O. Williams 1950
~Leaoa monophylla (Barb.Rodr.) Schltr. & Porto 1922 - See Scaphyglottis livida (Lindl.) Schltr. 1918
~Leaoa reedii (Rchb.f.) Garay 1954 - See Scaphyglottis livida (Lindl.) Schltr. 1918
Lecanorchis Blume 1856 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Vanilleae, SUBTRIBE Lecanorchidinae.
There are about 15 species in this leafless mycoheterotrophic genus from Japan through SE Asia to New Guinea that is found in areas without a severe dry season and have thick, pale roots, an erect rhizome giving rise to a thin, brittle, blackish, stems and bloom on terminal, short, racemose, few to many flowered inflorescence carrying flowers with similar sepals and petals, at the junction of the sepals and ovary there is a small, persistent toothed cup and the lip is trilobed or entire and is internally hairy, has no spur and the column is slender and carries 2 pollina.
Common Name or MeaningThe Cupped Orchid [refers to the small, toothed cup at the junction of the sepals and ovary]
LectoType species = ! = Lecanorchis javanica Blume 1856
~Lecanorchis cerina Fukuy. 1935 - See Lecanorchis japonica Blume 1856
~Lecanorchis cerina var. albida T.P.Lin 1987 - See Lecanorchis japonica Blume 1856
~Lecanorchis hokurikuensis Masam. 1963 - See Lecanorchis japonica Blume 1856
~Lecanorchis hokurikuensis f. kiiensis (Murata) Seriz. 2005 - See Lecanorchis japonica Blume 1856
~Lecanorchis japonica var. hokurikuensis (Masam.) T.Hashim. 1990 - See Lecanorchis japonica Blume 1856
~Lecanorchis japonica var. kiiensis (Murata) T.Hashim. 1990 - See Lecanorchis japonica Blume 1856
~Lecanorchis japonica var. tubiformis T.Hashim. 1990 - See Lecanorchis japonica Blume 1856
~ Lecanorchis kiiensis Murata 1975 - See Lecanorchis japonica Blume 1856
~Lecanorchis papuana Schltr. 1911 - See Lecanorchis javanica Blume 1856
~Lecanorchis pauciflora J.J.Sm. 1918 - See Lecanorchis javanica Blume 1856
~Lecanorchis trachycaula Ohwi 1965 - See Lecanorchis japonica Blume 1856
~Lecanorchis triloba J.J.Sm. 1908 - See Lecanorchis javanica Blume 1856
~Lecanorchis virella T.Hashim. 1989 - See Lecanorchis japonica Blume 1856
~Lectandra J.J.Sm. 1907 - See Poaephyllum Ridl. 1907 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Podochileae, SUBTRIBE Podochilinae
~Lectandra podochiloides (Schltr.) Schltr. 1912 - See Poaephyllum podochiloides (Schltr.) Ridl. 1916
~`Ledgeria FvM. 1859 - See Erythrorchis Bl. 1837 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Vanilleae, SUBTRIBE Galeolinae
~Ledgeria aphylla FvM. 1859 - See Erythrorchis cassythoides (A.M. Cunn.) Garay 1986
~*Ledgeria foliata F. Muell. 1861 - See Pseudovanilla foliata (F. Mueller) Garay 1986
~`Leioanthum M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Dendrobium Sw. 1799 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae,TRIBE Dendrobieae, SUBTRIBE Dendrobiinae.
~Leioanthum bifalce (Lindl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Dendrobium bifalce Lindl. 1843
~Leiochilus Hkr. 1873 - See Leochilus Knowles & Westc. 1838 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Maxillareae SUBTRIBE Oncidiinae.
~Leiochilus labiatus Kuntze 1891 - See Leochilus labiatus (Sw.) Kuntze 1891
~Leiochilus retusus Schltr. 1923 - See Leochilus scriptus (Scheidw.) Rchb. f. 1854
Lemboglossum Halbinger 1984 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Maxillareae SUBTRIBE Oncidiinae.
The 14 species that make up the genus Lemboglossum were all listed as from the genus Odontoglossum until 1984 and for registration of hybrids, they still are. They are all found in Central America from Mexico south to Costa Rica and are intermediate to cold growing. They appreciate small pots with adequate drainage as the roots do not like to be kept wet, medium shade and humidity while in growth and a cooler, drier winter.
