Cochleanthes Raf. SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Maxillarieae, SUBTRIBE Zygopetalinae.

There are 10 species in the genus that are widely spread through out tropical America that grows epiphytically with psuedobulbless distichous leaf fans.

  1. Cochleanthes amazonica [Rchb.f & Warsc.]R.E. Schult. & Garay
    2.  Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders

    This species is from Ecuador and Peru and is a warm growing epiphyte from elevations of 200-1000 meters.

    Synonyms Bollea wendlandiana Rchb.f; Chonrorhynchus amazonica [Rchb.f & Warsc.]A.D.Hawkes; *Warscewiczella amazonica Rchb.f & Warscew; Warscewiczella lindeni hort; *Zygopetalum amazonicum Rchb.f & Warsc.; Zygopetalum lindeni Rolfe

  2. Cochleanthes aromatica [Rchb.f] Schultes & Garay
    3. Photo courtesy of Jeff Aguillon

    Found in Costa Rica and Panama as an intermediate to warm growing epiphyte found at 1000 to 2000 meters that blooms in August till October.

    Synonyms Chondroryncha aromatica [Rchb.f] P.H.Allen; Warscewiczella aromatica [Rchb.f]Rchb.f ; Warscewiczella wendlandii [Rchb.f]Schlecter; *Zygopetalum aromaticum Rchb.f; Zygopetalum wendlandii Rchb.f

  3. Cochleanthes candida (Lindl.) R.E. Schult. & Garay
    4. Photo courtesy of Jeff Aguillon

    Synonyms *Warrea candida Lindl.

  4. Cochleanthes discolor [Lindley]R.E.Schultes

    5. A warm growing epiphyte that loves humidity and good air movement, it is found in Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador at elevations of 700 to 1700 meters. They appreciate shade and do best in a basket with some sphagnum mixed with wood chips. They lack psuedobulbs and has a short stem that can branch at the base to form small tufts, and give rise to lanceolate, flexible, pointed pale green leaves with an erect basal inflorescence that is shorter than the leaves and a single long lasting fragrant flower that appears from spring through the fall.

    Synonyms Chondrorhyncha discolor [Lindley]P.H.Allen; *Warrea discolor Lindley; Warscewiczella discolor [Lindley] Rchb.f; Zygopetalum discolor [Lindley] Rchb.f

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    ~Cochleanthes heteroclita (Poepp. & Endl.) R.E. Schult. & Garay - See See Huntleya heteroclita [Poepp. & Endl.] Garay

~Cochlia Bl. - See Bulbophylum Thouars SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Dendrobieae, SUBTRIBE Bulbophyllinae.

Cochlioda Lindley SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Oncidieae.

Six species are found in this genus from Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia and is distinguished by it's lip that is partially adnate to the column and it has 2 stigmatic orifices. They require cool shady conditions and water sparingly when new growth is appearing, more after it matures a bit and then less through the winter months.

~Cochlioda sanguinea [Rchb.f]Benth. - See Symphyglossum sanguineum [Rchb.f]Schlecter

Coeloglossum Hartm. SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Orchideae, SUBTRIBE Orchidinae.

Four terrestrial species make up this genus that is found in all temperate parts of the Northern hemisphere.

    ~Coeloglossum bracteatum (Willd.) Parl. - See Coeloglossum viride [L.]Hartm.

    ~Coeloglossum bracteatum (Willd.) Schltr. - See Coeloglossum viride [L.]Hartm.

  1. Coeloglossum viride [L.]Hartm.
    2. Photo courtesy of JM.Dreuillaux and the Orchids of France and Europe

    An intermediate to cool growing terrestrial from Europe and Asia Minor that blooms in the late spring and summer and has the common name'The Frog Orchid'.

    Synonyms Coeloglossum bracteatum (Willd.) Parl.; Coeloglossum bracteatum (Willd.) Schltr.; Coeloglossum viride subsp. bracteatum (Muehl.) Soo; Coeloglossum viride subsp. bracteatum (Willd.) Hult; Coeloglossum viride var. bracteatum (Willd.) Rchb. f.; Gymnadenia bracteata (Willd.) C. Presl.; Gymnadenia viridis L.C.Rich.; Habenaria bracteata (Willd.) R. Br; Habenaria viridis R. Br.; Habenaria viridis var. bracteata (Willd.) A. Gray; Orchis bracteata Willd.; Orchis viridis Crantz; Platanthera bracteata Torr.; Platanthera viridis Lindley; Satyrium alpinum Schmidt; Satyrium ferrugineum F.W. Schmidt; Satyrium fuscum Hudson; Satyrium lingulatum Vill.; *Satyrium viride Linne; Sieberia viridis (L.) Spreng.

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    ~Coeloglossum viride subsp. bracteatum (Muehl.) Soo - See Coeloglossum viride [L.]Hartm.

    ~Coeloglossum viride subsp. bracteatum (Willd.) Hult - See Coeloglossum viride [L.]Hartm.

    ~Coeloglossum viride var. bracteatum (Willd.) Rchb. f. - See Coeloglossum viride [L.]Hartm.

Coelogyne Lindley SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Dendrobieae, SUBTRIBE Coelogyninae.

A most interesting group of 100 species that is found in all four climes, hot, warm, cool and cold and in most all of Asia east of India and on into Indonesia and Fiji. Great care must be given in knowing what climate a species comes from as they may not tolerate your conditions. Warm growing species like pandurata and speciosa require no rest while colder growing species need a dry rest in the winter. They can have close or far spaced psuedobulbs along the rhizome with 1 or 2 plicate leaves and inflorescences that arise from the apex of the psuedobulb or from the apex of a new growth. I find that wire baskets accommodate these potentially large plants best. My mature pandurata is in a 16" basket and grew out of it in 1 year!

Synonyms Chelonanthera Bl.

  1. Coelogyne asperata Lindl.
    2. Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders.

    Found at lower elevations in Papua and New Guinea and Malaysia.

    ~Coelogyne chinensis (Lindl.) Rchb. f. - See *Pholidota chinensis Lindl.

  2. Coelogyne corymbosa Lindl.
    3. Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders.

    A coll growing epiphytic speciesmfrom the Himalayas that is found at elevations of 1700 to 2800 meters and blooms in the summer and fall.

    Synonyms Pleione corymbosa (Lindl.) Kuntze; Pleione corymbosa (Lindl.) Kuntze

  3. Coelogyne cristata Lindley var. lemoniana Lindley
    4. Photo courtesy ofGreg and Kerri Steenbeeke and their Orkology Kreations Website

    This species is from the Himalayas and Java and is a cool growing pendulous fragrant bloomer from February through April. They have ovoid psuedobulbs well spaced on a visible rhizome with two narrowly lanceolate, flexible leaves . They have a basal inflorescence on the newest mature psuedobulb and thery flower in the spring.

    Synonyms Cymbidium speciosissimum D. Don

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  4. Coelogyne cumingii Lindley
    5. Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders.

    This species is from Thailand, the Malaysian penisula, Sumatra and Borneo and is an intermediate to warm growing epiphyte that blooms in the spring and summer.

    ~Coelogyne dayana [Rchb.f]Rolfe - See C. massangeana Rchb.f

    ~Coelogyne densiflora Ridley - See C. massangeana Rchb.f

  5. Coelogyne fimbriata Lindl.
    6. Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders.

    A cool to intermediate fall blomer that is found in China, Northern India, Thailand and Vietnam and blooms in the fall.

    Synonyms Broughtonia linearis Wall.; Coelogyne laotica Gagn.; Coelogyne leungiana Hu; Coelogyne ovalis auct.; Pleione fimbriata [Lindley] Kuntz

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    ~Coelogyne formosana (Hayata) Kudo - See *Pleione formosana Hayata

    ~Coelogyne huettneriana Auct. non Rchb.f - See C. lactea Rchb.f

    ~Coelogyne huettneriana Rchb.f var lactea [Rchb.f]Pfitz. - See C. lactea Rchb.f

  6. Coelogyne lactea Rchb.f
    7. Photo courtesy ofGreg and Kerri Steenbeeke and their Orkology Kreations Website

    This species is found in Burma as an intermediate to warm growing epiphyte that blooms in the summer.

