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Common Name: Barker's Barkeria
Habitat: Barkeria barkeriola is native to Mexico where it is found growing in the states of Colima, Jalisco, Myarit, and Sinaloa. It grows on trees or shrubs in...
Common Name: Dorothy's Barkeria
Habitat: Barkeria dorotheae is native to the Mexican state of Jalisco. It grows on rocks, cacti, or small trees near the base. The habitat is warm and dry and the...
Common Name: Lindley's Barkeria
Habitat: Barkeria lindleyana is native from Mexico south to Costa Rica. It is found growing in semi-deciduous and deciduous forests between 200 and 2500...
Common Name: Dark-stemmed Barkeria
Habitat: Mexico. Barkeria melanocaulon has a limited distribution in the Mexican state of Oaxaca where it grows in deciduous tropical forests and dry live oak...
Common Name: Veined Barkeria
Habitat: Mexico. Barkeria naevosa has been found growing in the Mexican states of Guerrero, Oaxaca and Chiapas along the Pacific coast. They are found growing near sea...
Common Name: Obovate Barkeria
Habitat: Mexico to Panama. Barkeria obovata has a very wide distribution and is commonly found growing as a twig epiphyte in disturbed areas. It grows on the West...
The orchid genus Barkeria is closely related to the genus Epidendrum and was once included in the same grouping. There are 10 to 15 species of small or medium sized plants.
Most are epiphytes but...
Common Name: Palmers Barkeria
Habitat: Mexico. Barkeria palmeri has been found growing in the Mexican states of Colima, Jalisco, Nayarit, and Sinaloa on the west coast from sea level to 1300...
Common Name: Scandent Barkeria
Habitat: Mexico. Barkeria scandens is native to the Mexican states of Guanajuato, Guerrero, Michoacan, and Oaxaca. They grow on both trees and rocks between 1300 and...
Common Name: Shoemaker's Barkeria
Habitat: Mexico. Barkeria shoemakeri has a limited distribution and is restricted to the states of Michoacan and possibly Oaxaca. It is found growing and an...
Common Name: Skinner's Barkeria
Habitat: Northwest Guatemala and the Mexican state of Chiapas. Barkeria skinneri is found growing on rocks or trees (primarily oak) in tropical or deciduous forests...
Common Name: Spectacular Barkeria
Habitat: El Salvador, Guatemala, southern Mexico. Barkeria spectabilis grows on oak tree branches in its native habitat in drier areas. It is found growing between...
Common Name: Single-Flowered Barkeria
Habitat: Mexico. Barkeria uniflora is found growing on trees near dry creek beds in the Mexican states of Guerrero, Mexico, Michocan, and Oaxaca.
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Common Name: Wharton's Barkeria
Habitat: Mexico. Barkeria whartoniana has a very limited distribution in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in the state of Oaxaca. This species grows on rocks and...
Common Name: The Stemless Brassavola
Habitat: Panama, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Mexico. Brassavola acaulis is native to moist forested foothills where it grows on tree branches. Its center of...
Common Name: Onion-leafed Brassavola
Habitat: Brazil, Paraguay. Brassavola cebolleta grows on trees in hot, dry forests and cliffs.
Plant Description: The foliage of Brassavola cebolleta is long,...
Common Name: Heart-lipped Brassavola
Habitat: Jamaica. This species is found growing on trees.
Plant Size: Medium to large. The robust leaves of Brassavola cordata are long, fleshy, and deeply...
Common Name: Hooded Brassavola
Habitat: Mexico, Central America, Northern South America, and the West Indies. Widespread. Brassavola cucullata grows on trees in coastal rain forests between sea...
Common Name: Whip-leafed Brassavola
Habitat: Brazil. Brassavola flagellaris is found growing on rocks and trees.
Plant Size: Medium to large. Brassavola flagellaris has a creeping rhizome that...
Common Name: Fragrant Brassavola
Habitat: Brassavola fragrans is native to Brazil where it grows on trees.
Plant Size: Brassavola fragrans is a medium size epiphyte has a pendent habit and hangs...
Common Name: Von Martin's Brassavola
Habitat: Brassavola martiana is native to Guyana in northern South America. It is also found growing at low elevations in Bolivia, Brazil, Surinam, the...
Common Name: Lady of the Night
Habitat: Brassavola nodosa is native to Mexico, Central America, Colombia, and Venezuela. It is quite common along the Gulf Coast of Mexico where it is found growing...
Common Name: Perrin's Brassavola
Habitat: Brassavola perrinii is found growing in Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina.
Plant Size: Small to Medium. Brassavola perinii is pendent and the...
Common Name: Retuse Brassavola
Habitat: Brazil and Peru. Brassavola retusa grows on trees.
Plant Size: Medium. Slender, fleshy leaves of Brassavola retusa grow on top of narrow pseudobulbs. Leaves...
The orchid genus Brassavola is closely related to the genus Cattleya and is frequently used in Cattleya hybrids (the B in BLC.). There are 18 species of small or medium sized plants epiphytic...
Common Name: Rough or Tuberculated Brassavola
Habitat: Brassavola tuberculata is native to Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia where it grows on trees in the hot, humid savannas.
Plant Size: Medium....
Common Name: The Veined Lip Brassavola
Habitat: Brassavola venosa is found growing at low elevations from Costa Rica to Honduras. It grows on trees in dry forest environments below 350 meters in...
Common Name: Negril Broughtonia
Native to: Native to Jamaica. Broughtonia negrilensis is endemic to coastal areas where it grows on trees or limestone rocks in forested areas. The environment is...
Common Name: Blood Red Broughtonia
Native to: Jamaica.
Plant Size: Small. The plants of Broughtonia sanguinea have compact, egg-shaped pseudobulbs with a couple of narrow, erect leaves. Flower...
There are only two (2) species of this genus. Both are found growing wild in the West Indies. The plants are small with tightly packed oval pseudobulbs. Two stiff leaves grow from the top of each...
Common Name: Lady Ackland's Cattleya
Habitat: Brazil. Cattleya aclandiae is native to the Brazilian state of Bahia. The relatively small habitat of Cattleya aclandiae starts southwest of Salvador...
Common Name: Amethyst Cattleya
Habitat: Brazil. Cattleya amethystoglossa grows in a warm, humid environment near sea-level in the State of Bahia (and possibly the State of Espirito Santo) near the...
Common Name: Araguaia Cattleya
Habitat: Cattleya araguaiensis is native to the area of Goias, Brazil where it is found growing between 1300 to 2000 meters in elevation.
Plant Size: Medium....
Common Name: Orange Cattleya
Habitat: Mexico, El Salvador. Cattleya aurantiaca's natural habitat consists of low mountain and tropical rain forests between 300 and 1600 meters. Temperatures range...
Common Name: Golden Yellow Cattleya Orchid
Habitat: Cattleya aurea is native to the states of states of Risaralda, Antioquia and Choco in Columbia. It grows on trees (usually trees with rough or...
Common Name: Bicolored Cattleya
Habitat: Brazil. Cattleya bicolor is found growing in the Brazilian states of Distrito Federal, Goias, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.
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Common Name: Bowring's Cattleya
Habitat: Belize, Guatemala. Cattleya bowringiana prefers to grow on exposed rocks near free-flowing streams. They can be found near cliffs between 200 and 900...
Common Name: Decker's Cattleya
Habitat: Panama, Trinidad. Cattleya deckeri is found growing near sea-level to 900 meters of elevation. Frequently, it is found growing on tree trunks that overhang...
Common Name: Dolose Cattleya
Habitat: Brazil. Cattleya dolosa grows on rock outcroppings or sometimes trees.
Plant Size: Medium. The plant is very similar to Cattleya walkeriana. Each pseudobulb...