Common Name or Meaning refers to the boat shaped lip
Synonyms Cymbiglossum Halbinger 1983
Type species = ! = Odontoglossum rossii Lindley 1838 = Lemboglossum rossii [Lindley] Halbinger 1984
~Lemboglossum apterum (La Llave & Lex.) Halb. 1984 - See Rhynchostele aptera (La Llave & Lex.) M.A.Soto Arenas & G.A.Salazar 1993
~Lemboglossum bictoniense (Bateman) Halb. 1984 - See Rhynchostele bictoniensis (Bateman) M.A.Soto Arenas & G.A.Salazar 1993
~Lemboglossum cervantesii [La Llave & Lex.] Halbinger 1984 - See Rhynchostele cervantesii (La Llave & Lex.) Soto Arenas & Salazar 1993
~Lemboglossum cordatum [Lindley]Halbinger 1984 - See Rhynchostele cordata (Lindl.) Soto Arenas & Salazar 1993
~Lemboglossum ehrenbergii (Link, Klotzsch & Otto) Halb. 1984 - See Rhynchostele ehrenbergii (Link, Klotzsch & Otto) Soto Arenas & Salazar 1993
~Lemboglossum galeottianum (A. Rich.) Halb. 1984 - See Rhynchostele galeottiana (A. Rich.) Soto Arenas & Salazar 1993
~Lemboglossum × humeanum (Rchb.f.) Bockemühl ex R.Diekmann 2000 - See Rhynchostele × humeana (Rchb.f.) M.A.Soto Arenas & G.A.Salazar 1993
~Lemboglossum maculatum (La Llave & Lex.) Halb. 1894 - See Rhynchostele maculata (La Llave & Lex.) Soto Arenas & Salazar 1824
~Lemboglossum madrense ( Reichenbach f. ) F.Halbinger 1984 - See Rhynchostele madrensis (Rchb.f.) M.A.Soto Arenas & G.A.Salazar 1993
~Lemboglossum majale (Rchb. f.) Halb. 1984 - See Rhynchostele majalis (Rchb. f.) Rchb. f. 1993
~Lemboglossum rossii[Lindley]Halbinger 1984
~Lemboglossum stellatum [Lindley] Halb. 1984 - See Rhynchostele stellata (Lindl.) Soto Arenas & Salazar 1993
~Lemboglossum uroskinneri [Lindl.] Halbinger 1984 - See Rhynchostele uroskinneri (Lindl.) Lindl. 1859
Lemurella Schltr. 1925 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Vandaeae, SUBTRIBE Angraecinae
There are 4 valid species in this diminutive genus restricted to the Comoros and Madagascar
Common Name or Meaning refers to Lemuria - a mythical continent comprising Antartica, India and Madagascar
Type species = ! = Lemurella ambongensis (Schltr.) Schltr. 1925 = Lemurella culicifera (Rchb.f.) H.Perrier 1941
~Lemurella ambongensis (Schltr.) Schltr. 1925 - See Lemurella culicifera (Rchb.f.) H.Perrier 1941
~Lemurella sarcanthoides (Schltr.) Senghas 1986 - See Oeonia brauniana H.Wendl. & Kraenzl. 1900
`Lemurorchis Kraenzl. 1893 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Vandaeae, SUBTRIBE Angraecinae
There is a single species in this genus endemic to Madagascar and confined to a remnant evergreen forest in the centerr of the country.
Common Name or Meaning refers to Lemuria - a mythical continent comprising Antartica, India and Madagascar
Type species = ! = Lemurorchis madagascariensis Kraenzl. 1893
Leochilus Knowles & Westc. 1838 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Maxillarieae SUBTRIBE Oncidiinae.
There are 10 species spread from Mexico to Argentina as well as the Caribbean and are obligate, twig epiphytes such as Rodriguezia, Notylia and Comparettia. The genus is characterized by single leafed pseudobulbs, subtended by distichous leaf-like sheaths, spurless flowers, an unlobed lip, a short column foot, and two hard pollina. They are common in fruit tree groves as epiphytes in humid forests at elevation sof 100 to 700 meters.