    Synonyms Coelogyne huettneriana Auct. non Rchb.f; Coelogyne huettneriana Rchb.f var lactea [Rchb.f]Pfitz.

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    ~Coelogyne laotica Gagn. - See C. fimbriata Lindley

    ~Coelogyne leungiana Hu - See C. fimbriata Lindley

  7. Coelogyne massangeana Rchb.f.
    8. Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders.

    This species is from the mountain regions of Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, and Java and is a warm to intermediate growing plant that is variable in its flowering but most often it occurs in the summer. The flowers are not scented and are short lasting and delicate.

    Synonyms Coelogyne dayana [Rchb.f]Rolfe; Coelogyne densiflora Ridley; Coelogyne quadrangularis Ridley; Coelogyne tomentosa Lindley var cymbidioides Ridley; Coelogyne tomentosa Lindley var massangeana Ridley

  8. Coelogyne merrillii Ames
    9. Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders.

    A Philippine species from the island of Luzon.

  9. Coelogyne mooreana Sand.
    10. Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders.

    This species is found in Vietnam at 1300 meters, blooms in the spring and early summer and is best grown in an intermediate to cool environment.

    ~Coelogyne nitida Lindley - See C. ochracea Lindley

  10. Coelogyne ocellata Lindley
    11. Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders
  11. Coelogyne ochracea Lindley
    12.  Photo courtesy of Jeff Agiullon.

    This is a cool growing epiphytic species that blooms in the early summer through autumn from the emerging new psuedobulb and is found from the Hiamlayas to Thailand. This is an evergreen species that requires a cool dry winter rest.

    Synonyms Coelogyne nitida Lindley

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    ~Coelogyne ovalis auct. - See C. fimbriata Lindley

  12. Coelogyne pandurata Lindley
    13. Photo by Jay Pfahl Close up of flower. Photo courtesy of Paul Phelps at Phelps Farm Orchids

    This species is a warm grower blooms in late spring-summer out of the center of new leads with a arched inflorescence. The flowers are highly fragrant of honey but are short lived. From Malaya to Borneo, this orchid needs wire basket culture as it spreads out quite rapidly and sphagnum with wood chips as media works best and the best time to repot is when the new lead emerges.

    ~Coelogyne pholas Rchb. f. - See Pholidota chinensis Lindley

    ~*Coelogyne praecox Lindl. - See Pleione praecox (Lindl.) D. Don

  13. Coelogyne prasina Ridley
    14. Photo courtesy ofGreg and Kerri Steenbeeke and their Orkology Kreations Website

    Found in the Malaysian penisula this intermediate to warm growing orchid blooms in the summer.

    ~Coelogyne quadrangularis Ridley - See C. massangeana Rchb.f

    ~ Coelogyne reichenbachiana T. Moore - See Pleione praecox (Lindl.) D. Don

  14. Coelogyne speciosa Lindley

    15. A single flower which arises out of the center of a new growth and can bloom at any time of the year, it has a strange flying insect appearance, grows in baskets with semi shade and is from Malaysia, Borneo, Java and Sumatra.

    Synonyms *Chelonanthera speciosa Bl.

    ~ Coelogyne tomentosa Lindley var cymbidioides Ridley - See C. massangeana Rchb.f

    ~Coelogyne tomentosa Lindley var massangeana Ridley - See C. massangeana Rchb.f

    ~Coelogyne triptera Brongn. - See Encyclia pygmaea (Hook.) Dressler

    ~Coelogyne wallichiana Lindl. - See Pleione praecox (Lindl.) D. Don

~Coilostylis Raf. - See Epidendrum L. SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Laeliinae.

~Coilostylis emarginata Raf. - See Epidendrum ciliare L.

~ Colax Lindley ex Spreng.- See Pabstia Garay SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Maxillarieae SUBTRIBE Zygopetalinae.

~Colax aromaticus [Hooker]Sprengel - See Lycaste aromatica [Hooker] Lindley

~Colax grandiflorus Raf. - See Bifrenaria harrisoniae[Hooker]Rchb.f

~Colax harrisoniae Lindley - See Bifrenaria harrisoniae [Hkr]Rchb.f

~Colax jugosus Lindley - See Pabstia jugosa [Lindley] Garay

~Colax pallidiflorus (Hook.) C.K. Spreng. - See Xylobium pallidiflorum (Hook.) G. Nicholson

Comparettia Poepp.& Endl. SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Oncidieae.

Less thean twelve species make up this epiphytic genus of the American tropics that has short rhizomes with small psuedobulbs with one coriaceous leaf and a basal, simple or branching inflorescence with showy small flowers.

  1. Comparettia ignea P.Ortiz
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    An intermediate Colombian species blooms in late spring, summer and likes moderate sun.

  2. Comparettia macroplectron Rchb.f & Triana
    3. Photo courtesy ofSylvia and Cedrics Orchid Page

    An intermediate epiphytic species from Colombia that blooms in the spring.

  3. Comparettia speciosa Rchb.f
    4. Photo courtesy ofSylvia and Cedrics Orchid Page

    Found in Ecuador at elevations of 700 to 2000 meters.

~Conchidium Griff. - See Eria Lindley SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Eriinae.

Constania Barb. Rodr. SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Laeliinae.

A genus of four species found in Brazil that bear a single flower from the apex of the small tightly packed spheroid psuedobulbs that typically have two leaves and eight pollina and is similar to Sophronitis yet differs in the much smaller size of the plants and that the psuedobulbs are bifoliate.

  1. Constantia cipoensis Porto & Brade.
    2. Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders.

    A Brazilian species endemic to the Serra do Cipo in Minas Gerais that flowers from the fall through the early winter.

~Coppensia Dum. - See Oncidium Swartz SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Oncidinae.

Corallorhiza [Haller] R.Br in Ait. SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Calypsoeae, SUBTRIBE Corallorhizinae

There are 12 known species in this saphrphytic genus from North America but some species exist in Mexico, Europe and Northern Asia.

Synonyms Cladorhiza Raf.

    ~Corallorrhiza innata Brown - See Corallorrhiza trifida Chatelain

    ~Corallorrhiza intacta Cham. - See Corallorrhiza trifida Chatelain

  1. Corallorhiza maculata (Raf.) Raf.
    2. Photo courtesy of Walter Mays

    Found from Canada south to Guatemala as a cool growing terrestrial, it blooms mostly in the summer through fall and is found in moist shady woods on rocky slopes in rich decaying humus and rotten leaves up to elevations of 3700 meters. It's common name is the Spotted Coral-root.

    Synonyms *Cladorhiza maculata Raf.; Corallorrhiza mexicana Lindley

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    ~Corallorrhiza mexicana Lindley - See Corallorhiza maculata (Raf.) Raf.

    ~Corallorhiza multiflora Nutt. - See C. maculata (Raf.) Raf.

  2. Corallorrhiza trifida Chatelain
    3. Photo courtesy of T.H.Pain and the Orchids of France and Europe

    An intermediate to cool growing terrestrial from Europe and Turkey that blooms in the late spring and early summer.

    Synonyms Corallorrhiza innata Brown; Corallorrhiza intacta Cham.; *Ophrys corallorrhiza Linne

  3. Corallorhiza wisteriana Conrad
    4. Photo courtesy of Mike Abrams

    An American terrestrial orchid from Pennsylvania and West Virginia south to Florida and then west to Utah and Arizona and south to Mexico where it is found in shady hardwoods and swampy woodlands and flowers in winter and spring. It's common name is either Spring Coral-root, or Wister's Coral-root.