Common Name: Dorman's Cattleya
Native to: Brazil. Cattleya dormaniana is found growing Organ Mountains in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. This species is found growing at moderate elevation...
Common Name: Dow's Cattleya
Habitat: Costa Rica, Panama. Cattleya dowiana grows on the Caribbean coast and can be found growing between 250 and 2500 meters in elevation. Cattleya dowiana's...
Common Name: Cattleya of the Golden Land
Habitat: Brazil. Cattleya eldorado is found growing on trees in the Amazon basin near Manaus. The species grows on tall trees in close proximity to small...
Common Name: Elongated Cattleya
Habitat: Brazil. Cattleya elongata species grow in full sun in Chapada da Diamantina in Bahia State and is commonly found in Serra do Sincora and in the northern...
Common Name: Forbes' Cattleya
Habitat: Brazil. Cattleya forbesii is found growing near streams and the sea coast from sea level to 200 meters in elevation. They grow on trees, bushes and rocks in...
Common Name: Gaskell's Cattleya
Habitat: Columbia, Venezuela. Cattleya gaskelliana is found growing on trees or rocks between 2,300 to 3,300 feet (750 and 1000 meters) in elevation in the Eastern...
Common Name: Granulose Cattleya
Habitat:** Brazil. Cattleya granulosa is endemic to the state of Permnambuco. Native to hills near swampy coastal areas in eastern Brazil where it found growing on...
Common Name: Spotted Cattleya
Habitat: Brazil. Cattleya guttata is found from Sao Paulo to Espirito Santo States, near the coast or along rivers in the interior (especially in Espirito Santo...
Common Name: Harrison's Cattleya
Habitat: Brazil. Cattleya harrisoniana grows on rocks and trees in swampy forests located behind coastal sand dunes. Cattleya harrisoniana grows on the coastal...
Common Name: Intermediate Cattleya
Habitat: Brazil. Cattleya intermedia is native to central and southern Brazil along the Atlantic coast. Plants perch themselves on tree branches at or above eye...
Common Name: Rainbow-Colored Cattleya Orchid
Habitat: Ecuador and Peru. Cattleya iricolor grows high up in trees where it is exposed to bright light and breezes.
Plant Size: Medium. Unifoliate....
Common Name: Jenman's Cattleya
Habitat: Guyana, Venezuela. Cattleya jenmanii was found growing in dense jungles around the Gran Sabana in the southeastern corner of Venezuela at 300 to 600 meters...
Common Name: Ker's Cattleya
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Growing Temperature: Intermediate to Warm. In its native environment, summer days average...
Common Name: Crimson or Ruby Lipped Cattleya
Habitat: Brazil. Cattleya labiata is native to mountain ranges in the northeastern part of the country at elevations above 500 meters. They usually...
Common Name: Sir Trevor Lawrence's Cattleya
Habitat: Cattleya lawrenceana is native to Guyana and Venezuela where it grows on trees between 250 to 3000 meters in elevation.
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Common Name: King Leopold's Cattleya
Habitat: Brazil. This species is found in coastal forests below 300 feet (100 meters) in elevation in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. Cattleya leopoldii...
Common Name: Loddiges' Cattleya
Habitat: Brazil. Cattleya loddigesii is found in the States of Sao Paulo (main distribution) and Minas Gerais, going a little into the States of Parana and Rio de...
Common Name: Lueddemann's Cattleya
Habitat: Venezuela. Cattleya lueddemanniana is native to the northern Coastal Ranges (west of Caracas) in scrubby hillside vegetation between sea level and 500...
Common Name: Pale Yellow Cattleya
Habitat: Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia. Cattleya luteola is native to lowland tropical rain forests in the Amazon basin at elevations from 100 to 1200 meters...
Common Name: Flor de Navidad or Christmas Flower
Habitat: Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador, north coastal Peru. Cattleya maxima grows from 10 to 1500 meters in elevation in seasonally dry coastal...
Common Name: Mendel's Cattleya
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Habitat: Cattleya mendelii is native to Columbia where it is found growing on rock outcroppings in eastern...
Common Name: Moore's Cattleya
Native to: Peru. Cattleya mooreana is native to central and northeast Peru where it is found growing on large trees in wet, mountainous forests. It is found growing...
Common Name: Easter Cattleya
Habitat: Venezuela. The native habitat of Cattleya mossiae is a mountain range near the coast in the northern part of the country.
Plant Size: Small to Medium....
Common Name: Noble Cattleya
Habitat: Brazil. Cattleya nobilior is found growing on trees in gallery forests along rivers or on high cliffs in coastal Brazil. They experience distinctive wet and...
Common Name: Patin's Cattleya
Native to: Venezuela, Costa Rica, Columbia, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago. Cattleya patinii is found growing on trees in humid forests between 30 and 800 meters in...
Common Name: Percival's Cattleya or Christmas Cattleya
Habitat: Columbia, Venezuela. The original collector of the species found it "at an altitude sometimes exceeding 4000 feet; it invariable...
Common Name: Purple Lipped Cattleya
Habitat: Brazil. Cattleya porphyroglossa is native to swampy forests near the coast. Its range overlaps with Cattleya harrisoniana. It prefers to grow on trees...
Common Name: Four-Colored Cattleya Orchid
Habitat: Colombia. Cattleya quadricolor grows high up in trees where it is exposed to bright light and breezes. It is found growing on the eastern slope...
Common Name: King of the Cattleya Orchids
Habitat: Colombia and Peru. Cattleya rex grows high up in trees where it is exposed to bright light and breezes in wet mountainous forests around 1350...
Common Name: Consul Schiller's Cattleya
Habitat: Brazil. Cattleya schilleriana reportedly grows on hardwood forests and cliff faces in close proximity to surface water which helps maintain high...
Common Name: Schofeld's Cattleya
Habitat: Brazil. Cattleya schofieldiana grows on trees or rocky slope faces. Roots grow among mosses and lichens and extend about 2 feet in habitat.
Plant Size:...
Common Name: Baroness Schroder's Cattleya, Cattleya de Pascua, Easter Cattleya
Habitat: Columbia. Cattleya schroederae is native to the eastern mountains from San Martin plains to Cazanare.
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Common Name: Flower of San Sebastian, Guaria Morada
Habitat: Central America. Cattleya skinneri is found in many countries. The species can be found in southern Mexico and further south growing in...
Cattleya Source
Cattleya Source is dedicated to providing orchid growers and hobbyists with the latest information about these beautiful, exotic orchids. There are pages for species and hybrids...
Cattleya orchids are one of the most popular kinds of orchids for beginners and advanced hobbyists alike. The beautiful form and complexity of the flower and their alluring scents have one the...
Common Name: Slender-Stemmed Cattleya Orchid
Habitat: Brazil. Cattleya tenuis is native to semi-arid scrub forests in the states of Bahia and Pernambuco where it is found growing on trees and...
Common Name: Dr. Triana's Cattleya
Habitat: Columbia. Cattleya trianae is widespread in the mountains near Magdalena, Popayan, Medellin, Bogota, Buga, and Ibague. The orchids traditionally have...
Common Name: Velvety Cattleya
Habitat: Brazil. Cattleya velutina is native to plains and mountains in southern Brazil. Its habitat consists of growing on small brush and overlaps near Rio de...
Common Name: Violet Cattleya
Habitat: Guyana, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Brazil. Cattleya violacea grows along rivers in the hot steamy jungles of the north and west ends of the Amazon basin...
Common Name: Walker's Cattleya
Habitat: Brazil. Cattleya walkeriana is found in the Brazilian states of Minas Gerais, Goias, Sao Paulo and Matto Grosso. Grows on trees or moist rocks near streams...
Common Name: Warner's Cattleya
Habitat: Brazil. Cattleya warneri can be found at low elevations in coastal areas of Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais and Bahia.
