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Genera or species names that are synonyms of current names are denoted with a ~.
The basiosynonym of a species is denoted with a "*". The basiosynonym is the very first name that a species had before it was changed to the current species name. If you have a name in parenthesis preceding another name, the name in parentheses is the basiosynonym. An example: ~*Ophrys bicolor Naegeli - See Ophrys apifera var. bicolor (Naegeli) Nelson: Ophyrs bicolor is the basiosynonym and in the current name the parentheses, (Naegeli), is the author of the basiosynonym, while Nelson is the author of the current species Ophyrs apifera var. bicolor.
If a genus is complete [all of the species are represented] it is preceded by a `
! denotes the Type Species of the genus
* denotes the basionym or original name with the same species taxon
I have decided to include synonyms in the alphabetical listings because I have found it frustrating to find that some growers do not stay currrent in their plant names and as such we the consumer end up buying a plant that we feel is an exotic different species only to find that it is a plant that we have had for years under the correct name. An example, Brassavola rhopalorrhachis Rchb.f is actually the common species Brassavola nodosa [L.]Lindley 1831 .
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Light Meter Icons; Full Shade = 
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Temperature Icons;
Cold = 
2500 Meters and Up, 50`F to 55`F night average - - Cool = 
1800 to 2500 Meters, 58`F to 60`F night average
Warm = 
1000 meters to 1800 meters, 68`F to 75`F night average - - Hot = 
Sea Level to 1000 Meters, 75`F to 85`F
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SIZE: Miniature - under 6" tall leaf and pseudobulb Small - under 12" tall leaf and pseudobulb Medium - under 24" tall Large - under 48" tall Giant - Over 48" tall
`Baptistonia Barb. Rodr. 1877 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Cymbidieae, SUBTRIBE Oncidiinae.
This is a monotypic epiphytic genus from Brazil that is closely allied to Oncidium, with compressed, oblong pseudobulbs with two coriaceous leaves and an inflorescence that arises from the side of a mature pseudobulb.
Common Name or Meaning Named for Baptisto Caetano d'Almeida Nogueira, Brazilian entymologist
Type species = ! = Baptistonia echinata Barb. Rodr. 1877
~Baptistonia albini [Schlechter] Chiron & Castro 2006 - see Oncidium albini Schltr. 1926
~ Baptistonia × amicta (Lindl.) Chiron & V.P.Castro 2004 - See Oncidium × amictum Lindl. 1847
~Baptistonia brieniana ( Rchb.f. ) V.P.Castro ''&'amp;' Chiron 2004 - See Oncidium brienianum Rchb.f. 1881
~Baptistonia cassolana (V.P.Castro & Campacci) Chiron & V.P.Castro 2004 - See Oncidium riograndense Cogn. 1906
~Baptistonia colorata (Königer & J.G.Weinm.bis) Docha Neto 2007 - See See Oncidium coloratum Königer & J.G. Weinm. 1994
~Baptistonia colorata (Königer & J.G.Weinm.bis) Chiron 2008 - See Oncidium coloratum Königer & J.G. Weinm. 1994
~Baptistonia cornigera ( Lindl. ) Chiron '&' V.P.Castro 2004 - See Oncidium cornigerum Lindl. 1833
~Baptistonia cruciata (Rchb.f.) Chiron '&' V.P.Castro 2004 - See Oncidium fimbriatum Lindley. 1833
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~Baptistonia fimbriata (Lindl.) Chiron '&' V.P.Castro, 2004 - See Oncidium fimbriatum Lindley. 1833
~Baptistonia gutfreundiana (Chiron & V.P.Castro) Chiron & V.P.Castro 2004 - See Oncidium gutfreundianum Chiron & V.P.Castro 2003
~Baptistonia kautskyi (Pabst) V.P.Castro '&' Chiron 2004 - See Oncidium kautzkyi Pabst 1976
~Baptistonia leinigii (Pabst) Chiron & V.P.Castro 2004 - See Oncidium leinigii Pabst 1972
~Baptistonia lietzei (Regel) Chiron & V.P.Castro 2004 - See Oncidium lietzei Regel 1880
~Baptistonia lietzei subsp. guairensis Chiron 2008 - See Oncidium lietzei Regel 1880
~Baptistonia nitida (Barb.Rodr.) V.P.Castro & Chiron 2004 - See Oncidium nitidum Barb.Rodr. 1881
~Baptistonia pabstii (Campacci & C.Espejo) Chiron & V.P.Castro 2004 - See Oncidium pabstii Campacci & C.Espejo 1998
~Baptistonia pubes (Lindl.) Chiron '&' V.P.Castro 2004 - See Oncidium pubes Lindl. 1826
~Baptistonia pulchella (Regel) Chiron '&' V.P.Castro 2004 - See Oncidium waluewa Rolfe 1904
~Baptistonia regentii V.P.Castro & Chiron 2005 - See Oncidium gutfreundianum Chiron & V.P.Castro 2003
~Baptistonia remotiflora (Garay) Chiron '&' V.P.Castro 2004 - See Oncidium truncatum Pabst 1955
~Baptistonia riograndense (Cogn.) Chiron '&' V.P.Castro 2004 - See Oncidium riograndense Cogn. 1906
~Baptistonia sarcodes (Lindl.) Chiron '&' V.P.Castro 2004 - See Oncidium sarcodes Lindl. 1849
~Baptistonia silvana (V.P.Castro & Campacci) V.P.Castro & Chiron 2004 - See Oncidium silvanum V.P.Castro & Campacci 1991
~Baptistonia truncata (Pabst) Chiron '&' V.P.Castro 2004 - See Oncidium truncatum Pabst 1955
~Baptistonia uhlii Chiron & V.P.Castro 2006 - See Oncidium uhlii (Chiron & V.P.Castro) Königer 2008
~*Baptistonia velteniana V.P.Castro & Chiron 2005 - See Oncidium veltenianum (V.P.Castro & Chiron) Königer 2005
~Baptistonia venusta (Drapiez) Docha Neto 2007 - See Oncidium venustum Drap. 1836
~Baptistonia venusta (Drapiez) Chiron 2008 - See Oncidium venustum Drap. 1836
~Baptistonia verrucosissima (Cogn.) V.P.Castro & Chiron 2004 - See Oncidium brienianum Rchb.f. 1881
~Baptistonia widgrenii (Lindl.) V.P.Castro '&' Chiron 2004 - See Oncidium widgrenii Lindl. 1855
Barbosella Schlechter 1918 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Pleurothallidinae.
According to Carl Luer. There are 19 or so dwarf miniature cool to cold growing epiphytes found from Central America south to Venezuela then to Peru and Brazil that have short ramicauls, solitary flowers that emerge laterally from the ramicauls without an annulus, and a column that is well developed carring a hooded ventral anther and stigma, the fat column foot is set into a concavity at the base of the lip forming a ball and socket joint allowing the lip to move, four equally sized pollina are present which distinguish it from Pleurothallis which has two. This genus can be grown with the same culture as Masdevallia.
Common Name or Meaning Named for Barbosa Rodriguez Brazilian Botanist
Type species = ! = Pleurothallis miersii Lindley = Barbosella miersii (Lindl.) Schltr. 1918
Synonyms Barbrodria Luer 1981
~Barbosella anaristella (Kraenzl.) Garay 1974 - See Barbosella dolichorhiza Schltr.1920
SUBGENUS Barbosella
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~Barbosella australis var. genuina Hoehne 1947 - See Barbosella australis (Cogn.) Schltr. 1918
~Barbosella australis var. latipetala Hoehne 1947 - See Barbosella australis (Cogn.) Schltr. 1918
~Barbosella australis var. loefgrenii (Cogn.) Hoehne 1947 - See Barbosella australis (Cogn.) Schltr. 1918
~ Barbosella bradeorum Schltr. 1923 - See Barbosella dolichorhiza Schltr.1920
~Barbosella brenesii Schltr. 1923 - See Barbosella prorepens (Rchb. f.) Schltr. 1918
~Barbosella caespitifica (F. Lehm. '&' Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1974 - See Barbosella prorepens (Rchb. f.) Schltr. 1918
SUBGENUS Barbosella
SUBGENUS Barbosella
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SUBGENUS Barbosella
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~Barbosella crassifolia var. aristata Hoehne 1947 - See Barbosella crassifolia (Edwall) Schltr. 1918
~Barbosella crassifolia var. genuina Hoehne 1947 - See Barbosella crassifolia (Edwall) Schltr. 1918
~Barbosella crassifolia var. hamburgensis (Kraenzl.) Garay 1953 - See Barbosella crassifolia (Edwall) Schltr. 1918
~Barbosella crassifolia var. minor Hoehne 1947 - See Barbosella crassifolia (Edwall) Schltr. 1918
SUBGENUS Barbosella
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SUBGENUS Barbosella
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~Barbosella dussii (Cogn.) Dod 1986 - See Barbosella prorepens (Rchb. f.) Schltr. 1918
~Barbosella fuscata Garay 1969 - See Barbosella dolichorhiza Schltr.1920
SUBGENUS Barbosella
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~Barbosella gardneri var. dusenii (A.Samp.) Hoehne 1947 - See Barbosella dusenii (Samp.) Schltr. 1918
~Barbosella gardneri var. genuina Hoehne 1947 - See Barbosella gardneri (Lindl.) Schltr. 1918
SUBGENUS Barbosella
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~Barbosella hamburgensis (Kraenzl.) Hoehne 1947 - See Barbosella crassifolia (Edwall) Schltr. 1918
~Barbosella handroi Hoehne 1934 - See Barbosella cogniauxiana (Speg. '&' Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1918
~Barbosella kegelii (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 1918 - See Chamelophyton kegelii (Rchb.f.) Garay 1974
~Barbosella loefgrenii (Cogn.) Schltr. 1918 - See Barbosella australis (Cogn.) Schltr. 1918
~Barbosella longiflora (Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1921 - See Barbosella cucullata (Lindl.) Schltr. 1918
~Barbosella longipes Schltr. 1920 - See Barbosella cucullata (Lindl.) Schltr. 1918
SUBGENUS Barbosella
~Barbosella microphylla (Barb.Rodr.) Schltr. 1918 - See Barbosella gardneri (Lindl.) Schltr. 1918
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~Barbosella monstrabilis (Ames) Garay 1974 - See Barbosella prorepens (Rchb. f.) Schltr. 1918
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~Barbosella perinii Ruschi 1977 - See Barbosella macaheensis (Cogn.) Luer 2000
~Barbosella porschii (Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1918 - See Barbosella cogniauxiana (Speg. '&' Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1918
SUBGENUS Barbosella
SUBGENUS Barbosella
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~Barbosella reichenbachiana (Endres ex Rchb.f.) Schltr.1923 - See Pleurothallopsis reichenbachiana (Endres ex Rchb.f.) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 2001
~Barbosella rhynchantha (Rchb. f. '&' Warsz.) Schltr. 1918 - See Barbosella cucullata (Lindl.) Schltr. 1918
SUBGENUS Barbosella
~Barbosella riograndensis Dutra ex Pabst 1959 - See Barbosella cogniauxiana (Speg. & Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1918
SUBGENUS Barbosella
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SUBGENUS Barbosella
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~Barbosella tolimensis (Kraenzl.) Garay 1974 - See Barbosella prorepens (Rchb.f.) Schltr.1918
SUBGENUS Cardinella
~Barbosella varicosa (Lindl.) Schltr. 1918 - See Barbosella cucullata (Lindl.) Schltr. 1918
SUBGENUS Barbosella
~Barbrodria Luer 1981 - See Barbosella Schlechter 1918 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Pleurothallidinae. SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Pleurothallidinae
~Barbrodria miersii (Lindl.) Luer 1981 - See Barbosella miersii (Lindl.) Schltr. 1918
Barkeria Knowles & Westcott 1838 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Laeliinae.
There are 16 to 18, small to medium sized epiphytes or lithophytes in this Central American genus that grow in warm to cool conditions, and need a bright rest in winter as they drop their leaves. Watering and fertilizer should be resumed after the new growth appears in the spring. This genus is characterized by having thick roots, with slender, cane-like, fusiform to cylindrical pseudobulbs enveloped by scarious leaf sheaths carrying alternate, linear-lanceolate to broadly ovate, articulated, sessile, soft textured, deciduous leaves and blooms on a terminal, racemose, few to many flowered inflorescence. Best grown mounted on wood branches or tree fern slabs, given a well ventilated and airy space, brightly lit, with high humidity and lots of fertilizer while growing and a definitive rest through the winter months only to resume with the onset of new growth in the spring.
Common Name or Meaning Named for George Barker English orchid enthusiast 1800's
Synonyms `Dothilophis Raf. 1836[1838]; Pachyphyllum Kunth 1816
Type species = ! = Barkeria elegans Knowles '&' Westc. 1838 = Barkeria uniflora (La Llave '&' Lex.) Dressler '&' Halb. 1977
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~Barkeria chinensis (Lindl. ex Benth.) Thien 1966 - See Barkeria obovata (C. Presl) Christenson 1988
~Barkeria chinensis subsp. naevosa (Lindl.) Thien 1970 publ. 1971 - See Barkeria naevosa (Lindl.) Schltr. 1923
~Barkeria chinensis ssp. palmeri [Rolfe] Thein, Brittonia 1970 -See Barkeria palmeri [Rolfe]Schlechter 1918
~Barkeria cyclotella Rchb.f Gard. 1880 - See Barkeria scandens (La Llave '&' Lex.) Dressler & Halb 1977
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~Barkeria elegans Knowles & Westc. 1838 - see Barkeria uniflora (La Llave & Lex.) Dressler '&' Halb. 1977
~Barkeria halbingeri Thien 1973 - See Barkeria melanocaulon A. Rich. & Galeotti 1845
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~Barkeria lindleyana var centrae Rchb.f 1873 - See Barkeria lindleyana Bateman ex Lindl. 1842
~Barkeria lindleyana var. cyclotella [Rchb.f] Thein 1970 - See Barkeria scandens (La Llave & Lex.) Dressler '&' Halb 1977
~Barkeria lindleyana ssp. lindleyana [Batem. ex Lindl. Thein 1970 - See Barkeria lindleyana Bateman ex Lindl. 1842
~Barkeria lindleyana ssps. spectabile [Batem ex Lindl.] Rchb.f 1862 - See Barkeria spectabilis Bateman ex Lindley 1842
~Barkeria lindleyana subsp. vanneriana (Rchb. f.) Thien 1970- See Barkeria vanneriana Rchb. f. 1885
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~Barkeria naevosa subsp. strophinx (Rchb.f.) Halb. 1974 - See Barkeria strophinx (Rchb.f.) Halb.1977
~Barkeria nonchinensis Schlechter 1914 - See Barkeria obovata [C.Presl.]Christenson 1988
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~Barkeria skinneri var major Paxton 1849 - See Barkeria skinneri (Bateman ex Lindl.) A. Rich. & Galeotti 1844
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~`Barlaea Rchb.f. 1876 - See Cynorkis Thou. 1809 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Orchidieae, SUBTRIBE Orchidinae
~Barlaea calcarata (Thouars) Rchb.f. 1876 - See Cynorkis squamosa (Poir.) Lindl. 1835
Barlia Parlat 1860 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Orchideae, SUBTRIBE Orchidinae.
There are two species in this old world intermediate to cool growing, terrestrial genus that arise from buried root stem, ovoid or round tuberoids with deciduous leaves arising from a elongated stem from which a terminal, cylindric, densely many flowered inflorescence carrying fragrant flowers.
Common Name or Meaning Named for Barla, a Brazilian amatuer botanist
Synonyms Loroglossum L.C.Rich. 1817
Type species = ! = Barlia longibracteata [Biv.] Parl. 1858 = Barlia robertiana (Loisel.) W. Grueter 1967
~ Barlia canariensis (Lindl.) Szlach. 2001 - See Orchis patens Desf. 1799
~Barlia cazorlensis (Lacaita) Szlach. 2001 - See Orchis cazorlensis Lacaita 1930
~Barlia collina (Banks '&' Sol. ex Russell) Szlach. 2001 - See Anacamptis collina (Banks & Sol.ex Russell) R.M.Bateman, A.M.Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 1997
~Barlia longibractea (Bivona) Parlatore 1858 - See Barlia robertiana (Loisel.) Greuter 1967
~*Barlia metlesicsiana W.P.Teschner 1982 - See Himantoglossum metlesicsianum (W.P.Teschner) P.Delforge 1999
~Barlia patens (Desf.) Szlach. 2001 - See Orchis patens Desf. 1799
~Barlia prisca (Hautz.) Szlach. 2001 - See Orchis spitzelii Sauter ex W. Koch 1837
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~Barlia spitzelii (Saut. ex W.D.J.Koch) Szlach. 2001 - See Orchis spitzelii Sauter ex W. Koch 1837
~`Barombia Schlechter 1914 - See Aerangis Rchb.f 1865 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Vandeae, SUBTRIBE Aerangidinae.
The single species in this genus has been moved to Aerangis
~Barombia gracillima[Kraenzel]Schlechter 1914 - See Aerangis gracillima [Kraenzel]J.Stewart '&' Arends 1989
~Barombia schliebenii (Mansf.) P.J.Cribb 1980 - See Rangaeris schliebenii (Mansf.) P.J.Cribb 1989
~`Barombiella Szlach. 2003 - See Aerangis Rchb.f 1865 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Vandeae, SUBTRIBE Aerangidinae
~ Barombiella schliebenii (Mansf.) Szlach. 2003 - See Rangaeris schliebenii (Mansf.) P.J.Cribb 1989
`Bartholina R. Br. 1813 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Orchidieae, SUBTRIBE Orchidinae.
There are two species in this terrestrial genus endemic to the Cape Province of South Africa needing a perfectly drained sandy compost and moist cool temperatures until leaf fall which denotes the need for a decided rest until the new growth appears.
Common Name or Meaning Named for Bartolin a Dutchman
Type species = ! = Bartholina pectinata (Thunb.) R.Br. in W.T.Aiton 1813 = Bartholina burmanniana (L.) Ker Gawl. 1818
~Bartholina lindleyana Rchb.f. ex Rolfe 1912 - See Bartholina burmanniana (L.) Ker Gawl. 1818
~Bartholina pectinata (Thunb.) R.Br. in W.T.Aiton 1813 - See Bartholina burmanniana (L.) Ker Gawl. 1818
~Basigyne J.J.Sm. 1917 - See Dendrochilum Blume 1825 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Podochileae, SUBTRIBE Coelogyninae
~*Basigyne muriculata J.J.Sm. 1917 - See Dendrochilum muriculatum (J.J.Sm.) J.J.Sm. 1945
Basiphyllaea Schltr. 1921 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Bletinae. There are 7 species in this terrestrial genus occuring in Florida south through the Caribbean that is related to the Bletinae but has been suggested as a member of the Laelinae as well in the past.