~Cordula Raf. - See Paphiopedilum Pfitz. SUBFAMILY Cypripedioideae

~Cordula bellatula Rolfe - See Paphiopedilum bellatulum [Rchb.f]Stein

~Cordula callosa Rolfe - See Paphiopedilum callosum (Rchb. f.) Pfitzer

~Cordula chamberlainiana Rolfe - See Paphiopedilum chamberlainianum (O'Brien) Pfitzer

~Cordula concolor Rolfe - See Paphiopedilum concolor (Bateman) Pfitzer

~Cordula esquirolei Hu - See Paphiopedilum esquirolii Schltr.

~Cordula fairrieana Rolfe - See Paphiopedilum fairrieanum [Lindley] Stein

~Cordula glaucophylla Rolfe - See Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum [J.J.Smith.]Pfitzer

~Cordula godefroyae Rolfe - See Paphiopedilum godefroyae [Godefroy Lebeuf]Stein

~Cordula insignis Raf. - See Paphiopedilum insigne[Lindley]Pfitz

~Cordula nivea Rolfe - See Paphiopedilum niveum [Rchb.f] Stein

~Cordula parishii Rolfe - See Paphiopedilum parishii[Rchb.f] Stein

~Cordula philippinensis Rolfe - See Paphiopedilum philippinense [Rchb.f]Stein

~Cordula purpurata Rolfe - See Paphiopedilum purpuratum [Lindley] Stein

~Cordula spiceriana Rolfe - See Paphiopedilum spicerianum [Rchb.f]Pfitz.

~Cordula superbiens Rolfe - See Paphiopedilum superbiens (Rchb. f.) Pfitzer

~Cordula venusta Rolfe - See Paphiopedilum venustum [Wall.]Pfitz.

~Cordula villosa Rolfe - See Paphiopedilum villosum (Lindl.) Pfitzer

~Cordylostylis Falc. - See Goodyera R. Br. SUBFAMILY Spiranthoideae, TRIBE Erythrodeae.

~Corisanthes Stued. - See Cypripedium L. SUBFAMILY Cypripedioideae

Coryanthes Hooker SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Gongoreae, SUBTRIBE Stanhopeinae.

The parts of the Coryanthes are, the epichile {#1}, faucet gland {#2}, mesochile {#3}, hypochile {#4}, pedicel {#5}, lateral sepals {#6}, dorsal sepal {#7}, petals {#8}, entrance to the stigmatic cavity {#9}, and the pouch like bucket or labellum{#10}. The flower bud of Coryanthes is quite interesting and has the appearance of the man in the moon.

Synonyms Corynanthes Schlecter; Corythanthes Lemaire

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  1. Coryanthes bergoldii Kenn. ex Dodson
    2. Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders.

    This species comes from Ecuador and is found at an elevation of 1000 meters.

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  2. Coryanthes bicalcarata Schltr.

  3. Coryanthes glaucocornis ?
    4. Photo courtesy of of Carlos Hajek and his Peruvian Orchid Page

  4. Coryanthes leucocorys Rolfe
    5. Photo courtesy of JEM Orchids

    An epiphytic species from Se Ecuador and NE Peru taht smell stronly of mint.

  5. Coryanthes macrantha [Hooker]Hooker

    6. The Bucket Orchid, a warm grower, from Trinidad to Peru, it blooms in summer, Very fragrant blooms, minty scent.

    ~Coryanthes maculata Hkr. - See Coryanthes speciosa Hooker

    ~Coryanthes maculata var. punctata Lindl. - See Coryanthes speciosa Hooker

    ~Coryanthes picturata Rchb. f. - See Coryanthes speciosa Hooker

    ~Coryanthes punctata Beer - See Coryanthes speciosa Hooker

  6. Coryanthes seegeri Gerlach
    7. Photo courtesy of of Carlos Hajek and his Peruvian Orchid Page

    A Peruvian species from low elevations.

  7. Coryanthes speciosa Hooker

    8. Found in Central America through NE South America it blooms in the summer and is quite fragrant and smells of mint.

    Synonyms Coryanthes maculata Hkr.; Coryanthes maculata var. punctata Lindl.; Coryanthes picturata Rchb. f.; Coryanthes punctata Beer; Gongora macrantha Hooker; *Gongora speciosa Hkr.; Meliclis speciosa (Hook.) Raf.

~Corydandra Rchb.f - See Galeandra Lindley SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Cymbidieae, SUBTRIBE Cyrtopodiinae.

~Corynanthes Schlecter - See Coryanthes Hooker SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Gongoreae, SUBTRIBE Stanhopeinae.

~Corythanthes Lemaire - See Coryanthes Hooker SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Gongoreae, SUBTRIBE Stanhopeinae.

Corybas Salisbury SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Diurideae SUBTRIBE Acianthinae.

A deciduous terrestrial Asian and Australian genus of 100 species which holds the distinction of having the most southern orchid species and it is found on Macquarie Island.

Synonyms Corysanthes R.Br.

  1. Corybas pruinosus [Cunn.]Rchb.f
    2.  Photo courtesy ofGreg and Kerri Steenbeeke and their Orkology Kreations Website

    From New South Wales, Australia, this terrestrial intermediate to cool growinh orchid blooms in the spring and summer.

    Synonyms Corysanthes fimbriata R. Br.; *Corysanthes pruinosus Cunn.

~Corysanthes R.Br. - See Corybas Salisbury SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Diurideae SUBTRIBE Acianthinae.

~Corysanthes fimbriata R. Br. - See Corybas pruinosus [Cunn.]Rchb.f

~*Corysanthes pruinosus Cunn. - See Corybas pruinosus [Cunn.]Rchb.f

Cranichis Sw. SUBFAMILY Spiranthoideae, TRIBE Cranichideae SUBTRIBE Cranichidinae.

~Cranichis luteola Sw. - See Polystachya concreta [Jacq.]Garay & Sweet

~Criosanthes Raf. - See Cypripedium L. SUBFAMILY Cypripedioideae

~Criosanthes arietina (R. Br. in W.T. Aiton) House - See Cypripedium arietinum R. Br. in W.T. Aiton

~Criosanthes borealis Raf.- See Cypripedium arietinum R. Br. in W.T. Aiton

~Criosanthes parviflora Raf. - See Cypripedium calceolus L. var. parviflorum (Salisb.) Fernald

~Crinonia Bl. - See Pholodita Lindley ex Hooker SUBFAMILY Epidedroideae, TRIBE Coelogyneae SUBTRIBE Coelogyninae.

~Crybe Lindley - See Bletia Ruiz & Pavon SUBFAMILY Epidedroideae, TRIBE Coelogyneae SUBTRIBE Coelogyninae.

Cryptophoranthus Barb Rodr. SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae SUBTRIBE Pleurothallidinae.

There are about twenty species in this Caribbean to Brazil found genus that grows epiphytically and lithophytically and are similar in vegatative habit to Pluerothallis, but the flowers are much more like Masdevallia in shape and can mimic the cultural requirements of each genus depending on the species location.

    ~Cryptophoranthus acaulis Krzl. - See Pleurothallis tribuloides [Sw.]Lindley

    ~Cryptophoranthus alvaroi Garay - See Zootrophion atropurpureum [Lindley]Luer

    ~Cryptophoranthus argus Rchb. f. ex Kraenzl. - See Cryptophoranthus dayanus[Rchb.f.]Rolfe

    ~Cryptophoranthus atropurpureus [Lindley]Rolfe - See Zootrophion atropurpureum [Lindley]Luer

    ~Cryptophoranthus beloglottis Schltr. - See Cryptophoranthus dayanus [Rchb.f.]Rolfe

  1. Cryptophoranthus dayanus [Rchb.f.]Rolfe
  2. Another View
    3.  Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders.

    This epiphytic species is found in the Andes of Colombia and Ecuador at eleveations of 1500 to 1800 meters.