Plant Size: Medium. Cattleya warneri is...
Common Name: Warscewicz's Cattleya, Flor de San Juan, Flor de San Roque
Habitat: Columbia. Cattleya warscewiczii is found growing on trees near stream in high light in northwest Columbia between...
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Habitat: Venezuela, Brazil. Encyclia acuta is found growing on trees with some protection from the son in the eastern part of the Venezuelan state of Bolivar and the Orinoco delta region. It is...
Common Name: Swollen Fruit Encyclia Orchid
Habitat: Mexico to Central America north of Nicaragua. This species is usually found in dry habitats and deciduous forests. Sometimes it is found growing...
Common Name: Rough Stemmed Encyclia
Habitat: Mexico. Encyclia adenocaula prefers dry pine and open oak forests in the Mexican states of Guerrerro, Michoacan, Jalisco, Sinaloa, and Durango.
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Habitat: Encyclia advena is native to Brazil and grows on trees in filtered light.
Plant Size: Medium sized. The compact pseudobulbs bear a couple of strap-like leaves.
Flower Size: About 1 inch...
Common Name: Bronze Encyclia Orchid
Habitat: Mexico to Nicaragua. Encyclia aenicta is found growing on the western slope of the Sierra Madre mountains in pine and oak forests. It is found growing...
Common Name: Winged Encyclia Orchid
Habitat: Mexico to Costa Rica. Encyclia alata grows in open forests at low elevation (below 1000 meters). Usually, it grows on trees but it has been reported...
Habitat: Encyclia albopurpurea is native to the Tapajos river basin in the Brazilian state of Para. It was found growing on calabash trees.
Plant Size: Small to Medium. Encyclia albopurpurea has...
Common Name: Very Tall Encyclia
Habitat: Encyclia altissima is native to some islands in the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean Sea. These plants grow at very low elevation...
Common Name: Lovely Encyclia Orchid
Habitat: Native to Belize to Panama. Also, it has been reported growing wild in the Mexican states of Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Quintana Roo. Encyclia amanda grows at...
Common Name: Ambiguous Encyclia Orchid
Habitat: Mexico and Central America. Encyclia ambigua is found growing in southern Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua. It grows...
Habitat: Encyclia amicta is native to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela. It is widespread and common.
Plant Size: Medium. The foliage is long and narrow and grows to 10...
Habitat: Brazil. Encyclia andrichii is native to the state of Espirito Santo in Brazil. It is found growing on trees at approximately 200 meters in elevation.
Plant Size: Large. The leaves are 0.75...
Habitat: Ecuador, Bolivia, and Peru. Encyclia angustiloba is native the Andes in Ecuador, Bolivia, and Peru. It grows in dry thorn forests where it is sometimes found growing on cactus.
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Habitat: Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina. Encyclia argentinensis is found growing on trees in bright light at low elevation.
Plant Size: Large. The pear-shaped pseudobulbs have a few long, narrow...
Common Name: Rough-stalked Encyclia
Habitat: Encyclia aspera is native to Columbia, Peru, and Ecuador where it grows in the Andes mountains. The species is locally common in some regions of coastal...
Common Name: Dark Red Encyclia Orchid
Habitat: Mexico. It is found growing between 1100 and 1200 meters in elevation in oak forests in the Mexican states of Oaxaca and Guerrero.
Plant Size: Medium....
Habitat: Venezuela. Encyclia auyantepuiensis is found growing only on one mountain in Venezuela. It grows mainly on rocks and occasionally on trees in its native environment.
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Common Name: Bohnk's Encyclia
Habitat: Brazil. Encyclia bohnkiana is found growing in the Brazilian state of Bahia.
Plant Size: Medium
Flower Size: 1 inch (2.5 cm)
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Habitat: Brazil. Encyclia bracteata is found growing in the Brazilian state of Espirito Santo in forests near the Atlantic coast.
Plant Size: Small. Encyclia bracteata has small pseudobulbs and...
Common Name: Bractescent Encyclia Orchid
Habitat: Mexico, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala. Encyclia bractescens grows on trees in humid tropical forests up to 1200 meters in...
Habitat: Trinidad, Tobago, Venezuela. Encyclia bradfordii is found growing on the islands of Trinidad and Tobago as well as the coastal mountains of Venezuela.
Plant Size: Medium. Encyclia...
Habitat: Encyclia bragancae is native to Brazil. It was found growing in Parque Nacional do Caparao where it was found growing on trees at 2200 meters in elevation.
Plant Size: Small to Medium....
Common Name: Buchtien's Encyclia Orchid
Habitat: Peru. Encyclia buchtienii if found in the Peruvian state of Cajamarca where it is found growing around 900 meters in elevation.
Plant Size: Large....
Habitat: Encyclia burle-marxii was discovered by the famous Brazilian landscape architect Roberto Burle-Marx. It was found growing on rocks near Baixo Guandu in the Brazilian State of Epirito Santo...
Common Name: Candole's Encyclia
Habitat: Mexico, Belize, Guatemala. Encyclia candollei grows on oak trees in mountainous forests between 500 and 1500 meters in elevation.
Plant Size: Medium to...
Habitat: Brazil. Encyclia cardimii was discovered by Arturo Ferreria de Mellow near Motes Claros in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. It was found growing on rocks in mountainous terrain in...
Common Name: Caximbo Hill Encyclia
Habitat: Brazil. Encyclia caximboensis is found growing near Caximbo Hill in Para, Brazil on a military base. It grows on rocks.
Plant Size: Medium. Fragrant. The...
Common Name: Horned-Columned Encyclia
Habitat: Central America and Brazil, Columbia, and Venezuela. It is found growing in wet oak forests from 330 to 1600 meters in elevation.
Plant Size: Large....
Common Name: Chapada dos Viadeiros Encyclia
Habitat: Brazil. Encyclia chapadensis is near extinction due to habitat destruction. It has been found near Alto Paraiso in the Brazilian state of Goias...
Common Name: Chiapas Encyclia Orchid
Habitat: Mexico. Encyclia chiapasensis seems to be endemic to the Mexican state of Chiapas where it grows on trees around 950 meters in elevation.
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Common Name: Green and White Encyclia
Habitat: Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela. Encyclia chloroleuca is wide-spread in South America and grows on trees.
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Common Name: Shell-lipped Encyclia
Habitat: Brazil, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Venezuela. Encyclia chloroleuca is wide-spread in South America and grows on trees.
Plant Size: Small to Medium. Encyclia...
Common Name: Confusing Encyclia
Habitat: Brazil. It has been found growing in the Brazilian state of Espirito Santo
Plant Size: Small to Medium. Encyclia confusa has small, pear-shaped pseudobulbs...
Common Name: Large-lipped Encyclia
Habitat: Columbia & Venezuela north throughout Central America. Encyclia cordigera grows in dense scrub and tropical rain forests and is adaptable to many...
Common Name: Sword-leafed Encyclia
Habitat: Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador
Plant Size: Medium.
Flower Size: 2.5 inches (6 cm)
Flower Description: Encyclia cyperifolia has beautiful,...
Common Name: Hunt's Encyclia
Habitat: Mexico.
Plant Size: Unknown
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Flower Description: Unknown
Bloom Season: Spring?
Growing Temperature: Warm
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Habitat: Brazil, Suriname. Encyclia dichroma grows on rocky outcroppings and low, scrubby brush in mountainous areas of Brazil.
Plant Size: Medium. The upright, narrow 4 inch (10 cm) tall...
Common Name: Dickinson's Encyclia
Habitat: Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua. Encyclia dickinsoniana grows on trees and prefers low-elevation mountain forests.
Plant Size: Medium....