Common Name or Meaning refers to the basally positioned leaf
Synonyms Carteria Small 1910 non Diesing 1866
Type species = ! = Basiphyllaea sarcophylla (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 1921
~ Basiphyllaea angustifolia Schltr. 1925 - See Basiphyllara corallicola (Small) Ames 1924
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Baskervilla Lindl. 1840 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Cranichideae SUBTRIBE Cranichidinae
There are 10 species in this terrestrial genus occuring in central and Andean South America that are characterized by having a basal rosette of leaves with an apical inflorescence carrying a dense head of nonresupinate flowers with the petals and the lip adnate to the column at a distance from the base. The sepals are free and the petals are adnate to the dorsal side of the column which carries 4 soft pollina.
Common Name or Meaning English botanist and protege of Lindley 1800's
Type species = ! = Baskervilla assurgens Lindl.1840
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~Baskervilla auriculata var. yungasensis T.Hashim. 1992 - See Baskervilla auriculata Garay 1978
~ Baskervilla janeirensis Brade 1943 - See Baskervilla paranaensis (Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1920
~Baskervilla nicaraguensis Hamer & Garay 1982 - See Baskervilla colombiana Garay 1953
~Batemania Rchb. f. 1834 - See Batemannia Lindley 1834 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Cymbidieae, SUBTRIBE Zygopetalinae.
~Batemania beaumontii (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1852 - See Batemannia ciliata (Morel) Cogn. 1906
~Batemania fimbriata Linden '&' Rchb. f. 1854 - See Galeottia fimbriata L. Linden '&' Rchb. f. 1854
~Batemania meleagris [Lindley]Rchb.f 1855 - See Huntleya meleagris Lindl. 1837
~Batemania ciliata (Morel) Cogn. 1906 - See Galeottia ciliata (Morel) Dressler & Christenson 1989
~Batemania peruviana Rolfe 1895 - See Batemannia colleyi Lindley 1834
~Batemania petronia Barb Rodr. 1891 - See Batemannia colleyi Lindley 1834
~Batemania yauaperyensis Barb Rodr. 1891 - See Batemannia colleyi Lindley 1834
`Batemannia Lindley 1834 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Cymbidieae, SUBTRIBE Zygopetalinae.
There are 5 species spread throughout the Amazon basin that grow as epiphytes and have clustered, one-noded, ovoid pseudobulbs with 2 to 3 apical, plicate leaves, giving rise to a basal, short, racemose inflorescence that has a few to many, medium sized, showy flowers with generally narrow lateral sepals attached at the end of the column foot and downturned. They have fairly broad petals, a trilobed lip with erect lateral lobes, a downturned apical lobe, a wingless column with four pollina and a short, broad stipe. This genus and Bifrenaria can be grown in the same manner.
Common Name or Meaning Named for James Bateman an English orchid enthusiast
Synonyms `Petronia Barb. Rodr. 1877
Type species = ! = Batemannia colleyi Lindley 1834[1835]
~*Batemannia antioquiana Kraenzl. 1920 - See Galeottia antioquiana (Kraenzl.) Dressler & Christenson 1988 publ. 1989
~*Batemannia apiculata Rchb.f. 1876 - See Huntleya apiculata (Rchb.f.) Rolfe 1916
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~Batemania beaumontii (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1852 - See Galeottia ciliata (Morel) Dressler & Christenson 1989
~Batemannia burtii Endr. '&' Rchb.f 1872 - See Huntleya burtii [Endres '&' Rchb.f] Pfitzer 1889
~Batemannia burtii var. wallisii Rchb.f. 1873 - See Huntleya wallisii Batem 1837
~Batemannia ciliata (Morel) Cogn. 1906 - See Galeottia ciliata (Morel) Dressler & Christenson 1989
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~Batemannia fimbriata Linden '&' Rchb. f. 1854 - See Galeottia fimbriata L. Linden '&' Rchb. f. 1854
~Batemannia grandiflora [A.Rich]Rchb.f 1856 - See *Galeottia grandiflora A. Rich 1845
~*Batemannia gustavi Rchb. f. 1877 - See Huntleya gustavii (Rchb.f.) Rolfe 1916
~*Batemannia lalindei Linden 1873 - See Pescatoria lalindei (Linden) Dressler 2005
~Batemannia meleagris [Lindley]Rchb.f 1855 - See Huntleya meleagris Lindl. 1837
~Batemannia meleagris var. albidofulva Rchb.f. ex F.Buyss. 1878 - See Huntleya meleagris Lindl. 1837
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~Batemannia petronia Barb Rodr. 1891 - See Batemannia colleyi Lindley 1834
~*Batemannia wallisii Rchb.f 1880 - See Huntleya wallisii Batem 1837
~Batemannia wallisii var. major Rchb.f. ex Roezl 1883 - See Huntleya wallisii Batem 1837
~Batemannia yauaperyensis Barb Rodr. 1891 - See Batemannia colleyi Lindley 1834
~`Bathiea Schltr. 1915 - See Neobathiea Schltr. 1925 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Vandeae, SUBTRIBE Angraecinae.
~Bathiea perrieri (Schltr.) Schltr. 1915 - See Neobathiea perrieri (Schltr.) Schltr. 1925
~`Bathiorchis Bosser & P.J.Cribb 2003 - See Goodyera R. Br. 1813
SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Cranichideae SUBTRIBE Goodyerinae
~Bathiorchis rosea (H.Perrier) Bosser & P.J.Cribb 2003 - See Goodyera rosea (H.Perrier) Ormerod 2006
~Beadlea Small 1903 - See Cyclopogon C. Presl 1827 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Cranichideae SUBTRIBE Spiranthinae
~Beadlea aprica (Lindl.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982 - See Cyclopogon apricus (Lindl.) Schltr. 1920
~Beadlea argyrifolia (Barb.Rodr.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982 - See Cyclopogon argyrifolius (Barb.Rodr.) Barb.Rodr. 1877
~Beadlea argyrotaenia (Schltr.) Garay 1978 - See Cyclopogon argyrotaenius Schltr. 1921
~Beadlea bicolor (Ker Gawl.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982 - See Cyclopogon bicolor (Ker Gawl.) Schltr. 1919
~Beadlea bifida (Ridl.) Garay & Dunst. 1979 - See Helonoma bifida (Ridl.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982
~Beadlea calophylla (Barb.Rodr.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982 - See Cyclopogon calophyllus (Barb.Rodr.) Barb.Rodr. 1877
~Beadlea cearensis (Barb.Rodr.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982 - See Cyclopogon cearensis Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 283 (1882
~Beadlea calophylla (Barb.Rodr.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982 - See Cyclopogon calophyllus (Barb.Rodr.) Barb.Rodr. 1877
~ Beadlea comosa (Rchb.f.) Hamer & Garay 1981 - See Cyclopogon comosus (Rchb.f.) Burns-Bal. & E.W.Greenw. 1986
~Beadlea cranichoides (Griseb.) Small 1913 - See Cyclopogon cranichoides (Griseb.) Schltr. 1920
~Beadlea cranichoides f. alba P.M.Br. & C.L.McCartney 1995 - See Cyclopogon cranichoides (Griseb.) Schltr. 1920
~Beadlea cranichoides f. albolabia P.M.Br. & C.L.McCartney 1995 - See Cyclopogon cranichoides (Griseb.) Schltr. 1920
~Beadlea diversifolia (Cogn.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982 - See Cyclopogon apricus (Lindl.) Schltr. 1920
~Beadlea elata (Sw.) Small 1918 - See Cyclopogon elatus (Sw.) Schltr. 1919
~Beadlea elegans (Hoehne) Garay 1980 publ. 1982 - See Cyclopogon elegans Hoehne 1944
~*Beadlea elliptica Garay 1978 - See Cyclopogon ellipticus (Garay) Dodson 1993
~Beadlea epiphytica Dodson 1980 - See Cyclopogon epiphyticus (Dodson) Dodson 1989
~Beadlea glabrescens (T.Hashim.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982 - See Quechua glabrescens (T.Hashim.) Salazar & L.Jost 2012
~ Beadlea hennisiana (Sandt) Garay 1978 - See Cyclopogon hennisianus (Sandt) Szlach. 1993
~Beadlea iguapensis (Schltr.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982 - See Cyclopogon iguapensis Schltr.1922
~Beadlea inaequilatera (Poepp. & Endl.) Garay 1978 - See Cyclopogon inaequilaterus (Poepp. & Endl.) Schltr. 1920
~ Beadlea itatiaiensis (Kraenzl.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982 - See Cyclopogon itatiaiensis (Kraenzl.) Hoehne 1945
~Beadlea lindleyana (Link, Klotzsch '&' Otto) Garay '&' Dunst 1979 - See Cyclopogon lindleyanus (Link, Klotzsch '&' Otto) Schltr. 1920
~Beadlea longibracteata (Barb. Rodr.) Garay 1982 - See Cyclopogon longibracteatus (Barb. Rodr.) Schltr. 1920
~Beadlea luteoalba (A.Rich. & Galeotti) Garay 1980 publ. 1982 - See Cyclopogon luteoalbus (A.Rich. & Galeotti) Schltr. 1920
~Beadlea millei (Schltr.) Garay 1978 - See Cyclopogon millei (Schltr.) Schltr.1920
~Beadlea multiflora (Schltr.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982 - See Cyclopogon multiflorus Schltr.1922
~Beadlea oligantha (Hoehne) Garay 1980 publ. 1982 - See Cyclopogon oliganthus (Hoehne) Hoehne & Schltr. 1926
~Beadlea olivacea (Rolfe) Garay 1978 - See Cyclopogon olivaceus (Rolfe) Schltr. 1920
~Beadlea plantaginea (Schltr.) Garay 1978 - See Cyclopogon plantagineus Schltr. 1920
~Beadlea prasophylla (Rchb.f.) Hamer & Garay 1981 - See Cyclopogon prasophyllus (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 1920
~*Beadlea prasophylloides Garay 1980 publ. 1982 - See Cyclopogon prasophylloides (Garay) Szlach. 1993
~Beadlea storeri (Chapm.) Small 1903 - See Cyclopogon cranichoides (Griseb.) Schltr. 1920
~Beadlea subalpestris (Schltr.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982 - See Cyclopogon subalpestris Schltr. 1925
~Beadlea truncata (Lindl.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982 - See Cyclopogon truncatus (Lindl.) Schltr. 1920
~Beadlea variegata (Barb.Rodr.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982 - See Cyclopogon variegatus Barb.Rodr. 1882
~Beadlea warmingii (Rchb.f.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982 - See Cyclopogon warmingii (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 1920
`Beclardia A.Rich. 1828 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Vandeae, SUBTRIBE Aerangidinae.
There are 2 species in this variable, epiphytic genus that occurs only in the Mascarenes and Madagascar.
Common Name or Meaning [Beclard's Orchid [French Botanist 1800's]
Type species = ! = Beclardia macrostachya (Thouars) A. Rich. 1828
~Beclardia brachystachya (Thouars) A.Rich. 1828 - See Beclardia macrostachya (Thouars) A. Rich. 1828
~Beclardia elata (Thouars) A.Rich 1828 - See Cryptopus elatus (Thouars) Lindl.1825
~Beclardia erostris Frapp. ex Cordem. 1895 - See Beclardia macrostachya (Thouars) A. Rich. 1828
~Beclardia humbertii H.Perrier 1951 - See Lemurella culicifera (Rchb.f.) H.Perrier 1941
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~Beclardia polystachya (Thouars) Frapp. 1880 - See Oeoniella polystachys (Thouars) Schltr. 1918
Beloglottis Schltr. 1920 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Cranichideae SUBTRIBE Spiranthinae
There are 6 species in this terrestrial, occasional lithophytic to epiphytic genus occuring from Florida, Hispanola, Caymans, Trinidad, Mexico south to South America and is characterized by a basal rosette of leaves, a terminal inflorescence carrying resupinate flowers the dorsal sepal and the petals are attached at the base of the column, the lateral sepals do not form a mentum, the connate sepals form a shallow cup with spreading apices, an unguiculate lip is sagittate at the base, a short column has an inflated clinandrium with a membraneous, vertical, bifid, truncate rostellum and 2 soft pollina.
Common Name or Meaning The Arrow Tongue Orchid
Type species = ! = Beloglottis costaricensis (Rchb.f.) Schltr.1920
~Beloglottis americana (C.Schweinf. & Garay) Szlach. 1996 - See Helonoma americana (C.Schweinf. & Garay) Garay 1980 publ. 1982
~Beloglottis bifida (Ridl.) Szlach.1996 - See Helonoma bifida (Ridl.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982
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`× Bensteinia Christenson 2006 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Cymbidieae, SUBTRIBE Zygopetalinae
Common Name or Meaning The Benzingia/Kefersteinia Orchid
Type species = ! = × Bensteinia dodsonii (Neudecker) Christenson 2006
Benthamia A.Rich. 1828 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Orchideae SUBTRIBE Orchidinae
There are 31 species mostly in Madagascar and a few in the Mascarenes that are terrestrial orchids aligned with Habenaria. They are glabrous herbs with erect leaf in the lower part stems carrying 1 to several, basal or radical, lanceolate, ovate to elliptic leaves that blooms on a terminal, erect, few to densely many flowered inflorescence with small, usually as long or longer than the flower floral bracts carrying whitish, green or yellow flowers
Common Name or Meaning Bentham's Orchid [Renowned English Botanist 1800's]
Type species = ! = Benthamia latifolia A.Rich. 1828 = Benthamia chlorantha (Spreng.) Garay & G.A.Romero 1998
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~Benthamia cinnabarina (Rolfe) H.Perrier 1934 - See Cynorkis cinnabarina (Rolfe) Hermans & P.J.Cribb 2014
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~Benthamia drummondii (H.P.Linder & G.Will.) Szlach. & Rutk. 2000 - See Oligophyton drummondii H.P.Linder & G.Will. 1986
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~Benthamia exilis var. tenuissima Schltr. 1924 - See Benthamia exilis Schltr. 1924
~Benthamia graminea (Thouars) Schltr. 1924 - See Cynorkis graminea (Thouars) Schltr. 1924
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~Benthamia herminioides subsp. angustifolia H.Perrier 1934 - See Benthamia herminioides Schltr. 1924
~Benthamia herminioides subsp. arcuata H.Perrier 1934 - See Benthamia herminioides Schltr. 1924
~ Benthamia herminioides subsp. arcuata H.Perrier 1934 - See Benthamia herminioides Schltr. 1924
~ Benthamia herminioides subsp. intermedia H.Perrier 1934 - See Benthamia herminioides Schltr. 1924
~Benthamia herminioides subsp. typica H.Perrier 1934 - See Benthamia herminioides Schltr. 1924
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~Benthamia latifolia A.Rich. 1828 - See Benthamia chlorantha (Spreng.) Garay & G.A.Romero 1998
~Benthamia latifolia Schltr.1916 - See Benthamia bathieana Schltr.1924
~Benthamia leandriana H.Perrier 1951 - See Cynorkis tryphioides Schltr. 1913
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~Benthamia minutiflora (Ridl.) Schltr.1924 - See Benthamia africana (Lindl.) Hermans 2014
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~Benthamia nigrescens subsp. borbonica H.Perrier 1934 - See Benthamia nigrescens Schltr. 1916
~Benthamia nigrescens subsp. decaryana H.Perrier 1934 - See Benthamia nigrescens Schltr. 1916
~Benthamia nigrescens subsp. humblotiana H.Perrier 1934 - See Benthamia nigrescens Schltr. 1916
~Benthamia nigrescens subsp. secundiflora H.Perrier 1934 - See Benthamia nigrescens Schltr. 1916
~Benthamia nigrescens subsp. typica H.Perrier 1934 - See Benthamia nigrescens Schltr. 1916
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~Benthamia nivea subsp. parviflora H.Perrier 1934 - See Benthamia nivea Schltr. 1924
~Benthamia perrieri Schltr. 1916 - See Benthamia flavida Schltr. 1916
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~Benthamia spiralis (Thouars) A.Rich. 1828 - See Benthamia africana (Lindl.) Hermans 2014
~Benthamia spiralis var. dissimulata (Schltr.) H.Perrier 1934 - See Benthamia africana (Lindl.) Hermans 2014
`Benzingia Dodson 2010 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Cymbidieae, SUBTRIBE Zygopetalinae.
There are nine species in this genus from Ecuador and Peru that were segregated from Chondrorhyncha and Stenia or replaced Ackermania. Characterized by no pseudobulbs, the foliaceous distichous leaf bases froming a pendant, fan-like orchid, the leaves lightly plicate, single flowered axillary inflorescence carrying resupinate flowers with a deeply tubular, saccate lip that is truncate apically and has a flattened apicule. The lip sides do not surround the column and it carries a shallow callus. There are 4, flattened, superposed pollina attached to a short stipe which is attached to the broad, flattened viscidium.
Common Name or Meaning Benzing's Orchid [American Plant Phisologist]
Synonyms Benzingia Dodson 1989
Type species = Benzingia hirtzii Dodson 1989 = Benzingia hirtzii Dodson ex Dodson 1995 = ! = Benzingia hirtzii Dodson 2010
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~Benzingia hirtzii Dodson 1989 - See Benzingia hirtzii Dodson ex Dodson 1995
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~`Bertauxia Szlach. 2004 - See Habenaria Willd. 1805 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Orchideae SUBTRIBE Orchidinae
~Bertauxia nasuta (Rchb.f. & Warm.) Szlach.2004 - See Habenaria nasuta Rchb.f. & Warm. 1881
~ Bertauxia rodeiensis (Barb.Rodr.) Szlach 2004 - See Habenaria rodeiensis Barb.Rodr.1882
~Bertauxia vaupellii (Rchb.f. & Warm.) Szlach. 2004 - See Habenaria johannensis Barb.Rodr. 1882
Bhutanthera Renz 2001 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Orchideae SUBTRIBE Orchidinae
There are 5 species in this terrestrial genus within the Habenariae and is characterized by the very small plants with globose-ovoid tubers a stout stem carrying 2 subopposite leaves and a terminal, few to many flowered inflorescence carrying small flowers with entire, similar tepals with the petals not connivent to the dorsal sepal. The broadly oblong, fleshy, trilobed lip with a conical-cylindrical spur at the base that is shorter than the ovary and sepals. The short column has 2 stigma that are cojoined and pulvinate, and there are two, clavate, mealy pollina
Common Name or Meaning The Bhutan Orchid
Type species = ! = Bhutanthera albomarginata (King & Pant.) Renz 2001
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~Bhutanthera albovirens Renz 2001 - See Herminium albovirens (Renz) X.H.Jin, Schuit., Raskoti & Lu Q.Huang 2015
~Bhutanthera alpina (Hand.-Mazz.) Renz, 2001 - See Herminium handelii X.H.Jin, Schuit., Raskoti & Lu Q.Huang 2015
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~Bhutanthera humidicola (K.Y.Lang & D.S.Deng) Ormerod 2003 - See Herminium humidicola (K.Y.Lang & D.S.Deng) X.H.Jin, Schuit., Raskoti & Lu Q.Huang 2015
~`Bicchia Parl. 1860 - See Pseudorchis S.F.Gray 1754 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Orchideae, SUBTRIBE Orchidinae.