    Synonyms Cryptophoranthus argus Rchb. f. ex Kraenzl.; Cryptophoranthus beloglottis Schltr.; Cryptophoranthus hologlottis Schltr.; Cryptophoranthus lehmanni Rolfe; *Masdevallia dayana Rchb. f.; Zootrophion dayanum (Rchb. f.) Luer

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    ~Cryptophoranthus hologlottis Schltr. - See Cryptophoranthus dayanus [Rchb.f.]Rolfe

    ~Cryptophoranthus lehmanni Rolfe - See Cryptophoranthus dayanus [Rchb.f.]Rolfe

  3. Cryptophoranthus sp.
    4. Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders.

    This is a Jamaican species.

Cryptostylis R. Brown SUBFAMILY Spiranthoideae , TRIBE Cranichideae, SUBTRIBE Cryptostylidinae

Twenty some species are spread through Asia and out through the Pacific Islands and Australia and New Zealand.They all have prominent leathery leaves except C. hunteriana which is a leafless saprophyte. They have spreading fleshy roots without tuberoids.

  1. Cryptostylis leptochila F. Mueller ex Benth.
    2.  Photo courtesy ofGreg and Kerri Steenbeeke and their Orkology Kreations Website

    An intermediate growing terrestrial orchid from Australia that blooms in the spring and fall.

    ~Cryptostylis longifolia R. Br. - See C. subulata [Labill] Rchb.f

  2. Cryptostylis subulata [Labill.]Rchb.f
    3. Photo courtesy ofGreg and Kerri Steenbeeke and their Orkology Kreations Website

    An intermediate growing terrestrial orchid from Australia that blooms in the spring and fall.

    Synonyms Cryptostylis longifolia R. Br.; *Malaxis subulata Labill.

~Cuculina Raf. - See Catasetum Kunth SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Gongoreae, SUBTRIBE Catasetinae.

Cuitlauzina La Llave & Lex.. SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Oncidieae.

There is one species in this genus and it is endemic to Mexico and was once a part of Odontoglossum, and that name is still used by the RHS for orchid hybrid registration.

  1. Cuitlauzina pendula La Llave & Lex.
    2.  Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders.

    This plant needs to be planted in a basket, to accommodate the pendant inflorescence, with wood chips mixed with charcoal and tree fern. They need a cool dry winter rest followed by a heavy water and fertilizer regimen after new growths are initiated in the spring which also give rise to the inflorescence.

    Synonyms Lichterveldia lindleyi Lem.; Odontoglossum citrosmum Lindley; Odontoglossum pendulum [La Llave & Lex.] Batem.; Oncidium citrosum [Lindley]Beer; Oncidium galeottianum Drap.

~Cybele Falc. - See Habenaria Willd. SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Orchideae, SUBTRIBE Orchidinae.

~Cybelion Spreng - See Ionopsis H.B.K. SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Oncidieae.

~Cybelion pallidiflorum (Hook. f.) Spreng. - See Ionopsis utricularioides (Sw.) Lindl.

~Cybelion pulchellum (Kunth) Spreng. - See Ionopsis utricularioides (Sw.) Lindl.

~Cybelion tenerum (Lindl.) Steud. - See Ionopsis utricularioides (Sw.) Lindl.

~Cybelion utriculariae (Sw.) Spreng. - See Ionopsis utricularioides (Sw.) Lindl.

~Cycnauken Lemaire - See Cycnoches Lindley SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Gongoreae, SUBTRIBE Catasetinae.

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Cycnoches is a genus with 23 species spread throughout most of tropical America. This genus as a whole has long slender psuedobulbs with several internodes that have thin, veined deciduous leaves with an inflorescence that starts from the apical nodes and gives rise to unisexual flowers with both sexes sometimes on the same spike but not hermaphroditic flowers. Many more male flowers are produced than female with the main difference being that the male flowers have a longer column with a spring loaded pollina that can be ejected onto a pollinator. The 2 hard, round pollina are connected to an elongated stipe that is in turn connected to a round viscidium. They are lowland epiphytes found from sea level to 600m in humid to moist forests or terrestrials on fallen rotten logs. They like warm conditions as a whole and heavy fertilizer and water after the new lead is 2-3 " tall through it's flowering in the fall, then no water or fertilizer until the lead shows again in the spring. Many growers actually take the plant out of the pot and cut away all the roots and 2 year old bulbs and then place the naked psuedobulb in a dry lighted area until the new growth is visible. It is then potted up and the new lead is allowed to grow to 2-3" before application of water and fertilizer.

Synonyms Cycnauken Lemaire

    ~Cycnoches amesianum Sandw. - See C. pentadactylon Lindley

    ~Cycnoches amparoanum Schlecter - See C. egertonianum Bateman

  1. Cycnoches chlorochilon Klotsch
    2. Photo courtesy of Harold and Carolyns Greenhouse

    Synonyms Cycnoches ventricosum Bateman var chlorochilon [Klotsch] P.H.Allen

    ~Cycnoches cooperi Rolfe - See C. pentadactylon Lindley

    ~Cycnoches cucullata Lindley - See Cycnoches loddigesii Lindl.

  2. Cycnoches egertonianum Bateman

    3. This species is found in Mexico and Guatemala and then south to Colombia, Peru and Brazil at elevations of 1800 meters and is a intermediate to warm growing epiphyte that bloom mostly in the fall and winter.

    Synonyms Cycnoches amparoanum Schlecter; Cycnoches densiflorum Rolfe; Cycnoches egertonianum Bateman var viride Lindley; Cycnoches glandiferum A. Rich & Gal.; Cycnoches guttalatum Schlecter; Cycnoches pachydactylon Schlecter; Cycnoches pauciflorum Schlecter; Cycnoches peruvianum Rolfe; Cycnoches rossianum Rolfe; Cycnoches stelliferum Lodd.; Cycnoches stenodactylon Schlecter; Cycnoches ventricosum Bateman var egertonianum Hkr.

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    ~Cycnoches egertonianum Bateman var viride Lindley - See Cycnoches egertonianum Bateman

    ~Cycnoches espiritusantense Brade - See C. pentadactylon Lindley

    ~Cycnoches glandiferum A. Rich & Gal. - See C. egertonianum Bateman

    ~Cycnoches guttalatum Schlecter - See C. egertonianum Bateman

  3. Cycnoches loddigesii Lindl.
    4. Photo courtesy of Greg Allikas and his Orchid Photo Page

    Found in All of Northern South America as an intermediate to warm growing epiphytic orchid that blooms in the fall and early winter.

    Synonyms Cycnoches cucullata Lindley

    ~Cycnoches pachydactylon Schlecter - See C. egertonianum Bateman

    ~Cycnoches pauciflorum Schlecter - See C. egertonianum Bateman

  4. Cycnoches pentadactylon Lindley

    5. This species comes from the Amazon basin of Brazil and the flowers pictured are the female form that appears in the spring and summer in these warm to intermediate epiphytic orchids.

    Synonyms Cycnoches amesianum Sandw.; Cycnoches cooperi Rolfe; Cycnoches espiritusantense Brade

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    ~Cycnoches peruvianum Rolfe - See C. egertonianum Bateman

    ~Cycnoches rossianum Rolfe - See C. egertonianum Bateman

    ~Cycnoches stelliferum Lodd. - See C. egertonianum Bateman

    ~Cycnoches stenodactylon Schlecter - See C. egertonianum Bateman

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  5. Cycnoches ventricosum Bateman

    6. Found in Central America as an epiphyte that is found on living or rotten tree trunks in dense tropical forests at elevations of 400 to 500 meters and it is a deciduous plant and blooms in the summer. These are commonly called the swan orchid because of the look of the arched column. These flowers are sexually dimorphic and as such, each sex has a different appearance. This plant was first described in 1837 by Bateman in his book Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala. These orchids are extremely fragrant and the flowers are quite showy but unfortunately they are short lived. After blooming in the late summer they need a definite rest with no water or fertilizer until the new growth appears in March. Some growers actually pull it from it's pot, cut all it's roots and put it in an area that gets no light. This procedure is necessary to alleviate basal root rot.