Common Name: Two-eared Encyclia
Habitat: Mexico south to Nicaragua. Encyclia diota is adaptable and is found growing in many habitats including deciduous tropical forests and pine-oak woodland. It...
Common Names: Daytime Encyclia, Tall Encyclia
Habitat: Colombia, Suriname, Venezuela. Encyclia diurna was first found growing on trees in hills north of Caracas, Venezuela.
Plant Size: Large....
Common Name: Dressler's Encyclia
Habitat: Mexico. Encyclia dressleriana is native to the Mexican state of Jalisco where it is found growing in palm-oak woodlands around 450 meters in...
Common Names: Duveen's Encyclia
Habitat: Brazil. Encyclia duveenii was first discovered in the 1970's around Grao Mogol in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.
Plant Size: Medium. Encyclia duveenii...
Common Name: Edith's Encyclia
Habitat: Brazil. Encyclia edithiana was discovered growing on trees in the Brazilian state of Amazonas.
Plant Size: Medium. Encyclia edithiana has pseudobulbs that...
Common Name: Elegant Encyclia
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Common Name: Expanded Encyclia
Habitat: Columbia. It grows on trees in the wild.
Plant Size: Medium.
Flower Size: Medium.
Flower Description: The obovate petals and sepals of Encyclia expansa are...
Common Name: Fan Encyclia
Habitat: Brazil. Encyclia flabellifera is found growing on trees in the Sao Paulo region.
Plant Size: Small to Medium.
Flower Size: 1 inch (2.5 cm)
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Common Name: Yellow-lipped Encyclia
Habitat: Brazil and Venezuela. The original plant was collected near Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Plant Size: Medium. The leaves of Encyclia flava are long and narrow and...
Common Name: Fowlie's Encyclia
Habitat: Brazil. Encyclia fowliei is found growing in the Brazilian state of Bahia where it grows near the top of trees. This species prefers coastal forests near...
Common Name: Brown Veined Encyclia
Habitat: Cuba, Bahamas, Hispanola.
Plant Size: Medium to Large
Flower Size: 1 inch (2.5 cm)
Flower Description: The flowers of Encyclia fucata are fragrant...
Common Name: Peacock Encyclia
Habitat: Brazil. The first specimen was found growing on mimosa (Jacaranda mimosifolia) trees near Rio de Janeiro.
Plant Size: Small. Encyclia gallopavina has small,...
Common Name: Garzon Encyclia
Habitat: Columbia. Encyclia garzonensis grows on trees. It was discovered by the side of a road west of Cali on the western slopes of Cordillera Oriente.
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Common Name: Gonzalez's Encyclia
Habitat: Brazil. Encyclia gonzalezii is native to gallery forests in central Brazil. The first specimen was found growing outside of Brasilia City in the state of...
Common Name: Goias Encyclia
Habitat: Brazil. Encyclia goyazensis is native to gallery forests in the Brazilian region of Marzagao and Caldas Novas where they are found growing at 600 meters in...
Common Name: Graceful Encyclia
Habitat: Turks and Caicos and the Bahamas. Encyclia gracilis grows on rocks or as a terrestrial plant near sea level close to the coast.
Plant Size: Medium. Encyclia...
Common Name: Granite-inhabiting Encyclia
Habitat: Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Encyclia granitica grows on rocky granite outcroppings in exposed environments.
Plant Size: Large. Encyclia...
Common Name: Guadalupe Encyclia
Habitat: Mexico. This species has been discovered in the Mexican states of Colima and Nayarit. Encyclia guadalupeae grows on trees in tropical forests around 1400...
Common Name: Guatemalan Encyclia
Habitat: Mexico south to Nicaragua, Guatemala, Trinidad, and the northernmost part of South America. Encyclia guatemalensis is found growing in semi-deciduous...
Common Name: Guiana Encyclia
Habitat: Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Encyclia guianensis shares the same habitat as Encyclia chloroleuca.
Plant Size: Small-Medium. Encyclia guianensis has small,...
Common Name: Hanbury's Encyclia
Habitat: Mexico, Guatemala. Encyclia hanburyi is usually found growing as a terrestrial orchid in clay soil in oak-pine woodlands. Occasionally it is found growing...
Common Name: Howard's Encyclia
Habitat: Cuba. Encyclia howardii is found only in the state of Oriente where it grows in tropical forests. It grows on trees.
Plant Size: Medium
Flower Size: Small....
Common Name: Ground-dwelling Encyclia, Huerta's Encyclia
Habitat: Mexico. Encyclia huertae is found growing on lava rocks in oak and tropical forests. Sometimes it is found growing on trees. It...
Common Name: Inagua Encyclia
Habitat: Turks and Caicos Islands, Bahamas. Encyclia inaguensis is native to very dry environments in the Caribbean and is found growing on low, shrubby vegetation and...
Common Name: Aromatic Encyclia
Habitat: Mexico south to Guatemala, Belize, and El Salvador. Encyclia incumbens is found growing in mixed pine-oak and oak forests between 750 and 2100 meters in...
Common Name: Violet-Scented Encyclia
Habitat: Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana
Plant Size: Medium. Encyclia ionosma has small, round, shiny pseudobulbs which produce 2 or three leaves that grow to 10...
Common Name: Equal-lipped Encyclia
Habitat: Puerto Rico, Cuba, Hispanola, Jamaica. Encyclia isochila grows on trees.
Plant Size: Small to Medium
Flower Size: About 1 inch (2.5 cm)
Flower...
Common Name: Ivon's Encyclia
Habitat: Venezuela and possibly Brazil. It was first discovered on the extreme southern edge of Venezuela in the state of Bolivar. Encyclia ivoniae prefers to grow on...
Common Name: Kennedy's Encyclia
Habitat: Mexico. Encyclia kennedyi is found growing in mixed oak-pine forest habitats in the Mexican states of Durango and Sinaloa between 1800 and 2000 meters in...
Common Name: King's Encyclia
Habitat: Cayman Islands. Encyclia kingsii is found growing near sea level near the coast of Little Cayman island.
Plant Size: Medium. Encyclia kingsii has compact...
Habitat: Brazil. Encyclia kundergraeberi grows on small trees in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais between 800 and 1000 meters in elevation.
Plant Size: Small. The cone-shaped pseudobulbs of...
Common Name: Broad-Petaled Encyclia
Habitat: Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
Plant Size: Small. The pear-shaped pseudobulbs grow to 1 inch (2.5 cm) tall and have one or two broad leaves...
Common Name: White-flowered Encyclia
Habitat: Columbia and Venezuela.
Plant Size: Small.
Flower Size: Small.
Flower Description: The flowers of Encyclia leucantha are dull yellow with a white lip...
Common Name: Long-leafed Encyclia
Habitat: Brazil. It grows on trees in forest at low to moderate elevation.
Plant Size: Medium.
Flower Size: 1.25 inches (3 cm)
Flower Description: Encyclia...
Common Name: Strap-Lobed Encyclia
Habitat: Mexico. Encyclia lorata grows on trees in pine-oak forests in the mountains of the Mexican state of Guerrero where it is found between 1875 and 2100...
Common Name: Lutzenberg's Encyclia
Habitat: Brazil and Venezuela. It has been found growing on rocks in the Brazilian states of Brasilia and Goias. Additionally, it is found growing in southern...
Common Name: MacDouglas's Encyclia.
Habitat: Mexico.
Plant Size: Medium.
Flower Size: Medium.
Flower Description: Flowers are greenish-brown and have narrow petals and sepals.
Bloom Season:...
Common Name: Maderoi Encyclia
Habitat: Columbia and Venezuela. Encyclia maderoi is native to the mountains on the border of Columbia and Venezuela at 1000 meters in elevation.
Plant Size: Large....