~Bicchia albida Parlatore 1858 - See Pseudorchis albida (Linne) A. '&' D. Löve 1969
~Bicchia albida var. tricuspis (Beck) E.G.Camus 1908 - See Pseudorchis albida (Linne) A. '&' D. Löve 1969
~Bicornella Lindl. 1835 - See Cynorkis Thou. 1809 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Orchidieae, SUBTRIBE Orchidinae.
~Bicornella alborubra (Schltr.) Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Cynorkis alborubra Schltr. 1924
~ Bicornella ampullacea Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Cynorkis ampullacea H.Perrier ex Hermans 2007
~Bicornella anacamptoides (Kraenzl.) Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Cynorkis anacamptoides Kraenzl. 1895
~Bicornella anacamptoides var. ecalcarata (P.J.Cribb) Szlach., Mytnik & Rutk. 2010 - See Cynorkis anacamptoides Kraenzl. 1895
~Bicornella andohahelensis (H.Perrier) Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See
~Bicornella andringitrana (Schltr.) Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Cynorkis andringitrana Schltr. 1924
~Bicornella arabica Deflers 1889 - See Bonatea steudneri (Rchb.f.) T.Durand & Schinz 1894
~Bicornella aurantiaca (Ridl.) Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Cynorkis aurantiaca Ridl. 1886
~Bicornella baronii (Rolfe ex Scott-Elliot) Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Cynorkis baronii Rolfe 1891
~Bicornella bathiei (Schltr.) Szlach. & Kras. 2006 - See Cynorkis bathiei Schltr. 1924
~Bicornella bimaculata (Ridl.) Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Cynorkis bimaculata (Ridl.) H.Perrier 1939
~ Bicornella bosseriana (Szlach.) Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Cynorkis buchananii Rolfe 1898
~Bicornella brachyceras Schltr. 1924 - See Cynorkis brachyceras Schltr. 1924
~Bicornella brevicalcar (P.J.Cribb) Szlach. & Kras. 2006 - See Cynorkis brevicalcar P.J.Cribb 1985
~Bicornella buchananii (Rolfe) Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Cynorkis buchananii Rolfe 1898
~Bicornella cardiophylla (Schltr.) Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Cynorkis cardiophylla Schltr. 1916
~Bicornella clarae (Geerinck) Szlach., Mytnik & Rutk. 2010 - See Cynorkis clarae Geerinck 1982
~Bicornella coccinelloides (Frapp. ex Cordem.) Szlach. & Kras, 2006 - See Cynorkis coccinelloides (Frapp. ex Cordem.) Schltr. 1915
~Bicornella compacta (Rchb.f.) Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Cynorkis compacta Rchb. f. 1888
~Bicornella cuneilabia (Schltr.) Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Cynorkis cuneilabia Schltr. 1924
~Bicornella debilis (Hook.f.) Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Cynorkis debilis (Hook.f.) Summerh. 1933
~Bicornella decaryana Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Cynorkis decaryana H.Perrier ex Hermans 2007
~ Bicornella gabonensis (Summerh.) Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Cynorkis gabonensis Summerh. 1938
~Bicornella globosa (Schltr.) Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Cynorkis globosa Schltr. 1906
~*Bicornella gracilis Lindl. 1835 - See Cynorkis lindleyana Hermans 2007
~ Bicornella graminea (Thouars) Szlach. & Kras 200 - See Cynorkis graminea (Thouars) Schltr. 1924
~Bicornella hanningtonii (Rolfe) Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Cynorkis debilis (Hook.f.) Summerh. 1933
~Bicornella henrici (Schltr.) Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Cynorkis henrici Schltr. 1924
~Bicornella hirtula (H.Perrier) Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Cynorkis filiformis Schltr. 1924
~Bicornella jumellenana (Schltr.) Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Cynorkis jumelleana Schltr. 1924
~Bicornella kirkii (Rolfe) Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Cynorkis kirkii Rolfe 1898
~Bicornella lilacina (Ridl.) Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Cynorkis lilacina Ridl. 1885
~Bicornella lisowskii (Szlach.) Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Cynorkis debilis (Hook.f.) Summerh. 1933
~Bicornella longifolia Lindl. 1838 - See Cynorkis graminea (Thouars) Schltr. 1924
~Bicornella melinantha (Schltr.) Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Cynorkis melinantha Schltr. 1924
~Bicornella parviflora Ridl. 1885 - See Cynorkis graminea (Thouars) Schltr. 1924
~Bicornella perrieri (Schltr.) Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Cynorkis perrieri Schltr. 1916
~Bicornella pinguicularioides Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Cynorkis pinguicularioides H.Perrier ex Hermans 2007
~Bicornella quinquepartita Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Cynorkis quinquepartita H.Perrier ex Hermans 2007
~Bicornella ridleyi (T.Durand & Schinz) Szlach. & Kras. 2006 - See Cynorkis ridleyi T.Durand & Schinz 1894
~Bicornella rungweensis (Schltr.) Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Cynorkis rungweensis Schltr. 1915
~Bicornella sacculata (Schltr.) Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Cynorkis sacculata Schltr. 1916
~Bicornella saxicola (Schltr.) Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Cynorkis saxicola Schltr. 1924 - See Cynorkis schlechteri H.Perrier 1929 publ. 1931
~Bicornella schlechteri (H.Perrier) Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Cynorkis schlechteri H.Perrier 1929 publ. 1931
~Bicornella sigmoidea (Kraenzl.) Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Cynorkis sigmoidea Kraenzl. 1898
~Bicornella similis Schltr. 1916 - See Cynorkis graminea (Thouars) Schltr. 1924
~Bicornella sororia (Schltr.) Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Cynorkis sororia Schltr. 1913
~Bicornella stolonifera Schltr. 1916 - See Cynorkis stolonifera (Schltr.) Schltr. 1924
~Bicornella symoensii (Geerinck & Tournay) Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Cynorkis symoensii Geerinck & Tournay 1977
~Bicornella tenerrima (Ridl.) Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Cynorkis tenerrima (Ridl.) Kraenzl. 1898
~Bicornella tryphioides (Schltr.) Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Cynorkis tryphioides Schltr. 1913
'Bidoupia Aver., Ormerod & Duy 2016 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Cranichideae SUBTRIBE Goodyerinae
There are presently 2 species in this terrestrial genus related to the Goodyerinae and confined to Vietnam differing in a "combination of morphological features such as black leaves (purple-brown below), flowers non-resupinate due to the ovary twisting 360°, a subglobular hypochile closed by subquadrate connivent and firmly adpressed side lobes of the lip, a long tube-shaped, arcuate claw, warty on flanges, a bilobulate epichile with large wing-like lobules and a lip with a longitudinal internal keel rising abaxially, a column with 2 large, down-directed keels as well as an entire stigma, and a long linear forward directed arcuate rostellum and anther cap beak." Averyanov 2016
Common Name or Meaning refers to the Bidoup mountains of Vietnam where the genus was discovered
Type species = ! = Bidoupia phongii Aver., Ormerod & Duy 2016
~Bieneria Rchb.f 1853 - See Chloraea Lindl. 1827 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Cranichideae SUBTRIBE Chloraeinae
Biermannia King '&' Pantling 1897 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Vandeae, SUBTRIBE Aeridinae.
There are 11 species in this epiphytic monopodial genus restricted to Indo-China and Malesia characterized by the very short, monopodial stem carrying fleshy, linear leaves and has short, racemose, axillary inflorescence with 3 to 6 short-lived, small flowers with the lateral sepals attached to the column base, a sessile lip that is narrowly but firmly attached to the column foot at right angles and is concave, fleshy, bilobed or not, raising in right angles to the base and parellel to or half embracing the straight column that has a short foot at angles to itself There are 2 globular to ovoid, grooved or porate pollina with strap shaped stipes and a small viscidium.
Common Name or Meaning Bierman's Orchid [Curator of Calcutta Botanical Garden 1800's]
Type species = ! = Biermannia quinquecallosa King & Pantl. 1897
~Biermannia annamensis Guillaumin 1955 - See Pteroceras leopardinum (C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.) Seidenf. & Smitinand 1963
~Biermannia bigibba (Schltr.) Garay 1972 - See Grosourdya bigibba (Schltr.) Kocyan & Schuit. 2014
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~ Biermannia ciliata (Ridl.) Garay 1972 - See Grosourdya ciliata (Ridl.) Kocyan & Schuit. 2014
~Biermannia decipiens (J.J.Sm.) Garay 1972 - See Grosourdya decipiens (J.J.Sm.) Kocyan & Schuit. 2014
~Biermannia decumbens (Griff.) T. Tang '&' F.T. Wang ex G. Merr. '&' Metcalf 1945 - - See *Phalaenopsis deliciosa Rchb. f. 1854 or Phalaenopsis parishii Rchb. f. 1865
~Biermannia naviculare Tang '&' Wang 1997 - See Phalaenopsis taenialis [Lindl.] E.A Christ. & Pradham 1986
~Biermannia taenialis (Lindl.) T. Tang '&' F.T. Wang 1951 - See Phalaenopsis taenialis [Lindl.] E.A Christ. & Pradham 1986
~Bifolium Petiver 1764 - See Listera R. Br. 1813 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Neottieae, SUBTRIBE Neottiinae.
~Bifolium auriculatum (Wiegand) Nieuwl. 1913 - See Neottia auriculata (Wiegand) Szlach. 1995
~Bifolium australe [Lindley] Niewland 1913 - See Neottia bifolia (Raf.) Baumbach 2009
~Bifolium cordatum (L.) Nieuwl. 1913 - See Neottia cordata (L.) Rich. 1817
~Bifolium ovatum (L.) Nieuwl. 1913 - See Neottia ovata (L.) Bluff & Fingerh. 1838
~Bifolium smallii (Wiegand) Nieuwl. 1913 - See Neottia smallii (Wiegand) Szlach. 1995
Bifrenaria Lindley 1832 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Cymbidieae, SUBTRIBE Zygopetalinae.
There are 21 or so small to medium sized epiphytes or often terrestrials that have four cornered pseudobulbs with erect, coriaceous, plicate leaves that have an erect, racemose inflorescence arising from the base of an adult pseudobulb that carries up to five flowers which are often fragrant. The lip of the flower is three or four lobed and has a single, low, elongate callus without keels. It has four pollina which are hard, attached to a short, wide stipe on a flattened viscidium. They are warm to cool growing plants that require partial shade and humid, well watered and fertilized conditions while growing and less after the pseudobulbs are mature.
Common Name or Meaning refers to the 4 pollina that sit separated on 2 stems
Synonyms Adipe Raf. 1836[1837]; Colax Lindley ex Spreng. 1826; Lindleyella Schlechter 1914; Stenocoryne Lindley 1843
Type species = ! = Maxillaria atropurpurea Lodd. 1832 = Bifrenaria atropurpurea [Lodd.]Lindley 1832
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~Bifrenaria atropurpurea var caparaoensis [Brade] Hoehne 1950 - See Bifrenaria atropurpurea [Lodd.]Lindley 1832
~*Bifrenaria aurantiaca Lindley 1836 - See Rudolfiella aurantiaca [Lindley]Hoehne 1943
~Bifrenaria aurantiaca Wms. Non Lindley 1894 - See Bifrenaria inodora Lindl. 1843
~Bifrenaria aurea Barb Rodr. 1882 - See Bifrenaria harrisoniae[Hooker]Rchb.f 1855
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~Bifrenaria barbosae V.P.Castro 1998 - See Bifrenaria calcarata [Vell.] V. P. Castro 1996
~Bifrenaria bella Lem. 1853 - See Coelia bella (Lem.) Rchb. f. 1861
~*Bifrenaria bicornaria Rchb.f. 1863 - See Rudolfiella bicornaria (Rchb.f.) Hoehne 1953
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~Bifrenaria calcarata [Vell.] V. P. Castro 1996 - See Bifrenaria tetragona (Lindl.) Schltr. 1908
~Bifrenaria caparaoensis Brade 1943 - See Bifrenaria atropurpurea [Lodd.]Lindley 1832
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~Bifrenaria dallemagnei R.H. Torr. 1893 - See Bifrenaria tyrianthina (Loudon) Rchb. f. 1858
~Bifrenaria floribunda (Schltr.) C. Schweinf. 1944 - See Rudolfiella floribunda (Schltr.) Hoehne 1953
~Bifrenaria fragrans Barb. Rodr. 1881 - See Bifrenaria inodora Lindl 1843
~Bifrenaria fuerstenbergiana Schlechter 1906 - See Bifrenaria inodora Lindl 1843
~*Bifrenaria hadwenii Lindley 1851-2 - See Scuticaria hadwenii [Lindley]Hooker
~Bifrenaria hadwenii var bella Rchb.f 1881 - See Scuticaria hadwenii [Lindley]Hooker
~Bifrenaria hadwenii var pardalina Rchb.f 1880 - See Scuticaria hadwenii [Lindley]Hooker
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~Bifrenaria harrisoniae f. alba-plena (Pabst) F.Barros & J.A.N.Bat. 2004 - See Bifrenaria harrisoniae [Hooker] Rchb.f 1855
~Bifrenaria harrisoniae var. alba (Lindl.) Kraenzl. 1889 - See Bifrenaria harrisoniae [Hooker] Rchb.f 1855
~Bifrenaria harrisoniae var. alba-plena Pabst 1978 - See Bifrenaria harrisoniae [Hooker] Rchb.f 1855
~Bifrenaria harrisoniae var. angustior (Lindl.) Cogn. 1902 - See Bifrenaria harrisoniae[Hooker]Rchb.f 1855
~Bifrenaria harrisoniae var. buchananiana Rchb.f 1879 - See Bifrenaria harrisoniae[Hooker]Rchb.f 1855
~Bifrenaria harrisoniae var. citrina (B.S.Williams) Stein 1892 - See Bifrenaria harrisoniae[Hooker]Rchb.f 1855
~Bifrenaria harrisoniae var. eburnea (S.Moore) Stein 1892 - See Bifrenaria harrisoniae[Hooker]Rchb.f 1855
~Bifrenaria harrisoniae var. flavopurpurea Hoehne 1950 - See Bifrenaria harrisoniae[Hooker]Rchb.f 1855
~Bifrenaria harrisoniae var. glabra W.Zimm. 1934 - See Bifrenaria harrisoniae [Hooker] Rchb.f 1855
~Bifrenaria harrisoniae var. grandiflora (Paxton) Cogn. 1902 - See Bifrenaria harrisoniae[Hooker]Rchb.f 1855
~Bifrenaria harrisoniae var. insularis Hoehne 1950 - See Bifrenaria harrisoniae[Hooker]Rchb.f 1855
~Bifrenaria harrisoniae var. minor Hoehne 1950 - See Bifrenaria harrisoniae[Hooker]Rchb.f 1855
~Bifrenaria harrisoniae var. pubigera Rchb.f 1879 - See Bifrenaria harrisoniae[Hooker]Rchb.f 1855
~Bifrenaria harrisoniae var. purpurascens Veitch 1893 - See Bifrenaria harrisoniae[Hooker]Rchb.f 1855
~Bifrenaria harrisoniae var. typica Hoehne 1950 - See Bifrenaria harrisoniae [Hooker] Rchb.f 1855
~Bifrenaria harrisoniae var. vitellina Stein 1892 - See Bifrenaria vitellina (Lindl.) Lindl. 1843
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SECTION Stenocoryne
To LATE
~Bifrenaria leucorhoda var. macaheensis Brade 1944 - See Bifrenaria leucorrhoda Rchb. f. 1859
SECTION Stenocoryne
~Bifrenaria magnicalcarata [Hoehne Pabst 1976 - See Bifrenaria tyrianthina (Loudon) Rchb. f. 1858
~*Bifrenaria maguirei C.Schweinf.1959 - See Guanchezia maguirei (C.Schweinf.) G.A.Romero & G.Carnevali 2000
~Bifrenaria melanopoda Klotzsch 1855 - See Bifrenaria racemosa [Hkr.] Lindl. 1843
to
~Bifrenaria minuta Garay 1958 - See !Hylaeorchis petiolaris (Schltr.) Carnevali '&' G.A. Romero 2000
~Bifrenaria petiolaris (Schltr.) Carnevali '&' I. Ramírez ex Dodson '&' R. Escobar 1994 - See !Hylaeorchis petiolaris (Schltr.) Carnevali '&' G.A. Romero 2000
~Bifrenaria petiolaris (Schltr.) G.A. Romero '&' Carnevali 1996 - See !Hylaeorchis petiolaris (Schltr.) Carnevali '&' G.A. Romero 2000
~*Bifrenaria pickiana Schltr. 1912 - See Teuscheria pickiana (Schltr.) Garay 1959
~Bifrenaria picta (Schltr.) C. Schweinf. 1944 - See Rudolfiella picta (Schltr.) Hoehne 1956
SECTION Stenocoryne
to
~Bifrenaria rudolfii (Hoehne) Carnevali '&' G.A. Romero 1993 - See !Hylaeorchis petiolaris (Schltr.) Carnevali '&' G.A. Romero 2000
~Bifrenaria sabulosa Barb.Rodr. 1877 - See Bifrenaria longicornis Lindl. 1838
~Bifrenaria saxicola (Schltr.) C. Schweinf. 1944 - See Rudolfiella floribunda (Schltr.) Hoehne 1953
~Bifrenaria secunda (Jacq.) Pabst 1967 - See Bifrenaria aureofulva [Hooker]Lindley 1843
SECTION Stenocoryne
to LATE EARLY
to
~Bifrenaria tetragona var rupicola Hoenhe 1950 - See Bifrenaria tetragona (Lindl.) Schltr. 1908
~Bifrenaria tetragona var umbrophila Hoehne 1950 - See Bifrenaria tetragona (Lindl.) Schltr. 1908
and EARLY
~Bifrenaria tyrianthina var. albescens Hoehne 1950 - See Bifrenaria harrisoniae[Hooker]Rchb.f 1855
~Bifrenaria tyriantha var. magnicalcarata Hoehne. 1950 - See Bifrenaria tyrianthina (Loudon) Rchb. f. 1858
SECTION Harrisoniae
~Bifrenaria villosula Brade 1949 - See Bifrenaria charlesworthii Rolfe 1894
SECTION Stenocoryne
To
~Bifrenaria vitellina var. leucorrhoda Rchb. f. 1855 - See Bifrenaria leucorrhoda Rchb. f. 1859
~*Bifrenaria wageneri Rchb.f. 1854 - See Teuscheria wageneri (Rchb.f.) Garay 1967
~Bifrenaria wendlandiana (Kraenzl.) Cogn. 1902- See Bifrenaria clavigera Rchb.f. 1865
To
~Bilabrella Lindley 1834 - See Habenaria Willd. 1805 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Orchideae, SUBTRIBE Orchidinae.