    ~Cycnoches ventricosum Bateman var chlorochilon [Klotsch] P.H.Allen - See C. chlorochilon Klotsch

    ~Cycnoches ventricosum Bateman var egertonianum Hkr. - See Cycnoches egertonianum Bateman

    ~Cycnoches ventricosum Bateman var warscewiczii [Rchb.f]P.H.Allen - See C. warscewiczii Rchb.f

    ~Cycnoches viride C. Koch - Clowesia russelliana (Hook.) Dodson

  6. Cycnoches warscewiczii Rchb.f

    7. This plant is found in central Costa Rica to Central Panama and is an ewpiphytic deciduous grower found on trees and rotten logs and occasionally terrestrial beside rotten logs. The new lead for the psuedobulb arises in April and quickly grows to a height of 12" with 14" leaves until it blooms in September-October and drops it's leaves. At this time no water should be given until the new lead appears in April and it is at least 2" tall. Heavy fertilizing should follow the same schedule with a bloom buster applied once or twice in August-September. Heavily scented 4" flowers are arranged in a pendant fashion from the apex of the psuedobulb.

    Synonyms Cycnoches ventricosum Bateman var warscewiczii [Rchb.f]P.H.Allen

~Cylindrolobus Bl. - See Eria Lindley SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Eriinae.

~Cylindrolobus brachystachyus (Rchb. f.) Rauschert - See Eria brachystachya Rchb. f. Cymbidiella Rolfe SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Cymbidieae, SUBTRIBE Cymbidiinae.

There are three species in this Madagascan genus that has many similarities to Cymbidium but in fact has closer ties to Eulophiella Rolfe. The genus has two epiphytic species, C. rhodochila and C. humblodtii, can be grown in baskets, and the terrestrial species C. flabellata, is best treated like a Phaius. Constant hot, humid, with copious water year round and great drainage of the medium. Semi shade is required to keep from sunburning the leaves.

Synonyms Caloglossum Schlecter

    ~Cymbidiella pardalina [Rchb.f] Garay - See C. rhodistica Rolfe

  1. Cymbidiella rhodochila [Rolfe]Rolfe

    2. A large warm growing plant from Madagascar at elevations of 800 to 1300 meters with cymbidium like leaves arching over a conical psuedobulb. It blooms in the late spring and is a sight to see blooming or not. It is a evergreen plant that requires regular watering and fertilizer year round.

    Synonyms Caloglossum rhodochilum (Rolfe) Schltr.; Cymbidiella pardalina [Rchb.f] Garay; *Cymbidium rhodochilum Rolfe; Grammangis pardalina Rchb.f

Cymbidium Swartz SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Cymbidieae, SUBTRIBE Cymbidiinae.

About 44 species are found through Asia and the Pacific Islands and can be divided into three basic groups. The first group are the large flowered species that are found in the Himalayas and higher elevations of China and they require a pronounced cool period to initiate flowering. The second group grows in cool to intermediate temps year round and does not need a distinct cool snap to flower. The third and last group are the warm growing tropical plants that require yearound warm temps and because of their pendant inflorescence are best planted in hanging wire baskets.

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    ~Cymbidium acutum Ridl. - See C. dayanum Rchb.f

    ~Cymbidium albuciflorum F. Mueller - See C. madidum Lindley

    ~Cymbidium amablis [L.]Roxb. - See Phalaenopsis amablis [L.]Blume

    ~Cymbidium bambusifolium Roxb. - See Arundina graminifolium [D.Don]Hochr.

  1. Cymbidium bicolor Lindl.
    2. Photo courtesy ofGreg and Kerri Steenbeeke and their Orkology Kreations Website
  2. Cymbidium canaliculatum R. Brown
    3.  Photo courtesy of First Ray Orchids

    This species is found in Australia in forests of Sclerophyll in hollows of dead branches and blooms in the spring, it is a cool to hot grower depending on where it was collected.

    Synonyms Cymbidium hillii F. Mueller; Cymbidium sparkesii Rendle

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    ~Cymbidium coccineum Swartz - See Maxillaria coccinea [Jacq.]L.O.Wms.

    ~*Cymbidium crispatum Thunb. - See Laelia crispata [Thunb.]Garay

    ~Cymbidium cucullatum Sw. - See Brassavola cucullata [L.]R.Br.

  3. Cymbidium dayanum Rchb.f
    4. Photo courtesy of Jeff Aguillon

    This species can be found in Assam, Sikkim and south to the Malaysian penisula , Sumatra east to the Celebes and the Philippines that grows intermediate to warm and blooms in the winter.

    Synonyms Cymbidium acutum Ridl.; Cymbidium eburneum Lindley var dayanum Hkr. f.; Cymbidium simonsianum King & Pantl.

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    ~*Cymbidium dependens Lodd. - See Cirrhaea dependens [Lodd.]G. Don

  4. Cymbidium devonianum Paxton
    5. Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders.

    This species is found in the Himalayas to Thailand as an intermediate to cool growing epiphytic or lithophytic orchid that has a pendant inflorescence with many flowers that arrive in late spring.

    ~Cymbidium eburneum Lindley var dayanum Hkr. f. - See C. dayanum Rchb.f

  5. Cymbidium ensifolium var Kuan Yin Susin [L]Swartz
    6. Photo courtesy of First Ray Orchids

    From Japan and China and south through Indochina to Sumatra and Java this species grows intermediate to warm and blooms in the late spring.

    Synonyms *Epidendrum ensifolium L.

  6. Cymbidium ensifolium var. Si Ji Lan [L]Swartz
    7. Photo courtesy of First Ray Orchids

    Synonyms Cymbidium nicans Schau.; Cymbidium xiphifolium Lindley

  7. Cymbidium erythrostylum Rolfe
    8. Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders.

    Found in Vietnam, it can be encountered on trees, in the ground or on rocks, this is a very forgiving plant and can be grown many ways. It is from the second group mentioned in the genus description and so is best grown intermediate to cool and will bloom in the late summer and fall.

    ~Cymbidium floridum Salisb. - See Bletia purpurea (Lam.) DC.

  8. Cymbidium goeringii [Rchb.f]Rchb.f
    9. Photo courtesy of First Ray Orchids
  9. Cymbidium goeringii var. longibracteatum [Rchb.f]Rchb.f
    10.  Photo courtesy of First Ray Orchids

    ~Cymbidium gomphocarpum Fitz. - See Cymbidium suave R. Brown

    ~Cymbidium hillii F. Mueller - See C. canaliculatum R. Brown

    ~Cymbidium huttoni Hkr.f. - See Grammangis stapeliflora [Teijsm. & Binn.]Schlecter

    ~Cymbidium hyacinthinum [Thunb.] Swartz - See Bletilla striata [Thunb.]Rchb.f

    ~Cymbidium iridifolium A Cunn. - See Cymbidium madidum Lindley

  10. Cymbidium iridioides D. Don
    11. Photo courtesy ofGreg and Kerri Steenbeeke and their Orkology Kreations Website

    This species is from the tropical Himalayas and is found at an altitude of 1200-220 meters growing epiphytically and sometimes lithophytically.

    Synonyms Iridorchis gigantea [Lindley]Blume

    ~Cymbidium juncifolium Willd. - See Oncidium cebolleta (Jacq.) Sw.

  11. Cymbidium kanran Makino
    12. Photo courtesy of First Ray Orchids

    ~Cymbidium lineare (Jacq.) Sw. - See Isochilus linearis (Jacq.) R. Br.

  12. Cymbidium madidum Lindley
    13. Photo courtesy of Jeff Augillon.

    This species is a epiphyte that acts like a terrestrial as it rarely grows on bark, it is found in hollows and crooks of branches where a lot of jungle detritus has collected and it likes shady conditions in or near rainforests up to 1200 meters in elevation as an intermediate to warm growing orchid that blooms in the winter.