Common Name: Giant-Flowered Encyclia Orchid
Habitat: Brazil. In their native habitat they are found growing on trees. The distribution of Encyclia megalantha is poorly understood.
Plant Size:...
Common Name: Honey-scented Encyclia
Habitat: Mexico. Encyclia meliosma is found growing in the Mexican states of Jalisco, Michoacan, Guerrero, Morelos, and Oaxaca where it grows from 300 to 1500...
Common Name: Menezes's Encyclia
Habitat: Brazil. It was first discovered growing on trees in the southern part of the Brazilian state of Goias where it was collected at 600 meters in...
Common Name: Small-bulbed Encyclia
Habitat: Mexico. Encyclia microbulbon is native to the plateaus of the Mexican state of Chiapas where it grows between 1400 and 2400 meters in elevation on...
Common Name: Pointed Tip Encyclia Orchid
Habitat: Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil. Encyclia microtos grows in wet tropical mountain forests at nearly 600 meters in elevation.
Plant Size: Medium....
Common Name: Small Yellow Encyclia Orchid
Habitat: Brazil and Paraguay. Encyclia microxanthina was described from plants that were sent from Brazil. Little is known about their native habitat but...
Common Name: Moore's Encyclia
Habitat: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama. Encyclia mooreana grows on larger tree branches in mountainous cloud forests between 270 and 2100 meters in...
Common Name: Naranjapata Encyclia
Habitat: Ecuador. Encyclia naranjapatensis is endemic to a limited area of the southern Ecuadorian highlands in the provinces of Bolivar and Canar. Its habitat is...
Common Name: Thread-Stemmed Encyclia
Habitat: Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Cuba. It grows on scrub vegetation and trees in tropical deciduous forests below 200 meters in...
Common Name: Oestlund's Encyclia
Habitat: Mexico. Encyclia oestlundii grows on trees in dry coastal areas near sea level in the Mexican state of Guerrero.
Plant Size: Medium
Flower Size: 1.75...
Common Name: Oncidium-like Encyclia
Habitat: Brazil, Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Encyclia oncidioides frequently is found growing as a terrestrial in white sand in northern Brazil. It is...
The genus Encyclia is a widespread and diverse genus of orchids. There are approximately 242 species that are found growing throughout tropical America and the West Indies. All the species grow on...
Common Name: Capart's Scented Encyclia
Habitat: Brazil. Encyclia osmantha is found growing in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais from Casa de Pedra to St. Jose d'El-Rey.
Plant Size: Medium. The...
Common Name: Fleshy-flowered Encyclia
Habitat: French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela, Brazil
Plant Size: Large. Encyclia pachyantha is one of the largest members of the genus and has 4 inch (10 cm)...
Common Name: Butterfly Encyclia
Habitat: Belize to Nicaragua. Encyclia papillosa grows on trees in warm forests from 30 to 1000 meters in elevation.
Plant Size: Medium
Flower Size: Medium
Flower...
Common Name: Small-flowered Encyclia
Habitat: Mexico south to Nicaragua. It grows mostly on trees although it is occasionally found growing as a terrestrial orchid. Encyclia parviflora grows in dry...
Common Name: Sweet-Scented Encyclia
Habitat: Brazil. It is found growing on trees near Rio de Janeiro.
Plant Size: Medium. The plants produce two or three leaves that are dull green with maroon...
Common Name: Few-Flowered Encyclia
Habitat: Brazil. Encyclia pauciflora grows on trees and is found in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.
Plant Size: Small. Encyclia pauciflora has small,...
Common Name: Pedra Azul Encyclia
Native to: Brazil
Plant Size: Large. The egg-shaped pseudobulbs grow to 4 inches (10 cm) tall and the foliage reaches 18 inches (50 cm) tall. Each...
Common Name:
Habitat: Bolivia. Encyclia pflanzii grows on trees between 850 and 1200 meters in elevation.
Plant Size: Medium
Flower Size: Small
Flower Description: Unknown?
Bloom Season:...
Common Name: Chocolate Orchid
Habitat: Bahamas, Cuba, Cayman Island, Grand Turks and Caicos. It grows on trees near sea level.
Plant Size: Medium. The plant is robust and has one to three long...
Common Name: Painted Encyclia
Habitat: Brazil, Guyana. This species shares the same habitat as Encyclia chloroleuca and grows on trees.
Plant Size: Large. The leaves are leathery and have rounded...
Common Name: Hairy Encyclia
Habitat: Columbia, Peru. Encyclia pilosa grows on trees at low elevation (near 100 m).
Plant Size: Small. Mature plants are only 8 or 9 inches (23 cm) tall....
Common Name: Pleated Encyclia
Habitat: Bahamas and Cuba. Encyclia plicata grows on trees or rocks in warm humid forest near sea level.
Plant Size: Large. The upright, fleshy pseudobulbs have two or...
Common Name: Pollard's Encyclia
Habitat: Mexico. Encyclia pollardiana is found growing in the Mexican states of Jalisco, Michoacan, and Nayarit where it grows on trees up to 1400 meters in...
Common Name: Many Bulbed Encyclia
Habitat: Mexico and Central America south to Nicaragua, Jamaica, Cuba. Encyclia polybulbon grows in humid forests between 600 and 3200 meters in elevation. It...
Common Name: Prismatic Seed Pod Encyclia
Habitat: Mexico. Encyclia prismatocarpa grows on large tree branches in mountain cloud forests between 1200 and 2500 meters in elevation.
Plant Size:...
Common Name: Profuse Encyclia
Habitat: Columbia. Grows on trees. Its full distribution in the wild is poorly known but it seems to be endemic to Columbia.
Plant Size: Large. The plants produce...
Common Name: Pear-Shaped Encyclia
Habitat: Cuba and the Isle of Pines. Encyclia pyriformis grows on trees and even fence posts.
Plant Size: Small. The pseudobulbs of Encyclia pyriformis are...
Common Name: Quesnel's Encyclia
Native to: Brazil.
Plant Size: Medium. The upright, narrow 4 inch (10 cm) tall pseudobulbs produce two or three upright, tongue-shaped leaves that grow to 12...
Common Name: Rand's Encyclia (also known as Encyclia randii)
Habitat: Brazil and Peru. Encyclia randiana is found growing near the banks of the Amazon and its tributaries in northern Brazil and...
Common Name: Recurved-Lip Encyclia
Habitat: Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana.
Plant Size: Small. The pseudobulbs of Encyclia recurvata grow 2 inches (5 cm) tall and have two 12 inch (30 cm) long...
Common Name: Remote-Flowered Encyclia
Habitat: Venezuela. It grows on trees and was first collected on the banks of the Rio Orinoco in the Amazonas region of Venezuela.
Plant Size: Small. Each...
Common Name: Folded-Lip Encyclia
Native to: Columbia and Ecuador.
Plant Size: Large. The upright pseudobulbs of Encyclia replicata grow to 4 inches (10 cm) tall and the leaves are 18 inches...
Common Name: Bahama Encyclia
Habitat: Bahamas. Encyclia rufa grows on the base of small trees and shrubs between sea level and 30 meters in elevation. Occasionally, it is found growing on limestone...
Common Name: Santos Dumont Orchid
Habitat: Brazil. This species has only been discovered in a small area of Brazil on a military base where it grows on trees in seasonally flooded forests.
Plant...
Common Name: Schmidt's Encyclia
Habitat: Brazil. Encyclia schmidtii is native to scrubby prairies in the Brazilian state of Mato Brosso.
Plant Size: Medium. The pseudobulbs of Encyclia schmidtii...
Common Name: Stiff-stalked Encyclia
Habitat: Peru. The first plant was collected growing by the Maranon river in Peru.
Plant Size: Small to Medium.
Flower Size: Small. Less than 1 inch...