~Bilabrella altior (Rendle) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria altior Rendle 1895
~Bilabrella anaphysema (Rchb.f.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap 2003 - See Habenaria anaphysema Rchb.f. 1867
~Bilabrella arianae (Geerinck) Szlach. & Kras 2009 - See Habenaria arianae Geerinck 1977
~Bilabrella caffra (Schltr.) Szlach. & Kras 2009 - See Habenaria caffra Schltr. 1924
~Bilabrella cataphysema (Rchb.f.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria cataphysema Rchb.f. 1867
~Bilabrella chirensis (Rchb.f.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria chirensis Rchb.f. 1881
~Bilabrella compta (Summerh.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria compta Summerh. 1962
~Bilabrella cornutella (Summerh.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria cornutella Summerh. 1938
~Bilabrella diselloides (Schltr.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria diselloides Schltr. 1915
~Bilabrella disparilis (Summerh.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria disparilis Summerhs.1962
~Bilabrella falcata (G.Will.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria falcata G.Will. 1980
~*Bilabrella falcicornis Lindl. 1835 - See Habenaria falcicornis (Lindl.) Bolus 1882
~Bilabrella falciformis Bolus 1882 - See Habenaria falcicornis (Lindl.) Bolus 1882
~Bilabrella furcipetala (Schltr.) Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Habenaria kyimbilae Schltr. 1915
~Bilabrella galpinii (Bolus) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria galpinii Bolus 1893
~Bilabrella genuflexa (Rendle) Szlach. & Kras-Lap 2003 - See Habenaria genuflexa Rendle 1895
~Bilabrella haareri (Summerh.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria haareri Summerh. 1962
~Bilabrella hirsutitrunci (G.Will.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria hirsutitrunci G.Will. 1980
~Bilabrella huillensis (Rchb.f.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria huillensis Rchb.f. 1865
~Bilabrella humilior (Rchb.f.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap.2003 - See Habenaria humilior Rchb.f. 1881
~Bilabrella ichneumonea (Sw.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria ichneumonea (Sw.) Lindl. 1835
~Bilabrella inaequiloba (Schltr.) Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Habenaria inaequiloba Schltr. 1915
~Bilabrella incarnata (Lyall ex Lindl.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria incarnata (Lyall ex Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1865
~Bilabrella isoantha (Schltr.) Szlach. 2003 - See Habenaria isoantha Schltr. 1915
~Bilabrella kilimanjari (Rchb.f.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria kilimanjari Rchb.f. 1881
~ Bilabrella kubangensis (Schltr.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria huillensis Rchb.f. 1865
~Bilabrella kyimbilae (Schltr.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria kyimbilae Schltr. 1915
~Bilabrella linderi (Summerh.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria microsaccos Kraenzl. 1909
~Bilabrella linguiformis (Summerh.) Szlach. & Kras 2009 - See Habenaria linguiformis Summerh. 1932
~ Bilabrella lutaria (Schltr.) Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Habenaria kilimanjari Rchb.f. 1881
~Bilabrella macrostele (Summerh.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria macrostele Summerh. 1937
~Bilabrella martialis (Rchb.f.) Szlach. & Kras 2009 - See Habenaria kilimanjari Rchb.f. 1881
~Bilabrella marxiana (Schltr.) Szlach. & Kras 2009 - See Habenaria isoantha Schltr. 1915
~Bilabrella myodes (Summerh.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria myodes Summerh. 1962
~Bilabrella ndiana (Rendle) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria ndiana Rendle 1895
~Bilabrella nyikana (Rchb.f.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap 2003 - See Habenaria nyikana Rchb.f. 1881
~Bilabrella orthocaulis (Schltr.) Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Habenaria cornuta Lindl. 1836
~Bilabrella pedicellaris (Rchb.f.) Szlach. & Kras 2009 - See Habenaria ichneumonea (Sw.) Lindl. 1835
~Bilabrella peltastes (Rchb.f.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria schimperiana Hochst. ex A.Rich. 1850
~Bilabrella petraea (Renz & Grosvenor) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria petitiana (A.Rich.) T.Durand & Schinz 1894
~ Bilabrella plectromaniaca (Rchb.f. & S.Moore) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria plectromaniaca Rchb.f. & S.Moore 1878
~Bilabrella rehmannii (Bolus) Szlach. & Kras. 2006 - See Habenaria humilior Rchb.f. 1881
~ Bilabrella replicata Szlach. & Kras 2009 - See Habenaria humilior Rchb.f. 1881
~Bilabrella retinervis (Summerh.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria retinervis Summerh. 1962
~Bilabrella riparia (Renz & Grosvenor) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria riparia Renz & Grosvenor 1979
~Bilabrella robusta (Welw. ex Rchb.f.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria robusta Welw. ex Rchb.f. 1867
~Bilabrella salsicornis Steud. 1840 - See Habenaria falcicornis (Lindl.) Bolus 1882
~Bilabrella schimperiana (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria schimperiana Hochst. ex A.Rich. 1850
~Bilabrella sochensis (Rchb.f.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria sochensis Rchb.f. 1881
~Bilabrella stolzii (Schltr.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria stolzii Schltr. 1906
~Bilabrella subaequalis (Summerh.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria subaequalis Summerh. 1962
~Bilabrella tetrapetala (Rchb.f.) Szlach. & Kras 2006 - See Habenaria falcicornis (Lindl.) Bolus 1882
~Bilabrella thomsonii (Rchb.f.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria thomsonii Rchb.f. 1885
~Bilabrella ugandensis (Summerh.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria ugandensis Summerh. 1962
~Bilabrella urundiensis (Summerh.) Szlach. & Kras 2009 - See Habenaria huillensis Rchb.f. 1865
~Bilabrella vollesenii (S.Thomas & P.J.Cribb) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria vollesenii S.Thomas & P.J.Cribb 1996
~Bilabrella weberiana (Schltr.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria weberiana Schltr. 1915
~Bilabrella welwitschii (Rchb.f.) Szlach. & Kras-Lap. 2003 - See Habenaria welwitschii Rchb.f. 1865
~Bilabrella williamsonii (P.J.Cribb) Szlach. & Kras 2009 - See Habenaria arianae Geerinck 1977
~Bilabrella woodii (Schltr.) Szlach. & Kras 2009 - See Habenaria woodii Schltr. 1906
~`Binotia Rolfe 1905 - See Gomesa R Brown 1815 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Cymbidieae SUBTRIBE Oncidiinae
~Binotia brasiliensis (Rolfe) Rolfe 1905 - See Gomesa brasiliensis (Rolfe) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams 2009
~*Binotia messmeriana Campacci 2005 - See Gomesa messmeriana (Campacci) Laitano 2010
`Bipinnula Comm. ex A. Juss. 1789 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Cranichideae SUBTRIBE Chloraeinae
There are 10 species in this terrestrial genus occuring in southern South America.
Common Name or Meaning refers to the lateral sepals that are similar to a bird's feather - literally in latin "double feather"
LectoType species = ! = Bipinnula biplumata (L.f.) Rchb.f. 1883
~ Bipinnula apinnula Gosewijn 1993 - See Chloraea apinnula (Gosewijn) Szlach. 2001
~Bipinnula bonariensis Spreng. 1826 - See Bipinnula biplumata (L.f.) Rchb.f. 1883
~Bipinnula canisii Dutra ex Pabst 1959 - See Bipinnula montana Arechav. 1899
~Bipinnula commersonii Lindl. 1827 - See Bipinnula biplumata (L.f.) Rchb.f. 1883
~Bipinnula ctenopetala Schltr. 1925 - See Bipinnula montana Arechav. 1899
LATE EARLY
~Bipinnula mystacina Lindl 1834 - See Bipinnula fimbriata (Poepp.) I.M.Johnst.1929
~Bipinnula philipporum Kraenzl. 1903 - See Bipinnula plumosa Lindl.1827
~Bipinnula plumosa var. philipporum (Kraenzl.) Reiche 1910 -See Bipinnula plumosa Lindl.1827
~`Birchea A.Rich. 1841 - See Luisia Gaudich. 1829 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Vandeae, SUBTRIBE Aeridinae
~Birchea teretifolia A.Rich. 1841 - See Luisia tenuifolia Blume 1849
~Blepharochilum M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Bulbophyllum Thouars 1822 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE ?, SUBTRIBE Dendrobiinae.
~Blepharochilum macphersonii (Rupp) M.A.Clem. '&' D.L.Jones 2002 - See Bulbophyllum macphersonii Rupp 1934
~Blepharochilum sladeanum (A.D.Hawkes) M.A.Clem. '&' D.L.Jones 2002 - See Bulbophyllum macphersonii Rupp 1934
~Blephariglottis Raf. 1837 - Platanthera L.C. Rich 1817 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Orchideae, SUBTRIBE Orchidinae
~Blephariglottis alba House 1906 - See Platanthera blephariglottis (Willd.) Lindl. 1835
~Blephariglottis alba var. conspicua (Nash) W.J.Schrenk 1977 - See Platanthera blephariglottis (Willd.) Lindl. 1835
~Blephariglottis albiflora Raf. 1837 - See Pseudorchis albida (Linne) A. '&' D. Löve 1969
~Blephariglottis albiflora f. holopetala (Lindl.) Baumbach & P.M.Br. 2009 - See Platanthera blephariglottis (Willd.) Lindl. 1835
~*Blephariglottis × andrewsii (M.White) House 1924 Platanthera × andrewsii (M.White) Luer 1975
~*Blephariglottis x bicolor Raf 1837 - See Platanthera X bicolor (Raf.) Luer 1972
~Blephariglottis blephariglottis [Willd.] Rydb. 1901 - See Platanthera blephariglottis (Willd.) Lindl. 1835
~Blephariglottis blephariglottis var. holopetala (Lindl.) Rydb. 1901 - See Platanthera blephariglottis (Willd.) Lindl. 1835
~Blephariglottis × channellii (Folsom) Baumbach & Lückel 2009 - See Platanthera × channellii Folsom 1984
~*Blephariglottis chapmanii Small 1903 - See Platanthera chapmanii (Small) Luer 1972
~Blephariglottis ciliaris (L.) Rydb. 1901 - See Platanthera ciliaris (L.) Lindl. 1835
~Blephariglottis conspicua (Nash) Small 1903 - See Platanthera blephariglottis (Willd.) Lindl. 1835
~Blephariglottis cristata (Michx.) Raf. 1837 - See Platanthera cristata (Michx.) Lindl. 1835
~Blephariglottis cristata f. straminea (P.M.Br.) Baumbach & P.M.Br., N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 15: 74 (2009 - See Platanthera cristata (Michx.) Lindl. 1835
~Blephariglottis fissa (Muhl. ex Willd.) G.Keller & Soó 1935 - See Platanthera psycodes (L.) Lindl. 1835
~Blephariglottis flaviflora Raf. 1837 - See Platanthera ciliaris (L.) Lindl. 1835
~Blephariglottis grandiflora (Bigelow) Rydb. in N.L.Britton 1901 - See Platanthera grandiflora (Bigelow) Lindl. 1835
~Blephariglottis grandiflora f. albiflora (E.L.Rand & Redfield) Baumbach & P.M.Br. 2009 - See Platanthera grandiflora (Bigelow) Lindl. 1835
~Blephariglottis grandiflora f. bicolor (P.M.Br.) Baumbach & P.M.Br. 2009 - See Platanthera grandiflora (Bigelow) Lindl. 1835
~Blephariglottis grandiflora f. carnea (P.M.Br.) Baumbach & P.M.Br. 2009 - See Platanthera grandiflora (Bigelow) Lindl. 1835
~Blephariglottis grandiflora f. mentotonsa (Fernald) Baumbach & P.M.Br. 2009 - See Platanthera grandiflora (Bigelow) Lindl. 1835
~Blephariglottis integrilabia (Correll) W.J.Schrenk 1977 - See Platanthera integrilabia (Correll) Luer 1975
~Blephariglottis lacera (Michx.) Rydb. in N.L.Britton 1901 - See Platanthera lacera (Michx.) G.Don 1839
~Blephariglottis lacera f. elongata (Peck) House 1923 - See Platanthera lacera (Michx.) G.Don 1839
~Blephariglottis lacera var. terrae-novae (Fernald) W.J.Schrenk 1977 - See Platanthera × andrewsii (M.White) Luer 1975
~Blephariglottis leucophaea (Nutt.) Rydb. 1901 - See Platanthera leucophaea [Nutth.] Lindley 1835
~Blephariglottis longicornu (Lindl.) Raf. 1837 - See Habenaria longicornu Lindl. 1835
~Blephariglottis × lueri (P.M.Br.) Baumbach & Lückel 2009 - See Platanthera × lueri P.M.Br. 2002
~Blephariglottis pallida (P.M.Br.) Baumbach & Lückel 2009 - See Platanthera pallida P.M.Br. 1992
~Blephariglottis peramoena (A.Gray) Rydb. in N.L.Britton 1901 - See Platanthera peramoena A.Gray 1848
~Blephariglottis peramoena f. doddsiae (P.M.Br.) Baumbach & P.M.Br. 2009 - See Platanthera peramoena A.Gray 1848
~Blephariglottis praeclara (Sheviak & M.L.Bowles) Baumbach & Lückel 2009 - See Platanthera praeclara Sheviak & M.L.Bowles 1986
~Blephariglottis psycodes (L.) Rydb. 1901 - See Platanthera psycodes (L.) Lindl. 1835
~Blephariglottis psycodes f. albiflora (Ralph Hoffm.) Baumbach & P.M.Br. 2009 - See Platanthera psycodes (L.) Lindl. 1835
~Blephariglottis psycodes f. albispicata House 1923 - See Platanthera psycodes (L.) Lindl. 1835
~Blephariglottis psycodes f. ecalcarata (M.M.Bryan) Baumbach & P.M.Br. 2009 - See Platanthera psycodes (L.) Lindl. 1835
~Blephariglottis psycodes f. fernaldii (J.Rousseau & Rouleau) Baumbach & P.M.Br. 2009 - See Platanthera psycodes (L.) Lindl. 1835
~Blephariglottis psycodes f. rosea (P.M.Br.) Baumbach & P.M.Br. 2009 - See Platanthera psycodes (L.) Lindl. 1835
~Blephariglottis psycodes f. varians (M.M.Bryan) Baumbach & P.M.Br. 2009 - See Platanthera psycodes (L.) Lindl. 1835
~Blephariglottis psycodes var. grandiflora (Bigelow) J.H.Schaffn. 1914 - See Platanthera grandiflora (Bigelow) Lindl. 1835
~Blephariglottis shriveri (P.M.Br.) Baumbach & Lückel 2009 - See Platanthera shriveri P.M.Br. 2008
Bletia Ruiz & Pavon 1794 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Bletiinae.
The 36 members of this genus are almost always terrestrials found on grassland hillsides from sea level to 2700 meters and are spread from Florida south to Brazil growing in well draining soil with fertilizer and ample water while growing and a tapering off to a trickle through the winter months. They are distinguished by a basal corm carrying apical, thin strongly veined leaves with a basal inflorescence arising from the side of the corm, carrying flowers with the anther, operculate on the apex of the column and having 8 soft and mealy pollina.