    Synonyms Cymbidium albuciflorum F. Mueller; Cymbidium iridifolium A Cunn.; Cymbidium queenianum Klinge

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    ~Cymbidium nicans Schau. - See C. ensifolium [L.]Sw.

    ~Cymbidium nodosa Sw. - See Brassavola nodosa [L.]Lindley

    ~Cymbidium ochroleucum Lindley - See Maxillaria camaridii Rchb.f

    ~Cymbidium praecox Sm. - See Pleione praecox (Lindl.) D. Don

    ~Cymbidium pusilum Sw. - See Psygmorchis pusilla [L.]Dodson & Dressler

    ~Cymbidium queenianum Klinge - See C. madidum Lindley

    ~*Cymbidium rhodochilum Rolfe - Cymbidiella rhodochila [Rchb.f]Garay

    ~Cymbidium rigidum Willd. - See Tetramicra canaliculata [Aublet] Urban

    ~Cymbidium rubrum Sw. - See Cephalanthera rubra [L.]L.C.Rich

    ~Cymbidium sandersonin Harv. - See Ansellia africana Lindley

    ~Cymbidium scriptum Sw. - See Grammatophyllum scriptum [L.Blume

    ~Cymbidium simonsianum King & Pantl. - See C. dayanum Rchb.f

  13. Cymbidium sinense [And.] Willd.
    14. Photo courtesy of First Ray Orchids

    This is a Chinese miniature that is warm growing and has an erect spike.

  14. Cymbidium sinense var. albo-jucundissimum [And.] Willd.
    15. Photo courtesy of First Ray Orchids
  15. Cymbidium sinense[And.]Willd. var. Dou [Andr.] Willd. Photo courtesy of First Ray Orchids
  16. Cymbidium sinense [And.]Willd. var. chin hua san [Andr.] Willd. Photo courtesy of First Ray Orchids
  17. Cymbidium sinense [And.]Willd. var. ta ming [Andr.] Willd.

    ~Cymbidium sparkesii Rendle - See C. canaliculatum R. Brown

    ~Cymbidium speciosissimum D. Don - See Coelogyne cristata Lindley

    ~*Cymbidium stapeliflorum Teijsm. & Binn. - See Grammangis stapeliflora [Teijsm. & Binn.]Schlecter

    ~Cymbidium stephensi Ridl. - See Grammangis stapeliflora [Teijsm. & Binn.]Schlecter

  18. Cymbidium suave R. Brown
    19. Photo courtesy of Guy Cantor. Close up of flowersPhoto courtesy of Neville DeLaRue

    This is an minature eastern Australian coastal species that is found in decaying heartwood of Eucalyptus trees. It flowers from March till July and is a cool grower.

    Synonyms Cymbidium gomphocarpum Fitz.

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  19. Cymbidium tracyanum Rolfe
    20. Photo courtesy ofGreg and Kerri Steenbeeke and their Orkology Kreations Website

    Found in Burma where it grows intermediate and blooms in the fall and early winter.

    ~Cymbidium tribuloides Spreng. - See Pleurothallis tribuloides (Sw.) Lindl.

    ~Cymbidium verecundum Sw. - See Bletia purpurea [Lam.]DC

    ~Cymbidium xiphifolium Lindley - See C. ensifolium [L.]Sw.

    ~Cymbidium xiphophyllum Sw. - See Cephalanthera longifolia (Linne) K. Fritsch

~Cymbiglossum Halbinger - See Lemboglossum Halbinger SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Oncidieae

All the members of this genus were moved to Lemboglossum.

~Cymbiglossum bictoniense (Bateman) Halb. - See Lemboglossum bictoniense (Bateman) Halb.

~Cymbiglossum cervantesii (La Llave & Lex.) Halb. - See Lemboglossum cervantesii [La Llave & Lex.] Halbinger

~Cymbiglossum cordatum (Lindl.) Halb. - See Lemboglossum cordatum (Lindl.) Halb.

~Cymbiglossum rossii (Halb.) Halb. - See Lemboglossum rossii[Lindley]Halbinger

~Cymbiglossum stellatum (Lindl.) Halb - See Rhynchostele stellata (Lindl.) Soto Arenas

Cypripedium Lindley SUBFAMILY Cypripedioideae

These are the Temperate American 'Lady's Slipper' orchids that are related to the oriental Paphiopedilum, that may be growing in a forest near you. There are 50 species in the United States and Canada with a few that are found as far south as Guatemala. They are one of the most primitive of the Orchidaceae and other than, Paphiopedilum, Phragmepidilum and Selenipedium have no other common ancestors or links and as such will not procreate with other orchids outside of its Subfamily. They are almost always terrestrials but they can be found on rocks or low tree trunks if they are very mossy.

Synonyms Arietinum Beck; Calceolus Miller; Corisanthes Stued.; Criosanthes Raf.-

  1. Cypripedium acaule Aiton
    2. Photo courtesy of Allen Black.

    Found in the Eastern USA and Canada it is an erect terrestrial plant from the higher and drier deciduous forests that blooms in the spring and early summer.

    Synonyms Cypripedium humile Salisb.; Fissipes acaulis Small

    ~Cypripedium album Ait. - See C. reginae Walt.

    ~Cypripecium arietina House - See C. arientinum R. Br.

  2. Cypripedium arietinum R. Br. in W.T. Aiton
    3. Photo courtesy of Thomas Kornack

    This species is found in eastern and central Canada and south to Minnesota and Connecticut and also in western China where it grows as a cool to intermediate terrestrial that blooms in the late spring.

    Synonyms Arietinum americanum L.C. Beck; Criosanthes arietina (R. Br. in W.T. Aiton) House; Criosanthes borealis Raf.; Cypripecium arietina House

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    ~*Cypripedium bellatulum Rchb.f - See Paphiopedilum bellatulum [Rchb.f]Stein

  3. Cypripedium calceolus L. var. parviflorum (Salisb.) Fernald
    4. Photo courtesy of Carson Whitlow and his Orchid Mall

    An American cold growing terrestrial orchid that is said to be synomonous with C. parviflorum.

    Synonyms Calceolus alternifolius St. Lager; Calceolus marianus Crantz; Calceolus parviflorus (Salisb.) Nieuwl.; Criosanthes parviflora Raf.; *Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb.

  4. Cypripedium calceolus L. var. pubescens (Willd.) Correll
    5. Photo courtesy of Carl Hess

    This species is a cool to intermediate growing terestrial that blooms in the spring and summer and is found from Quebec and Newfoundland south to Georgia and west to New Mexico and Arizona.

    Synonyms Cypripedium flavescens DC; Cypripedium veganum Cockerell & Barker

  5. Cypripedium californicum A. Gray
    6. Photo courtesy of Ron Coleman and the Orchid Mall

    A western American terrestrial that blooms from spring through early summer and is an intermediate to cool growing orchid.

    ~*Cypripedium callosum Rchb.f - See Paphiopedilum callosum[Rchb.f] Stein

    ~Cypripedium canadense Michx. - See C. reginae Walt.

  6. Cypripedium candidum Muhl ex Willd.
    7. Photo courtesy of Carson Whitlow and his Orchid Mall

    From Ontario west to the Dakotas and Nebraska and then south to Missouri and Kentucky this American terrestrial cold growing orchid blooms in the spring.

    Synonyms Calceolus candidus Nieuwl.

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    ~Cypripedium caricinum Lindl. & Paxton - See Phragmipedium pearcei (Rchb. f.) Rauh & Senghas

    ~*Cypripedium caudatum Lindley - See Phragmipedium caudatum [Lindley]Rolfe

    ~Cypripedium caudatum var. wallisii (Rchb. f.) J.H. Veitch - See Phragmipedium wallisii (Rchb. f.) Garay

    ~*Cypripedium chamberlainianum O'Brien - See Paphiopedilum chamberlainianum (O'Brien) Pfitzer

    ~*Cypripedium charlesworthii Rolfe - See Paphiopedilum charlesworthii [Rolfe]Pfitz.