Common Name: Seidel's Encyclia
Habitat: Brazil. Encyclia seidelii was found growing on trees in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais near the Datas region.
Plant Size: Medium.
Flower Size: 1 inch...
Common Name: Spatulate-Petaled Encyclia
Habitat: Mexico. Encyclia spatella is found growing in the Mexican states of Morelos, Michoacan, and Jalisco. They grow on oak trees in forests near tropical...
Common Name: Espirito Santo Encyclia
Habitat: Brazil. Encyclia spiritusanctensis grows on rocks in exposed environments in Epirito Santo.
Plant Size: Medium. Encyclia spiritusanctensis has two...
Common Name: Steinbach's Encyclia
Habitat: Bolivia. Encyclia steinbachii is the southernmost member of the genus. It is found growing in forests around 450 meters in elevation near Buenavista,...
Common Name: Starry Alanje Encyclia
Habitat: Venezuela, Panama, Costa Rica, Columbia. Encyclia stellata has been found growing in dry or seasonally dry forests in Venezuela.
Plant Size: Medium. The...
Common Name: Sweet-smelling Encyclia
Habitat: Mexico. Encyclia suaveolens grows on the Pacific Ocean side of the country in the Mexican states of Jalisco and Nayarit between 240 to 600 meters...
Common Name: Twisted Leaf Encyclia
Habitat: Mexico. Encyclia subulatifolia grows on oak tree twigs in open, dry forests between 1500 to 2100 meters in elevation.
Plant Size: Miniature. Encyclia...
Common Name: Butterfly Encyclia
Habitat: Florida, Bahamas, Cuba. Its preferred habitat is moist woods and forests from sea level to 25 meters in elevation.
Plant Size: Small to Medium.
Flower Size:...
Common Name: Taruma Encyclia
Habitat: Brazil. Encyclia tarumana is found growing along rivers in gallery forests near Campinas in the Brazilian state of Amazonas in northwest Brazil. It grows in...
Common Name: Pflanz's Encyclia
Habitat: Bolivia, Brazil, Columbia, Peru. Encyclia thrombodes has been discovered growing near Villa Montes, Bolivia.
Plant Size: Medium. Leaves grow 8 to 14 inches...
Common Name: Rough-fruited Encyclia
Habitat: Mexico. Encyclia trachycarpa grows on trees in dry deciduous tropical forests and arid regions of the Mexican states of Colima and Jalisco. Sometimes it...
Common Name: Triangular Encyclia
Habitat: Cuba. It grows on trees on the island of Cuba in forests.
Plant Size: Medium. Encyclia triangulifera has pear-shaped pseudobulbs that have two short,...
Common Name: Tuerckheim's Encyclia
Habitat: Mexico. Encyclia tuerckheimii is found growing in the Mexican states of Oaxaca and Chiapas and Guatemala. It grows on trees in cool, moist pine and oak...
Common Name: Una Encyclia
Habitat: Brazil. Encyclia unaensis is native to a narrow strip of the Brazilian coast in the state of Bahia. It grows on a narrow coastal strand that gets more than...
Common Name: Yellow and Green Encyclia
Habitat: Brazil. Encyclia viridiflava is native to the far western Brazilian state of Rondonia where they grow on trees.
Plant Size: Medium. Encyclia...
Common Name: Green-flowered Encyclia
Habitat: Brazil. The original specimen was collected near the city of Rio de Janeiro in the 1800's. It has not been seen in the wild in many years and is...
Common Name: Withner's Encyclia
Habitat: Encyclia withneri is endemic to the island of Andros in the Bahamas. The plants grow on trees and shrubs in shrubby forest habitats.
Plant Size: Small to...
Common Name: Desert Encyclia
Habitat: Brazil. Encyclia xerophytica is found growing in dry, desert-like habitats in the Brazilian state of Bahia where it grows on rocks. The species was discovered...
Common Name: Yauapery Encyclia Orchid
Habitat: Brazil and Bolivia. Encyclia yauaperyensis is found growing on trees in the proximity of the Brazilian provence of Yauapery. It is part of the Alto...
Common Name: Acuna's Epidendrum
Habitat: Florida, Cuba, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. Epidendrum acunae is possibly extinct in Florida. In Mexico it is...
Common Name: Albert's Epidendrum
Habitat: Costa Rica, Ecuador. Epidendrum albertii grows from 500 to 1500 meters in elevation on rocks near humid streams or on trees in wet forests.
Plant Size:...
Common Name: White-Flowered Epidendrum
Habitat: Peru. Epidendrum albifloroides grows in wet, mountainous forests between 1200 and 1500 meters.
Plant Size: Medium. The plant has elongated stems with...
Common Name: Alfaro's Epidendrum
Habitat: Costa Rica, Columbia, Panama. Epidendrum alfaroi grows between 1100 and 2500 meters in elevation. It grows on tree branches in forest habitats.
Plant Size:...
Common Name:
Habitat: Costa Rica south to Panama. Epidendrum allochronum grows on trees in moist mountainous forests from 1100 to 2100 meters in elevation.
Plant Size: Medium.
Flower Size:...
Habitat: Brazil.
Plant Size: Medium.
Flower Size: Small.
Flower Description: description
Bloom Season: Fall?
Growing Temperature: Intermediate
Additional Information: This species was first...
Common Name: Brown Epidendrum
Habitat: Florida and the American tropics. Widespread. Epidendrum anceps grows on trees in cypress swamps and in forests up to 2000 meters in elevation.
Plant Size:...
Common Name: Andersson's Epidendrum
Habitat: Bolivia, Columbia, Ecuador, and Peru. Epidendrum anderssonii is a terrestrial orchid species that grows in cool, moist mountain habitats between 2600 to...
Common Name: Anise-Scented Epidendrum
Habitat: Mexico. Epidendrum anisatum is found growing in the Mexican states of Nayarit, Jalisco, Michoacan, Guerrero, Mexico, and Morelos. This species prefers...
Common Name: Annabelle's Epidendrum
Habitat: Hispanola. Epidendrum annabellae is native to the island of Hispanola and grows in cool pine forests between 2200 and 2300 meters in elevation.
Plant...
Common Name: Lipless Epidendrum
Habitat: Costa Rica and Panama. Epidendrum anoglossum grows in mountainous cloud forests between 600 to 3200 meters in elevation.
Plant Size: Small. The plant has...
Common Name: The Eyed Epidendrum
Habitat: Brazil?
Plant Size: Large. This species is a terrestrial reed-stem type of Epidendrum.
Flower Size: 1 inch (2.5 cm)
Flower Description: Flowers of...
Common Name: Human-like Epidendrum
Habitat: Ecuador. Epidendrum anthropophorum grows on west-facing slopes in moist cloud forests between 2400 and 2800 meters in elevation. This species grows on...
Common Name: Anton Epidendrum
Habitat: Panama. Epidendrum antonense grows on trees in wet mountain forests from 70 to 800 meters in elevation. The plants are frequently found growing near streams...
Common Name: The Epidendrum apaganum-like Epidendrum
Habitat: Peru. Epidendrum apaganoides grows on trees in wet mountain forest habitats around 1000 meters in elevation.
Plant Size: Small....
Common Name: Tree-like Epidendrum
Habitat: Mexico south to Ecuador. Epidendrum arbusculum is found growing in cloud forests between 1700 and 3200 meters in elevation. This species grows on...
Common Name: Ardens' Epidendrum
Habitat: Peru. Epidendrum ardens is found growing on trees or rocks in cold, wet cloud forests in Peru between 2000 and 4150 meters in elevation.
Plant Size: Medium...
Common Name: Arevalo's Epidendrum
Habitat: Columbia Ecuador. Epidendrum arevaloi grows on trees at high elevation in cool cloud forests between 2100 and 2680 meters. This species is protected in...