Common Name or Meaning named for Luis Blet a Spanish naturalist 1700's
Synonyms `Bletiana Raf. 1818; `Gyas Salisbury 1812; `Regnellia Barb. Rodr. 1877; `Thiebautia Colla 1824
Type species = ! = Bletia catenulata Ruiz '&' Pavon 1798
~Bletia acaulis (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1862 - See Brassavola acaulis Lindl. 1851-2
~Bletia acuminata Rchb.f 1862 - See Laelia rubescens Lindley 1840
~Bletia acutipetala W. Hook. 1834 - See Bletia purpurea [Lamb.] D.C. 1841
LATE THROUGH
~Bletia albida Rchb.f 1862 - See Laelia albida Batem. ex Lindl. 1839
~Bletia alta Hitchc. in part 1893 - Bletia purpurea [Lamb.] D.C. 1841
~Bletia alta (L.) Hitchc. 1893 in part - See Eulophia alta (L.) Fawc. '&' Rendle 1910
~Bletia amazonica (Poepp. '&' Endl.) Rchb. f. 1862 - See Brassavola angustata Lindl. 1838
~Bletia amboinensis Zipp. ex Blume 1856 - See Phaius amboinensis Blume 1856
~Bletia anomala Rich '&' Gal. 1845 - See Bletia campanulata La Llave '&' Lex. 1825
~Bletia anceps [Lindley] Rchb.f 1862 - See *Laelia anceps Lindley 1836
~Bletia anceps var. barkeriana (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1862 - See *Laelia anceps Lindley 1836
~Bletia angustata Gagn. 1851 - See Spathoglottis plicata Blume 1825
~Bletia angustifolia Gaud. 1829 - See Spathoglottis plicata Bl 1825
~Bletia anomala A.Rich. '&' Galeotti 1845 - See Bletia campanulata La Llave '&' Lex. 1825
MID
~Bletia aphylla Nutt - See Hexalectris spicata (Walter) Barnhart 1904
~Bletia attenuata Rchb.f. 1863 - See Brassavola angustata Lindl. 1838
~Bletia autumnalis [Lindley]Rchb.f 1825 - See Laelia autumnalis Lindley 1831
~*Bletia bicallosa D.Don 1825 - See Eulophia bicallosa (D.Don) P.F.Hunt & Summerh. 1966
~Bletia bicolor Rchb.f ? - See Leptotes bicolor Lindley 1833
~Bletia boothiana Rchb. f. 1863 - See Laelia lobata [Lindley]Veitch 1887
THROUGH
~Bletia capitata R.Br. in W.T.Aiton 1813 - See Elleanthus capitatus (Poepp. & Endl.) Rchb.f. 1862
~*Bletia carabiaiana L.O.Williams 1942 - See Basiphyllaea carabiaiana (L.O.Williams) Sosa & M.A.Díaz 2001
~Bletia casperiana Rchb.f 1862 - See Laelia purpurata Lindley & Paxton 1852
To and
~Bletia catenulata f. alba (L.C.Menezes) Meneguzzo 2010 - See Bletia catenulata Ruiz & Pavon 1798
~Bletia catenulata f. caerulea (L.C.Menezes) F.Barros & J.A.N.Bat. 2004 - See Bletia catenulata Ruiz & Pavon 1798
~Bletia catenulata var. alba L.C.Menezes 2003 - See Bletia catenulata Ruiz & Pavon 1798
~Bletia catenulata var. caerulea L.C.Menezes1993 - See Bletia catenulata Ruiz & Pavon 1798
~Bletia caulescens [Lindley] Rchb.f 1861 - See Laelia caulescens Lindl.1841
~Bletia cebolleta [Rchb.f]Rchb.f 1862 - See *Brassavola cebolleta Rchb.f 1855
~*Bletia ciliata C. Presl 1827 - See Sobralia ciliata (C. Presl) C. Schweinf. '&' Foldats 1969
~Bletia cinnabarina [Batem. ex Lindl.] Rchb.f 1861 - See Laelia cinnabarina Bateman ex Lindl 1839
~Bletia cinnabarina var sellowii Rchb.f 1863 - See Laelia cinnabarina Bateman ex Lindl 1839
~Bletia cinnamomea (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. 1862 - See Laelia cinnabarina Bateman ex Lindl 1839
LATEEARLY
~Bletia corallicola (Small) Sosa & M.W.Chase 2020 - See Basiphyllaea corallicola (Small) Ames 1924
~Bletia cordata (L.) Rchb. f. 1862 - See Brassavola subulifolia Lindley 1831
~Bletia crispa [Lindley]Rchb.f 1862 - See Laelia crispa [Lindley]Rchb.f 1853
~Bletia crispa var. purpurea Rchb.f. 1862 - See Laelia crispa [Lindley]Rchb.f 1853 Bletia crispa var. reflexa (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. 1862 - See Laelia crispa [Lindley]Rchb.f 1853
~Bletia crispilabia Rchb.f 1863 - See Laelia caulescens Lindl.1841
~Bletia crispina Rchb. f. 1862 - See Schomburgkia crispa Lindley 1838
~Bletia cucullata (L.) Rchb. f. 1862 - See Brassavola cucullata R. Br. 1813
~Bletia cucullata var. cuspidata (Hook.) Rchb.f. 1862 - See Brassavola cucullata R. Br. 1813
~*Bletia dabia D.Don 1825 - See Eulophia dabia (D.Don) Hochr. 1910
~Bletia digbyana [Lindley]Rchb.f 1862 - See Rhyncholaelia digbyana [Lindley]Schlechter 1918
~Bletia domingensis Rchb.f 1862 - See Laeliopsis domingensis [Lindley]Lindley 1852-3
~Bletia ecuadorensis Schltr. 1916 - See Bletia catenulata Ruiz '&' Pavon 1798
~Bletia edwardsii Ames 1932 - See Bletia campanulata La Llave '&' Lex. 1825
Bletia × elegans (C.Morren) Rchb.f. 1862 - See × Laeliocattleya elegans (C.Morren) Rolfe 1889
Bletia × elegans var. houtteana (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. 1862 - See × Laeliocattleya elegans (C.Morren) Rolfe 1889
~Bletia ensiformis Ruiz '&' Pav. 1798 - See Encyclia cyperifolia (C. Schweinf.) Carnevali '&' I. Ramírez 1993
~*Bletia eulophiae Rchb.f. 1862 - See Tetramicra eulophiae (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. ex Griseb. 1866
~Bletia excelsa Bradf. 1846 - See Schomburgkia undulata Lindley 1841
~Bletia expansa Ten. 1829 - See Bletia purpurea [Lamb.] D.C. 1841
~Bletia flabellata Rchb.f 1862 - See Laelia xanthina Lindley 1859
~Bletia flava Wallace ex Lindl. 1831 - See Phaius flavus (Blume) Lindl. 1856
~Bletia flava (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1862 - See Laelia flava Lindl. 1839
To THROUGH
~*Bletia florida var. meridana Rchb.f. 1854 - See Bletia meridana (Rchb.f.) Garay & Dunst. 1976
~*Bletia formosana Hayata 1911 - See Bletilla formosana (Hayata) Schltr.1911
~Bletia fulgens Rchb.f. 1855 - See Bletia coccinea Lex. 1825
~Bletia furfuracea Rchb.f 1862 - See Laelia furfuracea Lindley 1839
LATER 
~Bletia gebinae [Lindley]Rchb.f 1847 - See Bletilla striata [Thunb]Rchb.f 1878
~Bletia glauca [Lindley]Rchb.f 1862 - See Rhyncholaelia glauca [Lindley]Schlechter 1918
~Bletia gloriosa [Rchb.f] Rchb.f 1862 - See Schomburgkia gloriosa Rchb. f. 1860
MID
~Bletia gracilis var roezlii [Rchb.f] L.O.Wms. 1950 - See Bletia roezlii Rchb. f. 1877
~*Bletia graminifolia D. Don 1825 - See Arundina graminifolia [D. Don]Hochr. 1910
~Bletia grandiflora La Llave '&' Lex. 1825 - See Laelia speciosa (Kunth) Schltr 1914
~Bletia grandis (Lindl. '&' Paxton) Rchb. 1862 f. - See Laelia grandis Lindl. '&' Paxton 1850-1
~Bletia harpophylla [Rchb.f] Rchb.f 1888 - See Laelia harpophylla Rchb.f 1873
~Bletia havanensis Lindley 1838 - See Bletia purpurea [Lam.]D.C. 1841
~Bletia hoffmannii (M.A.Díaz & Llamacho) Sosa & M.W.Chase 2020 - See Basiphyllaea hoffmannii M.A.Díaz & Llamacho 2001
~Bletia humboldtii Rchb.f 1862- Myrmecophilia humboldtia [Rchb.f] Rolfe 1917
~Bletia humilis Link '&' Otto 1841 - See Maxillaria gracilis Lodd. 1832
~Bletia hyacinthina R. Br. 1813 - See Bletilla striata [Thunb.]Rchb.f 1878
~Bletia hyacinthina var. gebina (Lindl.) Blume 1858 - See Bletilla striata [Thunb.]Rchb.f 1878
~Bletia incarvillei R. Br. - See Phaius tankervilleae (Banks) Blume 1856
~Bletia japonica [A. Gray] Schlechter 1911 - See Eleorchis japonica [A. Gray]Maekawa 1935
~Bletia jongheana (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. 1872 - See Laelia jongheana Rchb. f. 1872
~Bletia jucunda Linden '&' Rchb. f. 1855 - See Bletia reflexa Lindl. 1836
~ Bletia kotoensis Hayata 1911 - See Bletilla formosana (Hayata) Schltr.1911
~Bletia landsbergii Rchb.f. 1859 - See Bletia campanulata La Llave '&' Lex. 1825
~Bletia lankesteri (Ames '&' C.Schweinf.) Ames, F.T.Hubb. '&' C.Schweinf. 1934 - See Bletia campanulata La Llave '&' Lex. 1825
~Bletia lepidissima Rchb.f 1889 - See Myrmecophila galeottiana (A. Rich.) Rolfe 1917
~Bletia lindeni Rchb. f. - See Cattleyopsis lindenii [Lindley] Cogn. 1910
~Bletia lindleyana (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. 1863 - See Cattleya intermedia Graham 1828
~Bletia lineata (Hook. f.) Rchb. f. 1862 - See Brassavola acaulis Lindl. 1851-2
~Bletia lobata Rchb.f 1862 - See Laelia lobata [Lindley]Veitch 1887
~Bletia longipes [Rchb.f]Rchb.f 1863 - See Laelia longipes Rchb.f 1863
~Bletia lucasiana Rolfe 1893 - See Laelia longipes Rchb.f 1863
~Bletia lundii Rchb.f. & Warm. 1881 - See Laelia lundii (Rchb.f. & Warm.) Rchb.f. & Warm. 1881
~Bletia lyonsii [Lindl.] Rchb.f 1861 - See Schomburgkia lyonsii Lindl. 1853
~Bletia mandonii Schltr. 1922 - See Bletia campanulata La Llave '&' Lex. 1825
~Bletia marginata (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1862 - See Schomburgkia crispa Lindley 1838
~Bletia martiana (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1865 - See Brassavola martiana Lindl. 1836
~*Bletia masuca D. Don 1825 - See Calanthe masuca (D. Don) Lindl. 1833
LATE THROUGH MID
~Bletia montana (Sw.) Rchb.f. 1862 - See Dilomilis montana (Sw.) Summerh. 1961
~Bletia morrisonicola Hayata 1911 - See Bletilla formosana (Hayata) Schltr.1911
~Bletia nagelii L.O. Williams 1946 - See Bletia lilacina A. Rich. '&' Galeotti 1845
~Bletia nipponica Franch. & Sav. 1878 - See Cymbidium macrorhizon Lindl. 1833
~Bletia nodosa Rchb.f 1862 - See Brassavola nodosa [L.]Lindley 1831
~Bletia nodosa var cordata [Lindley] Rchb.f 1863 - See Brassavola subulifolia Lindley 1831
~*Bletia obcordata Lindl. 1831 - See Cephalantheropsis obcordata (Lindl.) Ormerod 1998
~*Bletia ortgiesiana Rchb. f. 1860 - See Cattleyopsis ortgiesiana (Rchb. f.) Cogn. 1910
~Bletia pallida Lodd. 1822 - See Bletia purpurea [Lamb.] D.C. 1841
~Bletia palmeri S.Watson 1891 - See Bletia adenocarpa Rchb.f. 1856
~Bletia papillifera Ames 1933 - See Bletia roezlii Rchb. f. 1877
~Bletia parviflora Ruiz & Pav. 1798 - See Cyrtochilum fractum (Rchb. f.) Kraenzl. 1922
~Bletia parviflora Rchb.f. 1862 - See Tetramicra parviflora Lindl. ex Griseb.1864
To LATE
~Bletia patula var alba Hawkes 1950 - See Bletia patula Graham 1836
~Bletia paulinae F.Muell. 1867 - See Spathoglottis paulinae F. Muell. 1867
~Bletia peduncularis (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1862 - See Laelia rubescens Lindley 1840
~Bletia perrinii Rchb.f 1862 - See Laelia perrinii [Lindley]Bateman 1847
~Bletia platyphylla Rchb.f. ex Griseb. 1866 - See Basiphyllaea sarcophylla (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 1921
~Bletia pottsii S. Wats. 1887 - See Bletia purpurea [Lamb.] D.C. 1841
~*Bletia pratensis Rchb.f. 1862 - See Tetramicra pratensis (Rchb.f.) Rolfe 1889
~Bletia praestans (Rchb. f.) Rchb. f. 1862 - See Laelia praestans Rchb. f. 1857
~Bletia pulchella R.H. Torr. 1850 - See Bletia purpurea [Lamb.] D.C. 1841
~Bletia pumila [Hooker]Rchb.f 1862 - See Laelia pumila [Hooker]Rchb.f 1853-4
~Bletia pumilio Rchb.f 1862 - See Homalopetalum pumilio [Rchb.f]Schlechter 1923
~Bletia purpurata Rich. '&' Gal. 1845 - See Arethusa rosea (Lindl.) Benth. ex Hemsl. 1884
~Bletia purpurata Rchb.f 1861 - See Laelia purpurata Lindley & Paxton 1852
~Bletia purpurata var. aurorea Rchb.f. 1862 - Se eLaelia purpurata Lindley & Paxton 1852
~Bletia purpurata var. pallida Rchb.f. 1862 - See Laelia purpurata Lindley & Paxton 1852
~Bletia purpurata var. praetexta (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. 1862 - See Laelia purpurata Lindley & Paxton 1852
To and EARLY
~Bletia purpurea var alba Ariza '&' Jimenez 1960 - See Bletia purpurea [Lamb.] D.C. 1841
~Bletia purpurea var. pittieri Schltr. 1922 - See Bletia purpurea [Lamb.] D.C. 1841
~Bletia quadrifida Hook.f. 1890 - See Calanthe triplicata [Willem.]Ames 1907
TO EARLY
~Bletia repanda Ruiz & Pav. 1798 - See Bletia catenulata Ruiz & Pavon 1798
~Bletia retusa [Lindley] Rchb.f 1861 - See Brassavola retusa Lindley 1847
~Bletia rhopalorhachis Rchb.f 1862 - See Brassavola nodosa [L.]Lindley 1831
~Bletia rigida Rchb.f 1862 - See Tetramicra canaliculata [Aubl.]Urb. 1918
~Bletia rodriguesii Cogn. 1901 - See Bletia catenulata Ruiz '&' Pavon 1798
To
~Bletia rosea (Linden ex Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1862 - See Schomburgkia rosea Linden ex Lindl. 1845
~Bletia rosea (Lindl.) Dressler 1964 - See Arethusa rosea (Lindl.) Benth. ex Hemsl. 1884
~Bletia rubescens Rchb.f 1862 - See Laelia rubescens Lindley 1840
~Bletia rupestris (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1862 - See Laelia crispata [Thunb.]Garay 1973
~Bletia sanguinea Poepp '&' Endl. 1836 - See Bletia catenulata Ruiz '&' Pavon 1798
~*Bletia sarcophylla Rchb.f. 1865 - See Basiphyllaea sarcophylla (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 1921
~Bletia schoenina Rchb.f. 1862 - See Tetramicra parviflora Lindl. ex Griseb.1864
~Bletia schomburgkii Rchb. f. 1862 - See Tetramicra schomburgkii (Rchb.f.) Rolfe1889
~Bletia secunda Lindl.1840 - See Bletia punctata Lex. 1825
~Bletia shepherdii Hook. 1834 - See Bletia florida R Br. 1796
~Bletia shepherdii Griseb. [non Hkr.]1866 - See Bletia patula Graham 1836
~Bletia sherrattiana Batem. ex Lindley 1867 - See Bletia catenulata Ruiz '&' Pavon 1798
~*Bletia speciosa Kunth 1815 - See Laelia speciosa (Kunth) Schltr. 1914
LATE
~Bletia striata [Thunb] Druce 1917 - See Bletilla striata [Thunb.]Rchb.f 1878
~Bletia stricta C.Presl 1826 - See Eulophia exaltata Rchb.f. 1857
~Bletia subaequalis [Eggers] Rchb.f 1886 - See Tetramicra elegans [Hamilton] Cogn. 1910
~Bletia superbiens (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1862 - See Schomburgkia superbiens (Lindl.) Rolfe 1917
~Bletia sylvatica (Thouars) Bojer 1837 - See Calanthe sylvatica (Thouars) Lindl. 1833
~Bletia tankervilleae R. Br. 1817 - See Phaius tankervilleae (Banks) Blume 1856
~Bletia tenera A.Rich. 1841 - See Tetramicra tenera (A.Rich.) Griseb. ex Benth. 1881
~Bletia tenera Griseb. 1866 - See Basiphyllaea wrightii (Acuńa) Nir 2000
~Bletia thomsoniana Rchb. f. 1887 - See Myrmecophila thompsoniana [Rchb.f] Rolfe 1917
~Bletia tibicinis Rchb.f 1862 - See Myrmecophila tibicinis [Bateman ex Lindley]Rolfe 1917
~Bletia tuberculata Rchb.f 1862 - See Brassavola tuberculata Hooker 1829
~Bletia tuberculosa Spreng. 1826 - See Phaius tuberculosus [Thou.] Blume 1856
~Bletia tuberculosum Thouars 1822 - See Phaius tuberculosus [Thou.] Blume 1856
~Bletia tuberosa [L.] Ames 1932 - See Bletia purpurea [Lam.]D.C. 1841
~Bletia undulata [Lindley]Rchb.f 1862 - See Schomburgkia undulata Lindley 1841
~Bletia undulata var costaricana Rchb.f 1865 - See Schomburgkia lueddemannii Prill. 1862
to LATE to EARLY
~Bletia venosa Rchb.f 1862 - See Brassavola nodosa [L.]Lindley 1831
~Bletia verecunda [Salisb.] R.Br. 1813 - See Bletia purpurea [Lamb.] D.C. 1841
~Bletia villosa (Thouars) Spreng. 1826 - See Phaius villosus (Thouars) Blume 1856
~Bletia violacea (Rchb. f.) Rchb. f. 1862 - See Laelia rubescens Lindley 1840
~*Bletia volubilis M.A.Díaz 1988 publ. 1989 - See Basiphyllaea volubilis (M.A.Díaz) Sosa & M.A.Díaz 2001
~Bletia wageneri Rchb.f. 1854 - See Bletia campanulata La Llave '&' Lex. 1825
~Bletia wageneri var. cobra Garay & Dunst. 1976 - See Bletia campanulata La Llave '&' Lex. 1825
~Bletia wallisii Rchb.f. 1877 - See Schomburgkia gloriosa Rchb. f. 1860
~Bletia watsonii Hooker 1894 - See Bletia catenulata Ruiz '&' Pavon 1798
~*Bletia wendlandii Rchb. f. 1862 - See Myrmecophila wendlandii (Rchb. f.) G.C. Kenn. 1979
~Bletia woodfordii Hook. 1827 - See Phaius flavus (Blume) Lindl. 1856
~*Bletia wrightii Acuńa 1939 - See Basiphyllaea wrightii (Acuńa) Nir 2000
~Bletia xanthina 1862 - See Laelia xanthina Lindley 1859
~`Bletiana Raf. 1818 - See Bletia Ruiz & Pavon 1798 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Bletiinae.
Bletilla Rchb.f 1852-3 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Podochileae, SUBTRIBE Coelogyninae
Nine species make up this genus which occurs in eastern Asia, Taiwan and adjacent islands, as terrestrials, with plicate leaves and a distinct corm at the base of the stem. The flowers are showy and are on a terminal, racemose, few flowered inflorescence carrying resupinate flowers with subequal, narrow, elongate sepals and petals; a lip that is hinged to the base of the column, neither saccate nor spurred, trilobed apically with a lamellate, dentate disc. The long, incurved, footless column has a ligulose rostellum that conspicuously covers the stigma. There are 8, clavate, laterally flattened, of different sizes and shape pollina with intralocular caudicles.