    ~*Cypripedium ciliolare Rchb. f. - See Paphiopedilum ciliolare (Rchb. f.) Stein

    ~*Cypripedium concolor Par. & Bateman - See Paphiopedilum concolor (Bateman) Pfitzer

  7. Cypripedium cordigerum D. Don
    8. Photo courtesy of Carson Whitlow and his Orchid Mall

  8. Cypripedium corrugatum Franch
    9. Photo courtesy of Vic Soukup and the Orchid Mall

    ~Cypripedium czerwiakowianum (Rchb. f.) Kraenzl. - See Phragmipedium czerwiakowianum (Rchb. f.) Rolfe

  9. Cypripedium debile Rchb. f.
    10. Photo courtesy of Carson Whitlow and his Orchid Mall

    ~Cypripedium exul O'Brien - See Paphiopedilum exul (O'Brien) Pfitzer

    ~*Cypripedium fairrieanum Lindley - See Paphiopedilum fairrieanum [Lindley] Stein

    Synonyms Cypripedium knightae A. Nelson

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    ~Cypripedium flavescens DC - See C. calceolus L. var pubescens [Willd]Corr.

  10. Cypripedium fasciculatum Kellogg ex S. Watson
    11. Photo courtesy of Jack Foley and the Orchid Mall

    A western American orchid found between 800 and 1700 meters that blooms in the spring and summer and is a cold growing terrestrial.

    Synonyms Cypripedium knightae A. Nelson Cypripedium pussillum Rolfe

  11. Cypripedium flavum P.F. Hunt & Summerh.
    12. Photo courtesy of Vic Soukup and the Orchid Mall

    Found in South West China at higher elevations where it is a cool growing terrestrial that blooms in the late spring.

    Synonyms Cypripedium luteum Franch.

  12. Cypripedium formosanum Hayata
    13. Photo courtesy of Allen Black.
  13. Cypripedium formosanum 'Trident's Twinkle Toes' CCM/AOS Hayata
    14. Photo courtesy of Wilford Neptune who also is the grower of this awarded plant. Multifloral View
  14. Cypripedium franchetii Rolfe
    15. Photo courtesy of Carson Whitlow and his Orchid Mall

    Found in the Szechuan and Hupeh states of China.

    ~Cypripedium glaucophyllum Mast. - See Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum (J.J. Sm.) Pfitzer

    ~*Cypripedium godefroye Godefroye-LeBeuf - See Paphiopedilum godefroye [Godefroye-Lebuef] Stein

  15. Cypripedium guttatum Sw.
    16. Photo courtesy of Carson Whitlow and his Orchid Mall

    Fouund in Western Canada and Alaska and the Aluetians to Japan, China, Siberia to Central Russia where it grows as a cool to intermediate terrestrial which blooms in the summer.

    Synonyms Cypripedium orientale Spreng.; Cypripedium variegatum Georgi; Cypripedium yatabeanum Makino

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    ~Cypripedium hartwegii Rchb. f. - See Phragmipedium longifolium [Warsc & Rchb.f]Rolfe

  16. Cypripedium henryi Rolfe
    17. Photo courtesy of Carson Whitlow and his Orchid Mall

    ~*Cypripedium himalaicum Rolfe ex Hemsl - See Cypripedium macranthum var. himalaicum (Rolfe ex Hemsl.) Kraenzl.

    ~Cypripedium hinksianum Rchb.f - See Phragmipedium longifolium [Warsc. & Rchb.f]Rolfe

    ~*Cypripedium hirsutissimum Lindl. ex Hook. f. - See Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum (Lindl. ex Hook. f.) Pfitzer

    ~Cypripedium hirsutum [Farwell] Miller - See C. reginae Walter

    ~Cypripedium humboldtii Rchb.f - See Phragmipedium caudatum [Lindley]Rolfe

    ~Cypripedium humile Salisb. - See Cypripedium acaule Ait.

    ~*Cypripedium insigne Wall ex Lindley - See Paphiopedilum insigne [Lindley]Pfitz.

  17. Cypripedium irapeanum La Llave & Lex.
    18. Photo courtesy of Stirling Dickinson and the Orchid Mall

    This spectacular cool growing terrestrial hails from Mexico, Guatemala and to Panama at elevations of 1350 to 3200 meters.

  18. Cypripedium kentuckiense Reed
    19. Photo courtesy of Wilford Neptune.

    This species is found in the United States and Canada.

    ~Cypripedium knightae A. Nelson - See C. fasciculatum Kellogg ex S. Watson

    ~ *Cypripedium lawrenceanum Rchb. f. - See Paphiopedilum lawrenceanum (Rchb. f.) Pfitzer

    ~*Cypripedium longifolium Warsc & Rchb.f - See Phragmipedium longifolium [Warsc & Rchb.f]Rolfe

    ~Cypripedium longifolium var. hartwegii (Rchb. f.) J.H. Veitch - See Phragmipedium longifolium [Warsc & Rchb.f]Rolfe

    ~Cypripedium luteum Franch. - See Cypripedium flavum P.F. Hunt & Summerh.

  19. Cypripedium macranthon Sw.
    20. Photo courtesy of Carson Whitlow and his Orchid Mall

    Found in Northern Europe and northern Asia to Siberia and grows as a cool epiphyte that blooms in the spring and early summer.

    Synonyms Sacodon macranthon (Sw.) Raf.

  20. Cypripedium macranthum var. himalaicum (Rolfe ex Hemsl.) Kraenzl.
    21. Photo courtesy of Carson Whilow and his Orchid Mall

    Found from North Europe east to north Asia and Siberia as a cold growing terrestrial that blooms in the late spring and summer.

    Synonyms *Cypripedium himalaicum Rolfe ex Hemsl

  21. Cypripedium montanum Douglas ex Lindl.
    22. Photo courtesy of Ron Coleman and the Orchid Mall

    A cold growing terrestrial that is in the western US north to southern Alaska and it blooms in the spring and early summer.

    Synonyms Cypripedium occidentale S. Wats.

    ~*Cypripedium niveum Rchb.f - See Paphiopedilum niveum [Rchb.f]Stein

    ~Cypripedium occidentale S. Wats. - See Cypripedium montanum Douglas ex Lindl.

    ~Cypripedium orientale Spreng. - See Cypripedium guttatum Sw.

    ~*Cypripedium parishii Rchb.f - See Paphiopedilum parishii [Rchb.f]Stein

    ~*Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. - See Cypripedium calceolus L. var. parviflorum (Salisb.) Fernald

  22. Cypripedium passerinum Richardson in Franklin
    23. Photo courtesy of Carson Whitlow and his Orchid Mall

    A Canadian species from the province of Alberta.

    ~*Cypripedium philippinense Rchb.f - See Paphiopedilum philippinense [Rchb.f]Pfitz.

  23. Cypripedium plectrochilon Franch.
    24. Photo courtesy of Vic Soukup and the Orchid Mall

  24. ~*Cypripedium pubescens Willd. - See C. calceolus L. var pubescens [Willd.]Corr.
    25. Photo courtesy of Wilford Neptune.

    This species is found in the United States and is a terrestrial as are all Cypripedium. This species is considered to be C. calceolus L. var pubescens [Willd.]Corr.

    ~*Cypripedium purpuratum Lindley - See Paphiopedilum purpuratum [Lindley]Pfitz.

    ~Cypripedium pussillum Rolfe - See C. fasciculatum Kellogg ex S. Watson

  25. Cypripedium reginae Walter
    26. Photo courtesy of Allen Black.

    This North American native is from N.E. and N. Central North America and is found on the margins of wet bogs as a terrestrial and is commonly called the queen lady's slipper orchid and it blooms in the spring through early fall.