Common Name: The Orange Epidendrum
Habitat: Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru. Epidendrum armeniacum grows in moist mountainous forests between 450 and 1600 meters in elevation. This species grows...
Common Name: Arnold's Epidendrum
Habitat: Columbia. Epidendrum arnoldii is native to a small area of central Columbia and grows in dwarf, wet mountain forests between 2800 to 3300 meters in...
Common Name: Dark Written Epidendrum
Habitat: Mexico south to Guatemala. Epidendrum atroscriptum is found growing in tropical rainforests in the Mexican states of Chiapas, Oaxaca, and Vera Cruz and...
The genus Epidendrum is large and varied. Most plants have reed-like, compressed pseudobulbs with leaves distributed along the length of the pseudobulb at nodes. However, some have small, round...
Common Name: Yellow Serpent
Native to: Native to Mexico. Euchile citrina grows on trees in mixed oak-pine forests in central and southern Mexico.
Plant Size: Small. The plants are compact and have...
Common Name: Maria's Euchile
Native to: Mexico. Euchile mariae grows on oak trees in dry oak forests in northwest Mexico. The plants are found growing between 1000 and 1200 meters in...
There are only two (2) species of this genus. Both are found growing wild Mexico. Two species from Epidendrum and Encyclia were separated and placed into their own genus. Both of these plants have...
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Common Name: Alaori's Laelia
Habitat: Brazil. Rare. Laelia alaorii is found in the State of Bahia where it grows in low mountain rain forests in southeastern Brazil.
Plant Size: Miniature. 3 to 4...
Common Names: Albescent Laelia
Habitat: Mexico. Laelia albida common in the states of in the states of Sinaloa, Durango, Nayarit, Jalisco, Michoacan, Guerrero, Oaxaca and Puebla. Laelia albida...
Common Name: Two-edged Laelia, El Toro (Mexican name)
Habitat: Laelia anceps is native to eastern Mexico and rarely in Honduras and Guatemala and grows from 500 to 1500 meters in elevation in...
Common Name: Angerer's Laelia
Habitat: Brazil. Laelia angereri is found in the Diamantina region in the northeast portion of the state of Minas Gerais. Rupicolous. Laelia angereri is found growing...
Habitat: Laelia autumnalis is native to Mexico. Grows between 1500 and 2600 meters in elevation in the mountains of the central and southern part of the country on scrubby evergreen oaks and...
Habitat: Brazil. Laelia bahiensis grows in the Sierra da Sincora Mountains in the state of Bahia and Sierra do Calabocaria and Sierra do Capa-Bode.
Plant Size: Miniature. The pseudobulbs of Laelia...
Habitat: Mexico. Laelia bancalarii is endemic to the western slopes of Jalisco. It is found growing on evergreen oak trees above 1000 meters in elevation.
Plant Size: Medium. The plant is very...
Habitat: Laelia blumenscheinii is native to Brazil and is found in the state of Espirito Santo.
Plant Size: Small. The pseudobulbs of Laelia blumenscheinii grow 12 to 15 cm tall and leaves...
Habitat: Brazil. Laelia bradei's distribution is limited to a few locations in the states of Minas Gerais and Espirito Santo above 1200 meters in elevation. It grows in rocky cracks between 1200...
Habitat: Brazil.
Plant Size: Medium. Laelia brevicaulis plants have long, slender pseudobulbs that grow 6 to 9 inches (15-25 cm) tall and have narrow leaves. The plant is similar in appearance...
Habitat: Brazil. Found in the states of Minas Gerais above 1100 meters in the area of Serro and Lapinnae Cabeca do Bernando.
Plant Size: Medium. Plants grow 17-20 cm tall. The leaves are...
Habitat: Brazil. Laelia caulescens is found in the state of Minas Gerais near Belo Horizonte. It is extremely common in its native habitat where it grows on rocky ledges between 600-1200 meters in...
Habitat: Brazil. Rupicolous. It is found in the states of Minas Gerias, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro between the elevations of 800 to 1500 meters in the foothills.
Plant Size: Medium. The...
Habitat: Brazil. Laelia crispa is common throughout its range. It is primarily found in Serra do Mar, which in Rio de Janeiro State is also called Serra dos Organos (Organ Mountains)....
Habitat: Brazil. Laelia crispata is found in the state of Minas Gerais near Belo Horizonte. It grows on granite and sandstone slopes between 900-1700 meters in elevation where they are exposed to...
Habitat: Brazil. Laelia crispilabia is found in the Serra de Marinhos mountains on iron ore rock formations. Grows between 1000 and 1200 meters in elevation. Rupicolous.
Plant Size: Medium....
Habitat: Brazil. Laelia dayana is found growing on lichen-covered trees in the Organ Mountains.
Plant Size: Small. Laelia dayana has compact cylidrical pseudobulbs produce one long, broad fleshy...
Habitat: Brazil. Laelia duveenii is found growing near Serra do Cipo in Diamantina. Rupicolous.
Plant Size: Small. The compact pseudobulbs of Laelia duveenii grow 3.5 cm tall and have a single...
Habitat: Brazil. Laelia endsfeldzii is native to a limited area of the state of Minas Gerais near Itutinga. Rupicolous.
Plant Size: Small. The pseudobulbs of Laelia endsfeldzii grow to 10 cm...
Habitat: Brazil. Laelia esalqueana is found in the state of Minas Gerais around 1200 meters in elevation. Rupicolous.
Plant Size: Small. The pseudobulbs of Laelia esalqueana grow to 3 cm tall...
Habitat: Brazil. Laelia fidelensis is found growing in the state of Rio de Janeiro in the Sao Fidelis mountains.
Plant Size: Small. Laelia fidelensis has laterally compressed pseudobulbs grow to...
Habitat: Brazil. Laelia flava grows in the state of Minas Gerais near Serra do Piedade and Sierrado Frio between 800-1000 meters in elevation.
Plant Size: Laelia flava is a variable species....
Habitat: Brazil. Laelia fournieri grows in the state of Minas Gerais as a rupicolous plant on exposed cliffs around 1200 meters in elevation.
Plant Size: Miniture. The small, swollen pseudobulbs of...
Habitat: Mexico. Laelia furfuracea is found growing on oak trees in the mountains of Oxaxca between 2500 to 3000 meters in elevation.
Plant Size: Miniture. The small (3-5 cm), ribbed, oval...
Habitat: Brazil. Laelia garderi is found at Mosteiro da Caraca in the state of Minas Gerais.
Plant Size: Small. Pseudobulbs and leaves of Laelia garderi reach about 4 inches (10 cm) in height....
Habitat: Brazil. Rupicolous. Laelia ghillanyi grows wild in the state of Minas Gerais between Serra do Cipo and Conceicao do Mato Dentro between 1500 to 1600 meters in elevation on volcanic rock...
Habitat: Brazil. Rupicolous. Laelia gloedeniana is found growing in the mountains in the state of Espirito Santo at 1600 m in elevation.
Plant Size: Small. The pseudobulbs of Laelia...
Habitat: Mexico. Laelia gouldiana is found in the mountains of Hildaldo where it grows on trees. It may be extinct in the wild.
Plant Size: Small. The pseudobulbs of Laelia gouldiana have two to...
Habitat: Brazil. Laelia gracilis grows on rocky ledges near the Serra do Cipo in the state of Minas Gerais. Rupicolous.
Plant Size: Small.
Flower Size: Small.
Flower Description: The pale yellow...
Habitat: Brazil. Laelia grandis grows in warm coastal areas near the bay of Todos os Santos in the state of Espirito Santo in tropical evergreen and deciduous forests. Laelia grandis grows high in...