Common Name or Meaning refers to this genus similarity to the genus Bletia yet smaller
Synonyms Jimensia Raf. 1836[1838];
Type species = ! = Bletilla gebina [Lindley]Rchb.f. 1852-3 = Bletilla striata [Thumb.]Rchb.f. 1878
~; Bletilla chinensis Schltr. 1914 - See Bletilla foliosa (King & Pantl.) Tang & F.T.Wang 1951
~Bletilla elegantula (Kraenzl.) Garay '&' G.A.Romero 1998 - See Bletilla striata [Thumb.]Rchb. f. 1878
~Bletilla florida (Salisb.) Rchb.f. 1853 - See Bletia florida R Br. 1796
~Bletilla formosana f. kotoensis (Hayata) T.P.Lin 1977 - See Bletilla formosana (Hayata) Schltr.1911
~Bletilla formosana f. rubrolabella S.S.Ying 1990 - See Bletilla formosana (Hayata) Schltr.1911
~Bletilla gebinae [Lindley]Rchb.f. 1852-3 - See Bletilla striata [Thumb.]Rchb.f. 1878
~Blettila hyacinthina Rchb.f 1878 - See Bletilla striata [Thumb.]Rchb.f. 1878
~Bletilla japonica (A. Gray) Schltr. 1911 - See Eleorchis japonica [A.Gray]Maekawa 1935
~Bletilla kotoensis (Hayata) Schltr. 1911 - See Bletilla formosana (Hayata) Schltr.1911
~Bletilla morrisonicola (Hayata) Schltr. 1911- See Bletilla formosana (Hayata) Schltr.1911
To To LATETHROUGH EARLY
~Bletilla scopulorum (W.W. Sm.) Schltr. 1924 - See Pleione scopulorum W.W.Sm. 1921
~Bletilla sinensis (Rolfe) Schltr. 1911 - See Bletilla foliosa (King & Pantl.) Tang & F.T.Wang 1951
~Bletilla striata var. kotoensis (Hayata) Masam. 1964 - See Bletilla formosana (Hayata) Schltr.1911
~Bletilla striata f. gebina (Lindl.) Ohwi 1953 - See Bletilla striata [Thumb.] Rchb. 1878
~Bletilla striata var. albomarginata Makino 1929 - See Bletilla striata [Thumb.]Rchb. 1878
~Bletilla striata var. gebina (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in ?. - See Bletilla striata [Thumb.]Rchb. 1878
~Bletilla szetschuanica Schltr. 1922 - See Bletilla formosana (Hayata) Schltr.1911
~Bletilla yunnanensis Schltr. 1922 - See Bletilla formosana (Hayata) Schltr.1911
~`Blumeorchis Szlach. 2003 - See Cleisostoma Blume 1825 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Vandeae, SUBTRIBE Aeridinae.
~Blumeorchis crochetii (Guillaumin) Szlach. 2003 - See Cleisostoma crochetii (Guillaumin) Garay 1972
`Bogoria J.J.Sm.1905 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Vandeae, SUBTRIBE Aeridinae.
There are 4 species in this miniature monopodial genus occuring in Java, Sumatra and New Guinea and appears at first glance to be a miniature Phalaenopsis but the flowers are very unique, being small, wide open, with free tepals, a trilobed, a deeply sacate lip and a column with a short foot and there are 4 pollina in two masses.
Common Name or Meaning The Bogor Orchid [refers to a town in Java]
Type species = ! = Bogoria raciborskii J.J.Sm. 1905
~Bolbidium [Lindley] Breiger 1981 - Maxillaria Ruiz and Pavon 1794 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Cymbidieae, SUBTRIBE Oncidiinae.
~Bolbidium barbosae (Loefgr.) J.M.H.Shaw 2011 - See Maxillaria barbosae Loefgr. 1918
~Bolbidium chrysanthum (Barb.Rodr.) J.M.H.Shaw 2011 - See Maxillaria chrysantha Barb. Rodr. 1871
~Bolbidium gracile (Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd.) J.M.H.Shaw 2011 - See Maxillaria gracilis Lodd. 1832
~Bolbidium kautskyi (Pabst) J.M.H.Shaw 2011 - See Maxillaria kautskyi Pabst 1972
~Bolbidium marginatum (Lindl.) J.M.H.Shaw 2011 - See Maxillaria marginata [Lindley] Fenzl 1854 [1855]
~Bolbidium phoenicantherum (Barb.Rodr.) J.M.H.Shaw 2011 - See Maxillaria phoenicanthera Barb. Rodr. 1881
~Bolbidium pictum (Hook.) J.M.H.Shaw 2011 - See Maxillaria picta Hook. 1832
~Bolbidium porphyrostele (Rchb.f.) J.M.H.Shaw 2011 - See Maxillaria porphyrostele Rchb. f. 1873
~Bolbidium schunkeanum (Campacci & Kautsky) J.M.H.Shaw 2011 - See Maxillaria schunkeana M.A. Campacci & R.A. Kautsky 1993
~Bolbidium ubatubanum (Hoehne) J.M.H.Shaw 2011 - See Maxillaria ubatubana Hoehne 1947
~Bolbodium Breiger 1981 - See Dendrobium Sw. 1799 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE ?, SUBTRIBE Dendrobiinae
~Bolbodium hymenanthum (Rchb. f.) Rauschert 1983 - See Dendrobium hymenanthum Rchb.f not Hkr. 1855
~Bolbodium micholitzii (Rolfe ex Ames) Rauschert 1983 - See Dendrobium micholitzii Rolfe ex Ames 1904
~Bolbodium procumbens (Carr) Rauschert 1983 - See Dendrobium procumbens Carr 1932
~Bolbodium pumilum (Kuntze) Brieger 1981 - See Dendrobium pachyphyllum (Kuntze) Bakh. f. 1963
~Bolbodium pusillum (Blume) Rauschert 1983 - See Dendrobium pachyphyllum (Kuntze) Bakh. f. 1963
~Bolbodium quadrangulare (Rchb. f.) Brieger 1981 - See Dendrobium hymenanthum Rchb.f not Hkr. 1855
~Bolbodium striatellum (Carr) Rauschert 1983 - See Dendrobium striatellum Carr 1932
~Bolbodium ustulatum (Carr) Rauschert 1983 - See Dendrobium ustulatum Carr 1932
~Bolbophyllaria Rchb.f 1852 - See Bulbophyllum Thouars 1822 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE ?, SUBTRIBE Dendrobiinae.
~ *Bolbophyllaria aristata Rchb.f. 1866 - See Bulbophyllum aristatum (Rchb.f.) Hemsl. 1884
~Bolbophyllaria biseta (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1861 - See Bulbophyllum bisetum Lindl. 1842
~Bolbophyllaria clavata (Thouars) S.Moore 1877 - See Bulbophyllum clavatum Thouars 1822
~Bolbophyllaria oerstedii Rchb.f. 1855 - See Bulbophyllum oerstedii (Rchb.f.) Hemsl. 1884
~Bolbophyllaria pachyrachis (Griseb.) Rchb. f. 1861 - See Bulbophyllum pinelianum (A.Rich.) Ormerod 2016
~*Bolbophyllaria pentasticha Pfitzer ex Kraenzl. 1908 - See Bulbophyllum pentastichum (Pfitzer ex Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1915
~`Bolbophyllum Spreng. 1826 - See Bulbophyllum Thouars 1822 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE ?, SUBTRIBE Dendrobiinae.
Bolborchis Zoll. & Moritzi in A.Moritzi 1846 - See Nervilia Commons ex Gaudich. 1829 SUBFAMILY Epidenroideae, TRIBE Nervilieae SUBTRIBE Nerviliinae
~Bolborchis crociformis Zoll. & Moritzi 1846 - See Nervilia simplex (Thouars) Schltr. 1911
~Bollea Rchb.f 1852 - See Pescatoria Rchb.f. 1852 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Cymbidieae, SUBTRIBE Zygopetalinae
~Bollea cardonae Schnee 1953 - See Pescatoria hemixantha [Rchb.f] Dressler 2005
~*Bollea coelestis Rchb.f 1876 - See Pescatoria coelestis (Rchb.f.) Dressler 2005
~*Bollea ecuadorana Dodson 1984 - See Pescatoria ecuadoriana [Dodson] Dressler 2005
~Bollea guiannensis Klotsch 1848 - See Pescatoria violacea [Lindley] Dressler 2005
~*Bollea hemixantha Rchb.f. 1888 - See Pescatoria hemixantha [Rchb.f] Dressler 2005
~*Bollea hirtzii Waldvogel 1982 - See Pescatoria hirtzii [Waldvogel] Dressler 2005
~Bollea lalindei (Linden) Rchb.f. 1874 - See Pescatoria lalindei (Linden) Dressler 2005
~Bollea lawrenciana [Rchb.f] Rchb. f. 1878 - See Pescatoria lawrenceana [Rchb.f] Dressler 2005
~Bollea lehmanni Rchb.f 1879 - see Pescatorea lehmannii Rchb. f. 1879
~Bollea pulvinaris Rchb.f 1877 - See Pescatoria pulvinaris (Rchb.f.) Dressler 2005
~Bollea schroederiana R.H. Torr. ex Sander 1895 - See Pescatoria wallisii Linden '&' Rchb. f. 1869
~*Bollea violacea (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1952 - See Pescatoria violacea [Lindley] Dressler 2005
~Bollea violacea f. alba Christenson 1991 publ. 1992 - See Pescatoria violacea [Lindley] Dressler 2005
~Bollea wendlandi Rchb. f. 1888 - See Cochleanthes aromatica [Rchb.f] Schultes '&' Garay 1954
~Bollea wendlandiana Rchb.f 1888 - See Cochleanthes aromatica [Rchb.f] Schultes '&' Garay 1954
~Bollea whitei (Rolfe) Schltr. 1920 - See Pescatoria whitei (Rolfe) Dressler 2005
`Bolusiella Schltr. 1918 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Vandeae, SUBTRIBE Aerangidinae.
There are 6 miniature, fan-shaped species in this genus made up of monopodial, epiphytic herbs with short stems, fine roots, bilaterally flattened, fleshy leaves and many flowered inflorescence arising basally and carrying small white flowers
Common Name or Meaning Named in honor of South African Botanist Harry Bolus 1800's
Type species = ! = Bolusiella maudiae (Bolus) Schltr. 1918
~Bolusiella alinae Szlach. 2001 - See Bolusiella talbotii (Rendle) Summerh. 1936
~ Bolusiella batesii (Rolfe) Schltr. 1918 - See Bolusiella zenkeri (Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1918
LATER
~Bolusiella imbricata (Rolfe) Schltr. 1918 - See Bolusiella maudiae (Bolus) Schltr. 1918
~Bolusiella iridifolia subsp. picea P.J.Cribb 1977 - See Bolusiella iridifolia (Rolfe) Schltr. 1918
~Bolusiella lebeliana Delp. & Geerinck 1998 - See Bolusiella iridifolia (Rolfe) Schltr. 1918
TO THROUGH
TO THROUGH
`Bonatea Willd.1805 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Orchideae, SUBTRIBE Orchidinae
There are 13 species in this terrestrial genus found in tropical Africa and northern Yemen. A terrestrial genus with fleshy tuberous roots and leafy stems that has leaves that are mostly withered by blooming time. The flowers are large, green and white with a hood like dorsal sepal, deflexed lateral sepals, bilobed petals, lip with a basal claw, and a cylindrical spur. This genus can be grown in the manner of Disa yet needs drier, brighter, warm to cool conditions.
Common Name or Meaning Named for M. Bonat Italian botanist
Type species = ! = Bonatea speciosa (L. f.) Willd. 1805
~Bonatea arabica (Deflers) Cortesi 1905 - See Bonatea steudneri (Rchb.f.) T.Durand & Schinz 1894
~Bonatea benghalensis Griff. 1844 - See Habenaria digitata Lindl.1835
~Bonatea bilabrella Lindl. 1835 - See Habenaria falcicornis (Lindl.) Bolus 1882
~Bonatea bracteata G.McDonald & McMurtry 1991 - See Habenaria transvaalensis Schltr. 1895
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~Bonatea cirrhata Lindl. 1835 - See Habenaria cirrhata (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1865
~Bonatea clavata Lindl 1836 - See Habenaria clavata (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1865
~Bonatea darwinii Weale 1869 - See Bonatea cassidea Sond. 1846
~Bonatea densiflora Sond. 1846 - See Bonatea speciosa [L.f.] Willd. 1805
~Bonatea eminii (Kraenzl.) Rolfe 1898 - See Bonatea steudneri (Rchb.f.) T.Durand & Schinz 1894
~Bonatea flexuosa Lindl. 1835 - See Habenaria flexuosa Lindl. 1835
~Bonatea foliosa (Sw.) Lindl 1835 - See Habenaria epipactidea Rchb.f. 1867
~Bonatea herbacea Wall. ex Lindl. 1835 - See Habenaria digitata Lindl.1835
~*Bonatea incarnata Lyall ex Lindl. 1835 - See Habenaria incarnata (Lyall ex Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1865
~Bonatea insignis (Schltr.) Summerh.1952 - See Bonatea polypodantha (Rchb.f.) L.Bolus 1928
~Bonatea kayseri (Kraenzl.) Rolfe 1898 - See Bonatea steudneri (Rchb.f.) T.Durand & Schinz 1894
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~*Bonatea macilenta Lindl. ex Benth.1843 - See Habenaria macilenta (Lindl. ex Benth.) Rchb.f. 1865
~Bonatea micrantha Lindl. 1835 - See Habenaria arenaria Lindl. 1835
~Bonatea minor Mundt ex Kraenzl. 1893 - See Habenaria falcicornis (Lindl.) Bolus 1882
~Bonatea panduana Lindl. ex Wall. 1832 - See Habenaria digitata Lindl.1835
~Bonatea pauciflora Lindl. 1835 - See Habenaria trifida Kunth 1816
~Bonatea philippsii (Rolfe) Rolfe 1898 - See Bonatea steudneri (Rchb.f.) T.Durand & Schinz 1894
~Bonatea pirottae Cortesi 1904 - See Bonatea steudneri (Rchb.f.) T.Durand & Schinz 1894
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~*Bonatea pratensis Lindl. 1835 - See Habenaria pratensis (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1850
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~Bonatea saundersiae (Harv.) T.Durand & Schinz 1894 - See Bonatea cassidea Sond. 1846
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~Bonatea speciosa var. antennifera (Rolfe) Sommerville 1982 - See Bonatea antennifera Rolfe 1905
~Bonatea sudanensis Rolfe 1910 - See Bonatea steudneri (Rchb.f.) T.Durand & Schinz 1894
~*Bonatea tentaculifera Summerh. 1949 - See Habenaria bonateoides Ponsie 2007
~Bonatea tetrapetala Lindl. 1836 - See Habenaria falcicornis (Lindl.) Bolus 1882
~Bonatea ugandae Rolfe 1906 - See Bonatea steudneri (Rchb.f.) T.Durand & Schinz 1894
~*Bonatea verdickii De Wild. 1902 - See Habenaria verdickii (De Wild.) Schltr. 1915
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~Bonniera Cordem. 1899 - See Angraecum Bory 1804 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Vandeae, SUBTRIBE Angraecinae
~ Bonniera appendiculata (Frapp. ex Cordem.) Cordem. 1899 - See Angraecum appendiculatum Frapp. ex Cordem. 1895
~ Bonniera corrugata Cordem. 1899 - See Angraecum corrugatum (Cordem.) Micheneau 2008
~Boryangraecum (Schltr.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka 2013 Angraecum Bory 1804 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Vandeae, SUBTRIBE Angraecinae.
~Boryangraecum myrianthum (Schltr.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka 2013 - See Angraecum myrianthum Schltr. 1913
~Boryangraecum ochraceum (Ridl.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka 2013 - See Angraecum ochraceum (Ridl.) Schltr. 1915
~Boryangraecum pinifolium (Bosser) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka 2013 - See Angraecum pinifolium Bosser 1970
~Boryangraecum pumilio (Schltr.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka 2013 - See Angraecum pumilio Schltr. 1916
~Boryangraecum sacciferum (Lindl.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka 2013 - See Angraecum sacciferum Lindl. 1837
~Boryangraecum teres (Summerh.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka 2013 - See Angraecum teres Summerh. 1958
~Boryangraecum vesiculiferum (Schltr.) Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka 2013 - See Angraecum vesiculiferum Schltr. 1925
~Bothriochilus Lem. 1856 - See Coelia Lindley 1830 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendeae, .
~Bothriochilus bellus Lem. 1856 - See Coelia bella (Lem.) Rchb. f. 1861
~Bothriochilus densiflorus (Rolfe) Ames & Correll 1942 - See Coelia densiflora Rolfe 1906
~Bothriochilus guatemalensis (Rchb. f.) L.O. Williams 1940 - See Coelia guatemalensis Rchb. f. 1861
~Bothriochilus macrostachyus (Lindl.) L.O. Williams 1940 - See Coelia macrostachya Lindl. 1842
~`Bouletia M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Dendrobium Sw. 1799 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE ?, SUBTRIBE Dendrobiinae
~Bouletia finetiana (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Dendrobium finetianum Schltr.1906
~Braasiella Braem, Lückel & Rüssmann 1984 - See Tolumnia Raf. 1837 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Cymbidieae SUBTRIBE Oncidiinae
~Braasiella arizajuliana (Withner & J.Jiménez Alm.) Braem, Lückel & M.Rüssmann 1984 - See Tolumnia arizajuliana (Withner & J.Jiménez Alm.) Ackerman 1997
Brachionidium Lindley 1859 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Pleurothallidinae.
There are 76 species spread throughout tropical America in this terrestrial and epiphytic genus of sub-viney orchids that often occur at elevations of 1000 to 3000 meters on embankments and low down on tree trunks in cloud forests. The genus is characterized by no pseudobulbs, an elongate, creeping rhizome, short ramicauls with glabrous sheaths and a single glabrous leaf, the presence of a joint between the pedicel and the ovary, similar petals that are smaller than the dorsal sepal and synsepal and the 6 to 8 hard pollina.