Common Name or Meaning refers to the smooth lip
Synonyms Leiochilus Hkr. 1873; `Waluewa Regel 1890
Type species = ! = Leochilus oncidioides Knowles and Wescott 1838
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~Leochilus cochlearis (Lindl.) Lindl 1842 - See Leochilus labiatus (Sw.) Kuntze 1891
~Leochilus depauperatus (F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.) Kraenzl. 1922 - See Leochilus labiatus (Sw.) Kuntze 1891
~Leochilus diaphanus (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 1918 - See Erycina diaphana Schltr. 1918
~Leochilus gracilis Schltr. 1923 - See Leochilus labiatus (Sw.) Kuntze 1891
~Leochilus hagsateri M.W.Chase 1986 - See Leochilus carinatus (Knowles & Westc.) Lindl. 1842
~Leochilus herbaceus Lindl. 1844 - See Leochilus scriptus (Scheidw.) Rchb. f. 1854
~Leochilus hyalinobulbon Schltr. 1918 - See Erycina hyalinobulbon ( La Llave & Lex. ) N.H.Williams & M.W.Chase 2001
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~Leochilus lehmannianus Kraenzl. 1922 - See Caucaea radiata (Lindl.) Mansf. 1934
~*Leochilus leiboldii Rchb.f. 1845 - See Papperitzia leiboldii [Rchb.f] Rchb. f. 1852
~Leochilus macrantherus (Hook.) Liebm. 1847 - See Leochilus oncidioides Knowles & Westc. 1838
~Leochilus major Schltr 1918 - See Leochilus scriptus (Scheidw.) Rchb. f. 1854
~Leochilus mattogrossensis Cogn. 1912 - See Solenidium lunatum (Lindl.) Kraenzl. 1922
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~Leochilus parviflorus Standl. & L.O.Williams 1951 - See Trichocentrum candidum Lindl. 1843
~Leochilus powellii Schltr. 1922 - See Leochilus scriptus (Scheidw.) Rchb. f. 1854
~Leochilus pulchellus (Regel) Cogn. 1906 - See Oncidium waluewa Rolfe 1904
~Leochilus radiatus (Lindl.) Kraenzl. 1922 - See Caucaea radiata (Lindl.) Mansf. 1934
~Leochilus retusus Schltr. 1923 - See Leochilus scriptus (Scheidw.) Rchb. f. 1854
~*Leochilus sanguinolentus Lindl. 1844 - See Caucaea sanguinolenta (Lindl.) N.H. Williams & M.W. Chase
~`Leopardanthus Bl. 1849 - See Dipodium R. Brown 1810 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Cymbidieae, SUBTRIBE Eulophiinae.
~*Leopardanthus scandens Blume 1849 - See Dipodium scandens (Blume) J.J.Sm. 1905
Lepanthes Sw. 1799 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae , TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Pleurothallidinae.
According to Carl Luer. There are over 800 species in this miniature epiphytic or lithophytic orchids that have smaller flowers that nestled near where the stem attaches generally to a single leaf. Typically the ramicauls are emclosed by a series of tubular, ribbed, more or less imbricating sheaths with oblique, dilated, marginated ostia, and the ribs and margins of the ostia are grossly or microscopically ciliate or scabrous, occasionally glabrous. The flowers, are usually produced successively in racemes with an annulus near the apex of the ramicaul, are delicate, membranous and multicolored. The petals and lip commonly are transversly lobed. The lip is usually so specialized that it's own terminology is required. The middle lobe is commonly represented by a sculpted, microscopic appendix. The base of the lip is connate to the under surface and often near the base of the footless column. Teh anther has a pair of pollina and is dorsal or apical and the stigma is apical, subapical or ventral.
Common Name or Meaning refers to the smale scale-like flowers
Type species = ! = Epidendrum ovale Sw 1799 = Lepanthes ovalis (Sw.) Fawc. & Rendle 1910
~Lepanthes abnormis Schltr. 1923 - See Lepanthes eximia Ames 1923
SECTION Lepanthes SUBSECTION Lepanthes SERIES Lepanthes Subgen. Lepanthes sect. Lepanthes subsect. Lepanthes series Lepanthes Novon 1993 SECTION. Lepanthes subsect. Lepanthes Series Elongatae 1993 SECTION. Lepanthes subsect. Lepanthes Series Mucronatae 1996 SECTION Lepanthes SUBSECTION Lepanthes SERIES Lepanthes ~Lepanthes andrenoglossa Rchb. f. 1855 - See Lepanthes mucronata Lindl. 1834