    Synonyms Calceolus hirsutus Nieuwl.; Calceolus reginae Nieuwl.; Cypripedium album Ait.; Cypripedium canadense Michx.; Cypripedium hirsutum [Farwell] Miller; Cypripedium spectabile Sw.; Fissipes hirsuta Farwell

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    ~Cypripedium reichenbachii W. Bull - See Phragmipedium longifolium [Warsc & Rchb.f]Rolfe

    ~Cypripedium roebelenii Rchb.f - See Paphiopedilum philippinense [Rchb.f]Pfitz

    ~Cypripedium schlimii Bateman - See Phragmipedium schlimii [Bateman]Rolfe

    ~Cypripedium sinicum Hance - See Paphiopedilum purpuratum [Lindley]Pfitz.

    ~Cypripedium spectabile Sw. - See C. reginae Walt.

    ~*Cypripedium spicerianum Rchb.f - See Paphiopedilum spicerianum [Rchb.f] Pfitz.

    ~*Cypripedium superbiens Rchb.f - See Paphiopedilum superbiens [Rchb.f]Stein

    ~Cypripedium tankinense Godefroy - See Paphiopedilum concolor (Bateman) Pfitzer

    ~Cypripedium variegatum Georgi - See Cypripedium guttatum Sw.

    ~Cypripedium veganum Cockerell & Barker - See C. calceolus L. var pubescens [Willd.]Corr.

    ~Cypripedium veitchianum Lindley - See Paphiopedilum superbiens [Rchb.f]Stein

    ~*Cypripedium venustum Wall. - See Paphiopedilum venustum [Wall.]Pfitz.

    ~* Cypripedium villosum Lindl. - See Paphiopedilum villosum (Lindl.) Pfitzer

    ~ Cypripedium wallisii (Rchb. f.) B.S. Williams - See Phragmipedium wallisii (Rchb. f.) Garay

    ~Cypripedium warscewizianum Rchb.f - See Phragmipedium caudatum [Lindley]Rolfe

    ~*Cypripedium wolterianum Kraenzl. - See Paphiopedilum wolterianum (Kraenzl.) Pfitzer

  26. ~Cypripedium yatabeanum Makino - See C. guttatum Sw.
    27. Photo courtesy of Carson Whitlow and his Orchid Mall

    This species is synomonous with C. guttatum Sw.

~Cytheris Lindley in Wall. - See Calanthe R. Brown SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Arethuseae, SUBTRIBE Blettinae

~Cytheris griffithii Wight - See Calanthe vestita Lindley

~Cyrtochilos Spreng. - See Oncidium Sw. SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Oncidieae.

Cyrtochilum H.B.K. SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Oncidieae.

    ~*Cyrtochilum bictoniense Bateman - See Lemboglossum bictoniense [Bateman ex Lindley] Halbinger

    ~Cyrtochilum citrinun Hooker - See Oncidium concolor Hooker

  1. Cyrtochilum cuencanum Kraenzel
    2. Photo by Dale Borders, plant grown by Marius Wasbauer

    This species is also known as Oncidium cultratum Lindley and may be the correct name but the genus Oncidium is in major revue at this time so I will leave it with this name at this time. The species hails from Ecuador and is a cool growing epiphyte that is found at elevations of 2000-3500 meters.

    Synonyms Oncidium cultratum Lindley

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    ~Cyrtochilum flavescens Lindley - See Miltonia flavescens Lindley

    ~Cyrtochilum flexuosum Kunth - See Oncidium cimiciferum (Rchb. f.) Rchb. f. ex Lindl.

  2. Cyrtochilum macranthum [Lindley] Kraenzel
    3. Photo by Dale Borders

    A cool growing epiphyte from Colombia, Peru and Ecuador that is found at elevations up to 3000 meters.

    Synonyms *Oncidium macranthum Lindley

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    ~Cyrtochilum maculatum Lindley - See Oncidium maculatum Lindley

    ~Cyrtochilum minax [Rchb.f] Kraenzl. - See *Oncidium minax Rchb.f

    ~ Cyrtochilum mystacinum Lindl. - See Odontoglossum aureum (Lindl.) Rchb. f.

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  3. Cyrtochilum serratum (Lindl.) Kraenzl.
    4. Photo by Dale and Deni Borders

    Synonyms Oncidium diadema Lindley; *Oncidium serratum Lindley

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    ~Cyrtochilum stellatum Lindley - See Miltonia flavescens Lindley

Cyrtoglottis Schlecter SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Maxillarieae, SUBTRIBE Maxillariinae. A genus of two species that is found as an epiphyte from Colombia to Peru and grows intermediate to cold.

  1. Cyrtoglottis peruviana C. Schweinf.
    2.  Photo courtesy of of Carlos Hajek and his Peruvian Orchid Page

    From elevations of 2000 meters in Peru.

~Cyrtopera Lindley - See Eulophia R. Brown & Lindley SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Cymbidieae, SUBTRIBE Cyrtopodinae.

Cyrtopodium R. Brown SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Cymbidieae, SUBTRIBE Cyrtopodiinae.

The species of this genus are commonly called cigar orchids because of the shape of their psuedobulbs. The 15 species of the medium to large sized epiphytic, lithophytic or terrestrial plants can be found in all of tropical and subtropical America but are concentrated in Brazil.

    ~Cyrtopodium buchtienii Schlecter - See Cyrt. virens Rchb. & Warsc.

    ~Cyrtopodium elegans Hamilton - See Tetramicra canaliculata [Aublet]Urban

  1. Cyrtopodium lemonii
    2. Photo courtesy of Nelson Machado
  2. Cyrtopodium punctatum [L.]Lindley

    3. A native of Florida south through the Guineas that blooms in late spring, commonly called the cigar orchid because of it's psuedobulb's shape, it has deciduous leaves that it loses in the fall ,and thus should have less water in the winter, than when it is growing. The inflorecense appears just after the new lead for a psuedobulb begins to appear. This species is a warm growing epiphyte or terrestrial found on dead or living trees, logs and stumps or in soil between rocks or on boulders at altitudes up to 1400 meters. A paste is made for bookbinding by extracting the juices from the psudobulbs.

    Synonyms *Epidendrum punctatum L.

  3. Cyrtopodium virens Rchb. & Warsc.
    4. Photo courtesy of of Carlos Hajek and his Peruvian Orchid Page

    This is a warm growing terrestrial species from Peru, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay and can be found at elevations around 540 meters and blooms in the spring.

    Synonyms Cyrtopodium buchtienii Schlecter; Cyrtopodium virescens Rchb.f & Warsc.

    ~Cyrtopodium virescens Rchb.f & Warsc. - See C. virens Rchb.f & Warsc.

Cyrtorchis Schlecter SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Vandeae, SUBTRIBE Aerangidinae.

This African genus has 15 species that are epiphytes and rarely lithophytes, monopodial and are best planted in wood slat baskets, given moderate shade with bright light, plenty of water while growing and a humid environment. The flowers are white but with age turn yellow.

  1. Cyrtorchis arcuata [Lindley]Schlecter
    2. Flower closeupPhoto courtesy of Ben Berliner and Willow Pond Orchids

    A widespread epiphyte or occasional lithophyte from tropical and south Africa found at or around an elevation of 2500 meters.

    Synonyms *Angraecum arcuatum Lindley; Listrostachys arcuata [Lindley] Rchb.f; Listrostachys sedenii {rchb.f]Schlecter; Listrostachys whitei Rolfe

  2. Cyrtorchis hamata [Rolfe]Schlecter
    3. Photo courtesy of Jeff Aguillon.

    This warm growing species is from tropical western Africa and blooms in the winter.

    Synonyms *Listrostachys hamata Rolfe

~Cyrtosia Bl - See Erythrorchis Bl. SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Vanilleae, SUBTRIBE Vanillinae