Synonyms Yolanda Hoehne 1919
Common Name or Meaning the name refers to the short arms on the column
Type species Restrepia parviflora Lindley = ! = Brachionidium parvifolium (Lindl.) Lindl. 1859
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~Brachionidium concolor Lindl. 1859 - See Brachionidium tuberculatum Lindl. 1859
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~Brachionidium dungsii Pabst 1972 - See Brachionidium restrepioides (Hoehne) Pabst 1975
~Brachionidium dussii Cogn. 1910 - See Brachionidium parvum Cogn. 1909
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~Brachionidium floribundum Garay 1956 - See Brachionidium tuberculatum Lindl. 1859
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~Brachionidium portillae Luer 2004 - See Brachionidium pepe-portillae Luer & Hirtz 2005
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~Brachionidium sherringii var. parvum (Cogn.) Stehlé 1939 - See Brachionidium parvum Cogn. 1909
~Brachionidium sherringii var. typicum Stehlé 1939 - See Brachionidium sherringii Rolfe 1893
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~ Brachionidium steyermarkii Foldats 1968 - See Brachionidium tuberculatum Lindl. 1859
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Brachtia Rchb.f. 1850 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Cymbidieae SUBTRIBE Oncidiinae
This is a small genus of 7 species found in the Andes from Venezuela to Ecuador and grows cool to cold as a small epiphyte with stout ascending rhizomes covered with papery sheaths giving rise to compressed, narrowly oblong-ovate pseudobulbs carrying 1-2, fleshy leaves. The flowers have inflated bracts that almost cover the flowers and the lip is saccate at the base with two hard pollina attached to a stipe and viscidium. The flowers arise on a inflorescence that have all the flowers crowded toward the apex and arise individually out of the compressed bracts with up to 5 open at a time much like Thrixspermum.
Kew now puts all these species within Brassia due to genetic similarities but I feel that they should remain separate as they are well distinguished by sight.
Common Name or Meaning Named for Capt Albrecht Bracht an Austrian 1800's
Synonyms Oncodia Lindl. 1853
Type species = ! = Brachtia glumacea Rchb.f 1849
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~Brachtia verruculifera Schlechter 1920 - See Brachtia andina Rchb.f 1856
Brachycladium (Luer) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes Sw. 1799 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae , TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Pleurothallidinae
~Brachycladium ariasianum (Luer & L.Jost) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes ariasiana Luer & L.Jost 1998
~Brachycladium cardiocheilum (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes cardiocheila Luer & R.Escobar 1994
~Brachycladium catellum (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes catella Luer & R.Escobar 1983
~Brachycladium chilopse (Luer & Hirtz) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes chilopsis Luer & Hirtz 2002
~Brachycladium ciliare (Luer & Hirtz) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes ciliaris Luer & Hirtz 1994
~Brachycladium compositum (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes composita Luer & R.Escobar 1994
~Brachycladium cordilabium (Luer) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes cordilabia Luer 2002
~Brachycladium dactylum (Garay) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes dactyla Garay 1971
~Brachycladium destitutum (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes destituta Luer & R.Escobar 1988
~Brachycladium erepse (Luer & Hirtz) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes erepsis Luer & Hirtz 1986
~Brachycladium exiguum (Luer & L.Jost) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes exigua Luer & L.Jost 2002
~Brachycladium geminipetalum (Luer & J.Portilla) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes geminipetala Luer & J.J. Portilla 2002
~Brachycladium hippocrepicum (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes hippocrepica Luer & R.Escobar 1991
~Brachycladium irrasum (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes irrasa Luer & R.Escobar 1994
~Brachycladium lunare (Luer) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes lunaris Luer 1994
~Brachycladium lupulum (Luer & Hirtz) Luer, 2005 - See Lepanthes lupula Luer & Hirtz 1984
~Brachycladium lynnianum (Luer) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes lynniana Luer 2002
~ Brachycladium micropetalum (L.O.Williams) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes micropetala L.O.Williams 1940
~Brachycladium monilium (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes monilia Luer & R.Escobar 1983
~Brachycladium nummularium (Rchb.f.) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes nummularia Rchb.f. 1856
~ Brachycladium octocornutum (Luer) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes octocornuta Luer 2002
~Brachycladium pendens (Garay) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes pendens Garay 1956
~Brachycladium persimile (Luer & Sijm) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes persimilis Luer & Sijm 2002
~Brachycladium pholeter (Luer) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes pholeter Luer 1994
~Brachycladium pilosellum (Rchb.f.) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes pilosella Rchb. f. 1886
~Brachycladium platysepalum (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes platysepala Luer & R.Escobar 1994
~Brachycladium pseudocaulescens (L.B.Sm. & S.K.Harris) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes pseudocaulescens L.B.Sm. & S.K.Harris 1934 <
~Brachycladium ricii (Luer & R.Vásquez) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes ricii Luer & R.Vásquez 1994
~Brachycladium stalactites (Luer & Hirtz) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes stalactites Luer & Hirtz 1987
~Brachycladium triangulare (Luer) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes triangularis Luer 1994
~ Brachycladium tridactylum (Luer) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes tridactyla Luer 2002
~Brachycladium ursulum (Luer & R.Escobar) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes ursula Luer & R.Escobar 1994
~Brachycladium viebrockianum (Luer & L.Jost) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes viebrockiana Luer & L.Jost 1998
~Brachycladium villosum (Lřjtnant) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes villosa Lřjtnant 1977
~Brachycladium werneri (Luer) Luer 2005 - See Lepanthes werneri Luer 2002
Brachycorythis Lindl. 1838 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Orchideae SUBTRIBE Orchidinae
There are about 35 species in this terrestrial genus found mostly in Africa and Madagascar but in tropical Asia as well. Closely related to to the European genera Orchis and Dactylorhiza and very close to Habenaria but it has floral bracts that are longer than the flowers. They are characterized by having fusiform or ellipsoid roots, a leafy stem carrying numerous overlapping, glabrous or pubescent leaves and gives rise to a terminal, many flowered inflorescence and can be grown like the genus Phaius. It has free sepals with the petals adnate to the column base, the lip is broadly obcordate to flabelliform, has an entire to bilobulate apex with a sinus in between the lobes or a central apiculum. The slightly curved, clavate to broadly conical spur is shorter than the lip. There are 2 granular pollina with short caudicles and a naked viscidia.
Common Name or Meaning refers to the helmut shaped flower
Type species = ! = Brachycorythis ovata Lindl. 1838
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~Brachycorythis acutiloba Rendle 1911 - See Brachycorythis ovata Lindl. 1838
~Brachycorythis allisonii Rolfe 1912 - See Brachycorythis ovata Lindl. 1838
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~Brachycorythis baumii Schltr. 1921 - See Brachycorythis pubescens Harv. 1860
~Brachycorythis briantiana Kraenzl. ex De Wild. & T.Durand 1899 - See Brachycorythis pleistophylla Rchb.f. 1881
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~*Brachycorythis bulbinella Rchb.f. 1867 - See Schizochilus bulbinella (Rchb.f.) Bolus 1889
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~ Brachycorythis conica subsp. longilabris Summerh. 1955 - See Brachycorythis conica (Summerh.) Summerh. 1955
~Brachycorythis conica subsp. transvaalensis Summerh. 1955 - See Brachycorythis conica (Summerh.) Summerh. 1955
~Brachycorythis crassicornis Kraenzl. 1929 - See Brachycorythis tenuior Rchb.f. 1865
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~Brachycorythis engleriana Kraenzl. 1895 - See Brachycorythis tenuior Rchb.f. 1865
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~*Brachycorythis gerrardii Rchb.f. 1867 - See Schizochilus gerrardii (Rchb.f.) Bolus 1889
~Brachycorythis goetziana Kraenzl. 1899 - See Brachycorythis pubescens Harv. 1860
~Brachycorythis grandis Kraenzl. 1914 - See Brachycorythis ovata Lindl. 1838
~Brachycorythis grandis var. sudanensis Braid 1925 - See Brachycorythis ovata Lindl. 1838
~Brachycorythis grandis var. ugandensis (Schltr.) Braid 1925 - See Brachycorythis ovata Lindl. 1838
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~Brachycorythis hirschbergii Braid 1925 - See Brachycorythis congoensis Kraenzl. 1898
~Brachycorythis hispidula (Rendle) Schltr. 1921 - See Brachycorythis pubescens Harv. 1860
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~Brachycorythis kassneriana Kraenzl. 1914 - See Brachycorythis pubescens Harv. 1860
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~Brachycorythis leopoldii Kraenzl. 1898 - See Brachycorythis pleistophylla Rchb.f. 1881
~Brachycorythis lisowskiana Szlach. & Olszewski, 1998 - See Brachycorythis conica (Summerh.) Summerh. 1955
~Brachycorythis macclouniei Braid 1925 - See Brachycorythis pleistophylla Rchb.f. 1881
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~Brachycorythis menglianensis Y.Y.Qian 2001 - See Brachycorythis helferi (Rchb. f.) Summerh. 1955
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~Brachycorythis obovalis Summerh. 1955 - See Brachycorythis acuta (Rchb.f.) Summerh. 1955
~Brachycorythis oligophylla Kraenzl. 1903 - See Brachycorythis angolensis (Schltr.) Schltr. 1921
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~Brachycorythis ovata subsp. schweinfurthii (Rchb.f.) Summerh. 1955 - See Brachycorythis ovata Lindl. 1838
~Brachycorythis ovata var. schweinfurthii (Rchb.f.) Szlach. & Olszewski 1998 - See Brachycorythis ovata Lindl. 1838
~Brachycorythis ovata subsp. welwitschii (Rchb.f.) Summerh. 1955 - See Brachycorythis ovata Lindl. 1838
~Brachycorythis parviflora Rolfe 1898 - See Brachycorythis buchananii (Schltr.) Rolfe 1898
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~Brachycorythis perrieri Schltr. 1916 - See Brachycorythis pleistophylla Rchb.f. 1881
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~Brachycorythis pleistophylla subsp. leopoldii (Kraenzl.) Summerh. 1955 - See Brachycorythis pleistophylla Rchb.f. 1881
~Brachycorythis pleistophylla var. leopoldii (Kraenzl.) Geerinck 1982 - See Brachycorythis pleistophylla Rchb.f. 1881
~Brachycorythis pulchra Schltr. 1915 - See Brachycorythis pleistophylla Rchb.f. 1881
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~Brachycorythis rhomboglossa Kraenzl. 1898 - See Brachycorythis tenuior Rchb.f. 1865
~Brachycorythis rosea A.Chev. ex Summerh. in J.Hutchinson & J.M.Dalziel 1936 - See Brachycorythis pumilio (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1882
~Brachycorythis schlechteri Geerinck 1982 - See Brachycorythis lastii Rolfe 1898
~Brachycorythis schweinfurthii Rchb.f. 1878 - See Brachycorythis ovata Lindl. 1838
~Brachycorythis schweinfurthii var. nigerica Braid 1925 - See Brachycorythis ovata Lindl. 1838
~Brachycorythis sibangensis Kraenzl. 1898 - See Brachycorythis tenuior Rchb.f. 1865
~Brachycorythis soyauxiana Kraenzl. 1898 - See Brachycorythis tenuior Rchb.f. 1865
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~Brachycorythis stolzii Schltr. 1921 - See Brachycorythis pubescens Harv. 1860
~Brachycorythis sudanica Schltr. 1921 - See Brachycorythis pubescens Harv. 1860
~Brachycorythis truncatolabellata (Hayata) S.S.Ying 1977 - See Brachycorythis galeandra (Rchb.f.) Summerh. 1955
~*Brachycorythis tysoni Bolus 1884 - See Neobolusia tysonii (Bolus) Schltr. 1895
~Brachycorythis ugandensis Schltr. 1922 - See Brachycorythis ovata Lindl. 1838
~Brachycorythis virginea (Bolus) Rolfe 1912 - See Dracomonticola virginea (Bolus) H.P.Linder & Kurzweil 1995
~Brachycorythis welwitschii Rchb.f. 1867 - See Brachycorythis ovata Lindl. 1838
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~Brachycorythis zeyheri (Sond.) Rchb.f. 1867 - See Schizochilus zeyheri Sond. 1846
`Brachypeza Garay 1972 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Vandeae, SUBTRIBE Aeridinae.
There are 12 species in this small sized, monopodial genus occuring from Indo-China to New Guinea that was split from Sarcochilus and have short stems carrying a few, fleshy leaves and bloom on long peduncles with a shorter club-shaped rachis carrying successive opening, short-lived flowers with free spreading sepals and petals, the dorsal sepal is erect, the laterals oblique and the trilobed, spured lip hangs from the column foot and the side lobes are large and erect, the mid-lobe is smaller and recurved and has a long, broadened around the stigma column with a short foot and carrying 2 pollina that are deeply divided.
Common Name or Meaning refers to the very short column foot
Type species ! = Brachypeza archytas (Ridl.) Garay 1972
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SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Cranichideae SUBTRIBE Spiranthinae.
There are presently 20 species in this rare terrestrial genus occuring from Mexico to southern Argentina and Chile. It is characterized by the terrestrial habit, the basal rosette of leaves, the resupinate flowers with a free dorsal sepal that does not form a tube and the stigmata is below the very short, soft, undivided rostellum and the four soft pollina.
Common Name or Meaning The Short Column Orchid
Type species ! = Brachystele unilateralis (Poir.) Schltr. 1920
~Brachystele aguacatensis (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 1920 - See Brachystele guayanensis (Lindl.) Schltr. 1920
~Brachystele atramentaria (Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1920 - See Brachystele widgrenii (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 1926
~Brachystele brenesii (Schltr.) Schltr. 1920 - See Brachystele guayanensis (Lindl.) Schltr. 1920
~Brachystele cycloglossa (Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1920 - See Brachystele cyclochila (Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1920
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~Brachystele hoehnei Pabst 1971 - See Brachystele dilatata (Lindl.) Schltr. 1920
~Brachystele lechleri Schltr. 1921 - See Brachystele unilateralis (Poir.) Schltr. 1920
~*Brachystele longiflora Schltr. 1920 - See Sauroglossum longiflorum (Schltr.) Garay 1978
~Brachystele minutiflora (A.Rich. & Galeotti) Burns-Bal. 1986 - See Microthelys minutiflora (A.Rich. & Galeotti) Garay 1980 publ. 1982
~ Brachystele nuil (Rich.) Schltr. 1921 - See Brachystele unilateralis (Poir.) Schltr. 1920
~Brachystele pedicellata (Cogn.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982 - See Platythelys paranaensis (Kraenzl.) Garay 1977
~ Brachystele polyantha (Rchb.f.) Burns-Bal. 1982 - See Mesadenus polyanthus (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 1920
~Brachystele spiranthoides Schltr. ex Mansf. 1928 - See Brachystele cyclochila (Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1920
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~Brachystele ulaei (Cogn.) Schltr. 1920 - See Brachystele dilatata (Lindl.) Schltr. 1920
`Bracisepalum J.J.Sm. 1933 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Podochileae, SUBTRIBE Coelogyninae.
There are 2 species in this rare epiphytic genus related to Coelogyne and occuring in Sulawesi and are characterized by ovoid pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical leaf and bloom on a terminal, arising with a new pseudobulb, 8 to 40 flowered inflorescence carrying pink to yellow flushed with pink flowers.
Common Name or Meaning refers to the short sack shaped sepals that form a 2 lobed chin
Type species ! = Bracisepalum selebicum J.J.Sm.1933
`Braemia Jenny 1985.SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Cymbidieae, SUBTRIBE Catasetinae.
There is a single species in this hot growing terrestrial genus occuring in northern to western South America characterized by ovoid pseudobulbs carrying a single apical, thin, plicate leaf and a stiffly erect, many flowered inflorescence with the sepals and petals free, the lobed hypochile of the lip is articulated to the apex of the column foot, and the epichile is attached to the hypochile which is usually glabrous. The elongate slender column and the 2 hard pollina are attached to an elongate stipe and is united to a very small viscidium.
Common Name or Meaning Braem's Orchid [Belgian Taxomonist current]
Type species ! = Braemia vittata (Lindl.) Jenny 1985
~`× Brasicattleya Campacci 2006 - See × Laeliocattleya Rolfe 1887 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Laeliinae
~× Brasicattleya elegans (C.Morren) Campacci 2006 - See × Laeliocattleya elegans (C.Morren) Rolfe 1889
~`Brasilaelia Campacci 2006 - See Laelia Lindley
~× Brasicattleya elegans (C.Morren) Campacci 2006 - See Laelia purpurata Lindley and Paxton 1852
~`Brasilaelia Campacci 2006 - See Laelia Lindley 1831 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Laeliinae
~Brasilaelia crispa (Lindl.) Campacci 2006 - See Laelia crispa [Lindl.] Rchb. f. 1853
~Brasilaelia fidelensis (Pabst) Gutfreund 2006 - See Laelia fidelensis Pabst 1967
~Brasilaelia grandis (Lindl. & Paxton) Gutfreund 2006 - See Laelia grandis Lindl. & Paxton 1850-1
~Brasilaelia lobata (Lindl.) Gutfreund 2006 - See Laelia lobata (Lindl.) H.J. Veitch 1887
~Brasilaelia perrinii (Lindl.) Campacci 2006 - See Laelia perrinii [Lindl.] Lindley 1842 Bateman 1847
~Brasilaelia purpurata (Lindl. & Paxton) Campacci 2006 - See Laelia purpurata Lindley and Paxton 1852
~Brasilaelia tenebrosa (Rolfe) Campacci 2006 - See Laelia tenebrosa [Rolfe]Rolfe 1893
~Brasilaelia virens (Lindl.) Campacci 2006 - See Laelia virens Lindley 1844
~Brasilaelia xanthina (Lindl.) Campacci 2006 - See Laelia xanthina Lindley 1859
~`Brasilidium Campacci 2006 - See Oncidium Sw. 1800 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Cymbidieae SUBTRIBE Oncidiinae.