~Lepanthes apiculifera Schltr. 1923 - See Lepanthes erinacea Rchb.f. 1855
~Lepanthes archilae Luer & Béhar 1990 - See Lepanthes stenophylla Schltr. 1912
Subgen. Lepanthes sect. Lepanthes subsect. Lepanthes series Lepanthes Novon 1993 Subgen. Lepanthes sect. Lepanthes subsect. Lepanthes series Lepanthes Novon 1993 ~Lepanthes blumenavii Barb.Rodr., Vellosia 1891 - See Pleurothallis alligatorifera Rchb. f. 1865
~Lepanthes brenesii Schltr. 1923 - See Lepanthes turialvae Rchb. f. 1855
~Lepanthes brevipetala Fawc. & Rendle 1909 - See Lepanthopsis melanantha (Rchb. f.) Ames 1933
~*Lepanthes bufonis Luer & Hirtz 1987 - See Draconanthes bufonis (Luer & Hirtz) Luer 1996
Subgen. Lepanthes sect. Lepanthes subsect. Lepanthes series Lepanthes Novon 1993
Subgen. Lepanthes sect. Lepanthes subsect. Lepanthes series Lepanthes Novon 1993 SUBGEN Lepanthes SECT Lepanthes SUBSECT Breves SERIES Breves Luer 1993 Subgen. Marsipanthes sect. Caprimulignae Luer 1986 ~Lepanthes caucana Schlechter 1924 - See Lepanthes tracheia Rchb.f 1886
Subgen. Lepanthes sect. Lepanthes subsect. Lepanthes series Lepanthes Novon 1993 Subgen. Lepanthes sect. Lepanthes subsect. Lepanthes series Lepanthes Novan 1993 Subgen. Lepanthes sect. Lepanthes subsect. Lepanthes series Lepanthes Novon 1993 Subgen. Lepanthes sect. Lepanthes subsect. Lepanthes series Lepanthes Novan 1993 ~Lepanthes chrysosepala Barb. Rodr. 1882 - See Pleurothallis arcuata Lindl. 1859
SUBSECTION Lepanthes SERIES Elongatae ~Lepanthes collaris Luer 1987 - See Lepanthes blephariglossa Schltr. 1918
SUBGEN Lepanthes SECTION Lepanthes SUBSECTION Bilabiatae ~Lepanthes comet-halleyi Luer 1987 - See Lepanthes helleri A.D.Hawkes 1966
~Lepanthes concinna Sw. 1799 - See !Lepanthes ovalis (Sw.) Fawc. & Rendle 1910
Subgen. Lepanthes sect. Lepanthes subsect. Lepanthes series Lepanthes Novon 1993 Subgen. Lepanthes sect. Lepanthes subsect. Lepanthes SECTION Lepanthes SUBSECTION Lepanthes SERIES Lepanthes 1993 ~Lepanthes corazonis Schltr. 1915 - See Trichosalpinx chamaelepanthes (Rchb. f.) Luer 1983
SUBGEN Lepanthes SECT Lepanthes SUBSECT Breves SERIES Filamentosae ~Lepanthes cosmos Luer & R.Escobar 1983 - See Lepanthes vespertilio Rchb.f. 1856
~Lepanthes crassifolia Rchb.f 1877 - See !Lepanthes ovalis (Sw.) Fawc. & Rendle 1910
~Lepanthes crinita (Barb. Rodr.) Barb. Rodr. 1881 - See Pleurothallis crinita Barb. Rodr. 1877
~Lepanthes cryptantha Barb.Rodr. 1891 - See Pleurothallis saundersiana Rchb.f. 1866
SECTION. Lepanthes subsect. Lepanthes Series Elongatae 1993 ~Lepanthes dasyphylla Rchb. f. 1887 - See Lepanthes pilosella Rchb. f. 1886
Subgen. Lepanthes sect. Lepanthes subsect. Lepanthes series Lepanthes Novon 1993 SECTION. Lepanthes subsect. Lepanthes Series Elongatae 1993 Subgen. Lepanthes sect. Lepanthes subsect. Lepanthes series Lepanthes Novon 1993 ~Lepanthes doloma Luer & R.Vásquez 1983 - See Lepanthes intonsa Luer 1983
~Lepanthes drymocharis Luer & Hirtz 1993 - See Lepanthes ophioglossa Luer 1983
subsect. Lepanthes Series Elongatae 1993 SECTION. Lepanthes subsect. Lepanthes Series Elongatae 1993 SECTION. Lepanthes subsect. Lepanthes Series Elongatae 1993 SECTION. Lepanthes subsect. Lepanthes Series Elongatae 1993 ~Lepanthes endresii Luer 1992 - See Lepanthes erinacea Rchb.f. 1855
SUBGENUS Marsipanthes SUBGENUS Brachycladium ~Lepanthes exasperata Ames & C.Schweinf. 1925 - See Lepanthes lindleyana Oerst. & Rchb.f. 1858
Subgen. Marsipanthes sect. Felinae Luer 1986 Subgen. Lepanthes sect. Lepanthes subsect. Lepanthes series Lepanthes Novon 1993 Subgen. Lepanthes sect. Lepanthes subsect. Lepanthes series Lepanthes Novon 1993 Subgen. Lepanthes sect. Lepanthes subsect. Lepanthes series Lepanthes Novan 1993 Subgen. Lepanthes sect. Lepanthes subsect. Lepanthes series Lepanthes Novon 1993 Subgenus: Brachycladium Section: Amplectentes
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