Habitat: Brazil
Habitat: Brazil. Laelia jongheana is found near the state of Minas Gerais. It grows in forests between 1300 and 1600 meters in elevation. This species has been overcollected in the wild is...
Habitat: Brazil. The few remaining wild plants of Laelia lobata grow on the surface of rocky cliffs facing the ocean near Rio de Janeiro.
Plant Size: Standard Cattleya size. Laelia lobata has...
Habitat: Brazil. Rupicolous. Laelia longipes is native to mountains above 1300 meters east of Belo Horizonte in the state of Minas Gerais.
Plant Size: Small. The miniture plants of Laelia longipes...
Habitat: Brazil. Laelia lundii grows on rocks or bush trunks above 1000 meters on the coastal mountains.
Plant Size: Small. The narrow, oblong and compressed pseudobulbs of Laelia lundii are short...
The orchid genus Laelia is closely related to the genus Cattleya and was once included in the same grouping. The number of pollenia (pollen sacks) is the primary reason for separating these...
Habitat: Brazil. Laelia perrinii is common in the coastal rain forests of Espirito Sactu and Rio de Janiero where it grows on trees and cliff faces between 1200 and 3000 feet. Laelia perrinii is...
Habitat: Laelia pumila is found growing in humid gallery forests along rivers in the state of Minas Gerais. Grows on trees in the lower portion of the canopy in moderate light. It is found between...
Habitat: Brazil. Laelia purpurata grows high in the tree canopy where it is exposed to bright light and lots of good air circulation. Native to the regions of Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Santa...
Habitat: Mexico and Central America. Laelia rubescens grows on exposed tree trunks in seasonally dry deciduous forests from sea level to 1700 meters from Mexico to western Panama.
Plant Size:...
Habitat: Brazil. Laelia sincorana is found in the state of Bahia where it grows on the trunks of Vellozia shrubs in rather exposed conditions. Most of the moisture comes from fog and condensation...
Habitat: Mexico and Central America. Laelia superbiens is found growing on trees in the Mexican states of Oaxaca and Chiapas. Some sources have also identified this species as growing in...
Habitat: Brazil. Laelia tenebrosa is found growing in the coastal state of Esprito Santo in forests on tree trunks and branches. It is rare and near extinction in its native habitat.
Plant Size:...
Habitat: Brazil. Laelia virens grows on trees in its native habitat.
Plant Size: Compact growing. Laelia virens produces 4 to 6 inch pseudobulbs with a single, erect leaf about the same length as...
Habitat: Brazil.
Plant Size: Medium. The ribbed pseudobulbs of Laelia xanthina have one erect, blue-green oblong leaf. It looks like a small unifoliate cattleya.
Flower Size: 2 1/2 inches to...
Common Name: Bicolored Leptotes
Habitat: Leptotes bicolor grows on trees in subtropical forests near the coast from southern Brazil to Paraguay between 500 to 900 meters.
Plant Size: Miniture....
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Flower Size: size
Flower Description: description
Bloom Season: season
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This small genus has five or six known species. They are found growing in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. The plants are small and stick-like in habit. Each pseudobulb has one narrow, long,...
Common Name: Sao Paulo Leptotes
Habitat: Brazil. Leptotes pauloensis grows on trees.
Plant Size: Miniature.
Flower Size: Small.
Flower Description: Flowers are small and do not open fully.
Bloom...
Habitat: Leptotes tenuis is native to misty forests in southern Brazil where it grows on trees.
Plant Size: Miniture. Leptotes tenuis has cylindrical pseudobulbs and fleshy, narrow leaves.
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Habitat: Leptotes unicolor is native to Brazil where it is found growing in filtered light in forests on branches of trees.
Plant Size: Miniture. The thick, fleshy leaves of Leptotes unicolor only...
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Common Name: Digby's Beaked Laelia
Habitat: Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras. Rhyncholaelia digbyana is found growing in sunny locations on the Yucatan peninsula. They grow in...
Common Name: Glaucous Beaked Laelia
Habitat: Guatemala, Mexico. Rhyncholaelia glauca grows on trees in mountain forests from near sea level to 1500 meters. The original plants were discovered...
This genus was created from Brassavola by splitting off two species. The plants have Cattleya-like leaves and pseudobulbs. Flowers are creamy white. In their native habitat of Mexico, the...
Common Name: The Curled Schomburgkia
Habitat: Schomburgkia crispa is found growing high up in trees where it received nearly full sunlight and breezes throughout the day. Schomburgkia crispa is...
Common Names: Glorious Schomburgkia, The Fringed Schomburgkia
Habitat: Schomburgkia fimbriata is native to Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, Colombia and Ecuador where it is found growing at low...
Common Name: Lyon's Schomburgkia
Habitat: Cuba and Jamaica. Schomburgkia lyonsii is found growing on exposed rocks in dry upland forests and valleys from sea level to 800 meters in elevation.
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Native to: Bolivia and Peru.
Plant Size: Large. Schomburgkia moyobambae is a large plant with fusiform pseudobulbs. Each growth has two tongue-shaped dark green leaves.
Flower Size: 1.5 inches...
This genus was formerly combined with the genus Laelia and has many similarities in flower form to the latter. However, there are enough unique characteristics to warrant the creation of a...
Common Name: The Rosey Schomburgkia
Habitat: Columbia. Schomburgkia rosea grows on rocks and trees at low elevations in coastal Columbia. Its prefers to grow near rivers.
Plant Size: Large. Plant...
Common Name: Sawyer's Schomburgkia
Habitat: Mexico. Schomburgkia sawyeri is found in the Mexican states of Guerrero and Morelos on the Pacific Coast. It has been found growing at 1500 meters in...
Common Name: The Splendid Schomburgkia
Habitat: Columbia and Equador. Schomburgkia splendida is found growing in full sun near rivers in dry, mountainous forests. It grows on rocks or low...
Common Name: Supurb Schomburgkia
Habitat: Schomburgkia superbiens is found growing in rain forests in the mountains of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. It grows on trees or rocks in...
Common Name: Undulate Schomburgkia Orchid
Habitat: Schomburgkia undulata is native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad and Venezuela. It is found growing near the Pacific coast on large...
Common Name: Wallis' Schomburgkia
Habitat: Schomburgkia wallisii is found growing in mountainous forests in Colombia and Venezuela. It grows on tree trunks or boulders.
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Common Name: Weberbauer's Schomburgkia
Habitat: Schomburgkia weberbaueriana is native to wet mountainous in Peru where it is found growing around 1300 meters in elevation on trees and rocks.
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Habitat: Sophronitis acuensis is native to western facing slopes on Mount Acu in the Organ mountain range in Southeastern Brazil. It is found growing as an epiphyte on trees in ravines near 2000...
Habitat: Sophronitis brevipedunculata is native to Brazil in cool mountain habitats in the area of Minas Gerais where it grows on vellozia trees or on rocks. It is found growing from 1220 to 2000...
Common Name: Nodding Sophronitis
Habitat: Sophronitis cernua is native to Brazil with some inland populations reaching west to Paraguay and Boliva. It grows on trees and sometimes rocks in coastal...
Common Name: Scarlet Sophronitis
Habitat: Sophronitis coccinea is native to mountainous forests in the Serra do Mar mountain range near the coast in Brazil. The plants are found growing between...
Common Name: The Pygmy Sophronitis
Habitat: Sophronitis pygmaea is the smallest member of the genus. It is found growing high up in the coastal mountains in the state of Espirito Santo in Brazil....
Habitat: Sophronitis wittigiana is native to Espiritu Santo in Brazil between 700 to 2000 meters in elevation. It prefers to grow on trees with rough bark and a generous supply of moss.
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There are less than ten species of these miniature Cattleya-like plants. They are found growing in eastern Brazil and Paraguay. All species grow on trees or rocks in nature. The plants are small...
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