~Brasilidium concolor (Hook.) F.Barros & V.T.Rodrigues 2010 - See Oncidium concolor Hook. 1841
~Brasilidium crispum (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Campacci 2006 - See Oncidium crispum Lodd. 1832
~Brasilidium curtum (Lindl.) Campacci 2006 - See Oncidium curtum Lindl. 1847
~Brasilidium dasytyle (Rchb.f.) F.Barros & V.T.Rodrigues 2010 - See Oncidium dasytyle Rchb. f. 1873
~Brasilidium forbesii (Hook.) Campacci 2006 - See Oncidium forbesii Hook. 1839
~Brasilidium gardneri (Lindl.) Campacci 2006 - See Oncidium gardneri Lindl. 1843
~Brasilidium gravesianum (Rolfe) Campacci 2006 - See Oncidium gravesianum Rolfe 1892
~Brasilidium × litum (Rchb.f.) Campacci 2006 - See Oncidium x litum Rchb.f. 1883
~Brasilidium marshallianum (Rchb.f.) Campacci 2006; - See Oncidium marshallianum Rchb. f. 1866
~Brasilidium novaesae (Ruschi) Chiron 2014 - See Oncidium novaesae Ruschi 1970
~Brasilidium pectorale (Lindl.) Campacci 2006 - See Oncidium pectorale Lindl. 1840
~Brasilidium praetextum (Rchb.f.) Campacci 2006 - See Oncidium praetextum Morr. 1873
~Brasilidium zappii (Pabst) Campacci 2006 - See Oncidium novaesae Ruschi 1970
~Brasiliorchis R.B.Singer 2007 - See Maxillaria Ruiz and Pavon 1794 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Cymbidieae, SUBTRIBE Oncidiinae
~Brasiliorchis barbosae (Loefgr.) R.B.Singer, S.Koehler & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria barbosae Loefgr. 1918
~Brasiliorchis chrysantha (Barb.Rodr.) R.B.Singer, S.Koehler & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria chrysantha Barb. Rodr. 1871
~Brasiliorchis consanguinea (Klotzsch) R.B.Singer, S.Koehler & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria consanguinea Klotzsch 1853
~Brasiliorchis gracilis (Lodd.) R.B.Singer, S.Koehler & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria gracilis Lodd. 1832
~Brasiliorchis kautskyi (Pabst) R.B.Singer, S.Koehler & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria kautskyi Pabst 1972
~Brasiliorchis marginata (Lindl.) R.B.Singer, S.Koehler & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria marginata [Lindley] Fenzl 1854 [1855]
~Brasiliorchis phoenicanthera (Barb.Rodr.) R.B.Singer, S.Koehler & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria phoenicanthera Barb. Rodr. 1881
~Brasiliorchis picta (Hook.) R.B.Singer, S.Koehler & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria picta Hook. 1832
~Brasiliorchis porphyrostele (Rchb.f.) R.B.Singer, S.Koehler & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria porphyrostele Rchb. f. 1873
~Brasiliorchis schunkeana (Campacci & Kautsky) R.B.Singer, S.Koehler & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria schunkeana M.A. Campacci & R.A. Kautsky 1993
~Brasiliorchis ubatubana (Hoehne) R.B.Singer, S.Koehler & Carnevali 2007 - See Maxillaria ubatubana Hoehne 1947
~`Brasilocycnis G.Gerlach & Whitten 1999 - See Lueckelia Jenny 1999.SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Cymbidieae, SUBTRIBE Catasetinae
~Brasilocycnis breviloba (Summerh.) G.Gerlach & Whitten 1999 - See Lueckelia breviloba (Summerh.) Jenny 1999
`Brasolia (Rchb.f.) Baranow, Dudek & Szlach. 2017 - See Sobralia Ruiz and Pavon 1794 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Sobralieae, SUBTRIBE Sobraliinae.
~Brasolia altissima (D.E.Benn. & Christenson) Baranow, Dudek & Szlach. 2017 - See Sobralia altissima D.E.Benn. & Christenson 1999
~Brasolia boliviensis (Schltr.) Baranow, Dudek & Szlach. 2017 - See Sobralia boliviensis Schltr. 1913
~Brasolia caloglossa (Schltr.) Baranow, Dudek & Szlach. 2017 - See Sobralia caloglossa Schltr. 1929
~Brasolia cattleya (Rchb.f.) Baranow, Dudek & Szlach. 2017 - See Sobralia cattleya Rchb.f.1877
~Brasolia ciliata (C.Presl) Baranow, Dudek & Szlach. 2017 - See Sobralia ciliata (C. Presl) C. Schweinf. & Foldats 1969
~Brasolia dichotoma (Ruiz & Pav.) Baranow, Dudek & Szlach. 2017 - See Sobralia dichotoma Ruiz & Pavon 1798
Brasolia dorbignyana (Rchb.f.) Baranow, Dudek & Szlach. 2017 - See Sobralia dorbignyana Rchb. f. 1906
~Brasolia flava (Baranow & Szlach.) Baranow, Dudek & Szlach. 2017 - See Sobralia flava Baranow & Szlach., Nordic J. Bot. 35: 40 (2016
~*Brasolia floribunda Rchb.f. ex Baranow, Dudek & Szlach. 2017 - See Sobralia floribunda [Baranow, Dudek & Szlach.] in. ed.
~Brasolia hirtzii (Dodson) Baranow, Dudek & Szlach. 2017 - See Sobralia hirtzii Dodson 2004
~Brasolia kermesina (Garay) Baranow, Dudek & Szlach. 2017 - See Sobralia kermesina Garay 1956
~Brasolia mutisii (P.Ortiz) Baranow, Dudek & Szlach. 2017 - See Sobralia mutisii P.Ortiz 2004
~Brasolia odorata (Schltr.) Baranow, Dudek & Szlach. 2017 - See Sobralia odorata Schltr. 1924
~ Brasolia oliva-estevae (Carnevali & I.Ramírez) Baranow, Dudek & Szlach. 2017 - See Sobralia oliva-estevae Carnevali & I.Ramírez 1990
~Brasolia roezlii (Rchb.f.) Baranow, Dudek & Szlach. 2017 - See Sobralia roezlii Rchb. f. 1873
~Brasolia scopulorum (Rchb.f.) Baranow, Dudek & Szlach. 2017 - See Sobralia scopulorum Rchb.f. 1873
~Brasolia semperflorens (Kraenzl.) Baranow, Dudek & Szlach. 2017 - See Sobralia dorbignyana Rchb. f. 1906
~Brasolia sobralioides (Kraenzl.) Baranow, Dudek & Szlach. 2017 - See Sobralia sobralioides (Kraenzl.) Garay 1978
~Brasolia speciosa (C.Schweinf.) Baranow, Dudek & Szlach. 2017 - See Sobralia speciosa C.Schweinf. 1961
~Brasolia stenophylla (Lindl.) Baranow, Dudek & Szlach. 2017 - See Sobralia stenophylla Lindl. 1854
~Brasolia uribei (P.Ortiz) Baranow, Dudek & Szlach. 2017 - See Sobralia uribei P.Ortiz 1994
`Brassavola R. Brown 1813 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Laeliinae.
The eighteen, epiphytic and sometimes lithophytic species of Brassavola are spread throughout the tropical lowland Americas, are most heavily fragrant at night and many have a citrus smell. They have a single, apical, subterete leaf on a pencil-like pseudobulb and bloom with a single or a raceme of a few large flowers with elongate narrow sepals and petals and the base of the lip embracing at least a portion of the column which carries 12, sometimes eight unequal pollina occuring as a rule in spring, summer and fall. They are allied with the Cattleyas and are used extensively in hybridizing. They are the "B" in BLC in many orchids that are commonly grown. Most likely pollinated by moths attracted to the nocturnal scent.
Common Name or Meaning Named for the Italian Doctor A. M. Brassavole
Synonyms `Lysimnia Raf. 1836[1838]; `Tulexis Raf. 1836[1838]
Type species ! = Epidendrum cucullatum L. 1763= ! = Brassavola cucullata [L.]R.Br. 1813
SUBGENUS Brassavola SECTION Cuneilabia
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~Brassavola amazonica Poepp. '&' Endl. 1836 - See Brassavola martiana Lindl. 1836
SUBGENUS Sessililabia SECTION Prionoglossa
SUBGENUS Sessililabia SECTION Conchoglossa
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SUBGENUS Brassavola SECTION Cuneilabia
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Brassavola cordata Lindley 1836 - See Brassavola subulifolia Lindley 1831
SUBGENUS Brassavola SECTION Brassavola
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~Brassavola cucullata [L.]R.Br. var cuspidata [Hkr.] LIndley 1887 - See !Brassavola cucullata [L.] R.Br. 1813
~Brassavola cucullata [L.]R.Br. var elegans Schlechter 1831 - See !Brassavola cucullata [L.] R.Br. 1813
~Brassavola cuspidata Hooker 1839 - See !Brassavola cucullata [L.] R.Br. 1813
~*Brassavola digbyana Lindley 1846 - See Rhyncholaelia digbyana [Lindl.]Schlechter 1918
~Brassavola digbyana f. fimbripetala (Ames) O.Gruss & M.Wolff 2007 - See Rhyncholaelia digbyana [Lindl.]Schlechter 1918
~Brassavola digbyana var fimbripetala [Ames] H.G. Jones 1962 - See Rhyncholaelia digbyana [Lindl.]Schlechter 1918
~Brassavola duckeana Horta 1937 - See Brassavola martiana Lindl. 1836
~Brassavola elegans Hook. 1831 - See Tetramicra elegans [Hamilton] Cogn. 1910
~Brassavola elongata Hort. 1954 - See !Brassavola cucullata [L.] R.Br. 1813
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~Brassavola fragrans Barb. Rodr. 1877 - See Brassavola flagellaris Barb. Rodr. 1881
~Brassavola fragrans Lem. 1853 - See Brassavola tuberculata Hooker 1829
SUBGENUS Sessililabia SECTION Prionochila
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~Brassavola gibbsiana Wms. 1884 - See Brassavola tuberculata Hooker 1829
~*Brassavola glauca Lindley 1840 - See Rhyncholaelia glauca [Lindley]Schlechter 1918
SUBGENUS Brassavola SECTION Cuneilabia
~Brassavola lineata Hook. f. 1853 - See Brassavola acaulis Lindl. 1851-2
SUBGENUS Sessililabia SECTION Prionoglossa
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~Brassavola martiana var multiflora [Schlechter] Jones 1969 - See Brassavola martiana Lindl. 1836
~Brassavola mathieuana Klotzsch 1853 - See Brassavola acaulis Lindl. 1851-2
~Brassavola multiflora Schltr. 1919 - See Brassavola martiana Lindl. 1836
~Brassavola nodosa Hkr. not Lindley 1833 - See Brassavola subulifolia Lindley 1831
SUBGENUS Brassavola SECTION Cuneilabia
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~Brassavola nodosa subsp. cordata (Lindl.) N.H. Williams - See Brassavola subulifolia Lindley 1831
~Brassavola nodosa var. grandiflora (Lindl.) H.G. Jones 1972 - See Brassavola grandiflora Lindley 1839
~Brassavola nodosa var rhopalorrhachis [Rchb.f] Schlechter 1919 - See Brassavola nodosa [L.]Lindley 1831
~Brassavola nodosa var venosa [Lindley] N. G. Jones 1969 - See Brassavola venosa Lindley 1840
~Brassavola odorattissima Regel 1852 - See !Brassavola cucullata [L.] R.Br. 1813
~Brassavola ovaliformis C. Schweinf. 1949 - See Brassavola chacoensis Kranzl. 1905
SUBGENUS Sessililabia SECTION Conchoglossa
to
~Brassavola perrinii var. pluriflora Hauman 1917 - See Brassavola perrinii Lindley 1833
~Brassavola pescatorii hort. ex Rchb. f. 1878 - See Epidendrum parkinsonianum Hooker 1840
~Brassavola psittacoglossa (Rchb.f.) Rollisson 1875 - See Bulbophyllum psittacoglossum Rchb. f. 1863
~*Brassavola pumilio Rchb.f 1844 - See Homalopetalum pumilio [Rchb.f]Schlechter 1923
~Brassavola reginae Pabst 1978 - See Brassavola cebolleta Rchb.f 1855
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~Brassavola rhomboglossa Pabst 1979 - See Brassavola tuberculata Hooker 1829
~Brassavola rhopalorrhachis Rchb.f 1852 - See Brassavola nodosa [L.]Lindley 1831
~Brassavola rigida Bold. 1909 - See Tetramicra canaliculata [Aubl]Urban 1918
~Brassavola scaposa Schlechter 1919 - See Brassavola grandiflora Lindley 1839
~Brassavola sloanei Griseb. 1859-60 - See Brassavola subulifolia Lindley 1831
~Brassavola sloanei Lindl. ex Heynh. 1841 - See Brassavola subulifolia Lindley 1831
~Brassavola stricta Hort 1885 - See Brassavola subulifolia Lindley 1831
~Brassavola suaveolens Galeotti ex Hemsl. 1879 - See Epidendrum falcatum Lindl. 1840
SUBGENUS Brassavola SECTION Cuneilabia
To LATE To
~Brassavola subulifolia Rolfe 1840 - See Brassavola subulifolia Lindley 1831
~Brassavola surinamensis Focke 1851 - See Brassavola angustata Lindl. 1838
~Brassavola trinervis Lindley 1831 - See Brassavola tuberculata Hooker 1829
SUBGENUS Sessililabia SECTION Conchoglossa
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~Brassavola tuberculata f. trilabellata A.S.Medeiros & Xim.Bols. 2013 - See Brassavola tuberculata Hooker 1829
SUBGENUS Brassavola SECTION Cuneilabia
THROUGH
Brassia R. Br. 1813 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Cymbidieae SUBTRIBE Oncidiinae
There are 29 species of Brassia spread throughout tropical America at altitudes below 1500 meters. The genus was described by Robert Brown in 1813 using Brassia maculata as the type species. They are commonly called 'The Spider Orchid' because of the flowers unique shape. It has also been discovered that this genus is extensively pollinated by female wasps [Pepsis and Campsomeris genera] that sting at the column attempting to pull it away to consume it, constantly stinging away at the lip, and in their struggle pick up the pollina on their head. They then rove to another flower where the pollina is stripped from their head by the bottom of the column where it enters the stigma. The genus is characterized by conspicuous pseudobulbs with one or two leaves at the apex, and distichious leaf-like sheaths encompassing the base and from these arise the lateral inflorescence that generally do not branch and have small inconspicuous floral bracts. The callus of the flower located at the base of the lip generally consists of two parellel lamellae which may become an apical tooth which can be separated or united to the lamella. The shape and form of this callus is the major distinguishing feature between each of the species. Generally the lip is smooth but in a few cases has warts and a bumpy surface, it is also free from the column and has no spur at the back. The there is no column foot and it is short with 2 fleshy, side lobes at oppposing sides at the base which also surrounds the base of the callus. The anther is at the apex of the column and carries two hard pollina attached to a rectangular stipe. They do well mounted on tree fern or potted with a well draining medium, and grown in intermediate conditions.
Common Name or Meaning Named for W. Brass an English botanist
Type species = ! = Brassia maculata R. Br. 1813
~*Brassia allenii L.O. Williams ex C. Schweinf. 1948 - See Ada allenii (L.O. Williams ex C. Schweinf.) N.H. Williams 1972
~Brassia andina (Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase 2011 - See Brachtia andina Rchb.f. 1856
~Brassia andreettae (Dodson) Senghas 1997 - See Ada andreettae Dodson 1993
~ Brassia antherotes Rchb. f. 1879 - See Brassia arcuigera Rchb.f 1869
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~Brassia aristata Lindley 1844 - See Brassia verrucosa Lindley 1840
~Brassia attenuata H.G.Jones 1969 - See Brassia chloroleuca Barb. Rodr. 1877
~Brassia aurantiaca (Lindl.) M.W.Chase 2011 - See Ada aurantiaca Lindl. 1853-4
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Brassia bennettiorum (Dodson) Senghas 1997 - See Ada bennettiorum Dodson 1989
~Brassia bicolor Rolfe 1892 - See Brassia wageneri Rchb. f. 1845
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~Brassia boliviensis Schltr. 1913 - See Brassia thyrsodes Rchb. f. 1868
To
~Brassia brachypus Rchb. f. 1875 - See Ada brachypus (Rchb. f.) N.H. Williams 1972
~Brassia brevis (Kraenzl.) M.W.Chase 2011 - See Brachtia brevis Kraenzl. 1920
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~Brassia caudata var. hieroglyphica Rchb. f. 1881 - See Brassia caudata (L.) Lindl. 1824
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~*Brassia chlorops Endres '&' Rchb. f. 1873 - See Ada chlorops (Endres '&' Rchb. f.) N.H. Williams 1972
~Brassia cinnabarina Linden ex Lindl. 1854 - See Ada aurantiaca Lindl. 1853-4
~Brassia cinnamomea Linden ex Lindl. 1854 - See Ada keiliana (Rchb. f. ex Lindl.) N.H. Williams 1972
~Brassia clowesia Lindley 1844 - See Miltonia clowesii Lindley 1840
~Brassia cochlearis (H.R.Sweet) M.W.Chase 2011 - See Brachtia cochlearis H.R.Sweet 1974
To
~Brassia coryandra C. Morr. 1848 - See Brassia verrucosa Lindley1840
~Brassia cowani R.H. Torr. ex Lindl. 1854 - See Brassia verrucosa Lindley 1840
~Brassia cryptophthalma Rchb. f. 1879 - See Brassia wageneri Rchb. f. 1845
~Brassia diphylla (H.R.Sweet) M.W.Chase 2011 - See Brachtia diphylla H.R.Sweet 1974
~*Brassia elegantula Rchb. f. 1885 - See Ada euodes (Rchb. f.) D.E. Benn. '&' Christenson 1998
~Brassia endresii (Kraenzl.) ined - See Mesospinidium warscewiczii Rchb. f. 1852
~*Brassia escobariana Garay 1973 - See Ada escobariana (Garay) Dodson in R.Escobar (ed.) 1990
~Brassia euodes Rchb. f. 1880 - See Ada euodes (Rchb. f.) D.E. Benn. '&' Christenson 1998
~Brassia filiana M.W.Chase 2011 - See Mesospinidium warscewiczii Rchb. f. 1852
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~*Brassia glumacea Lindley 1846 - See Ada glumacea (Lindl.) N.H. Williams 1972
~Brassia glumaceoides M.W.Chase 2011 - See Brachtia glumacea Rchb.f. 1850
~Brassia guttata Lindley 1842 - See Brassia maculata R. Br. 1813
~Brassia havanensis Lindl. 1854 - See Ada keiliana (Rchb. f. ex Lindl.) N.H. Williams 1972
~Brassia helenae Rchb. f. ex Linden 1881 - See Brassia warszewiczii Rchb. f. 1852
~Brassia hexodonta Rchb.f '&' Wars. 1854 - See Brassia warszewiczii Rchb. f. 1852
~Brassia hinksoniana H.G. Jones 1974 - See Brassia arcuigera Rchb.f 1869
~Brassia imbricata Lindl. 1864 - See Ada glumacea (Lindl.) N.H. Williams 1972
~Brassia josstiana Rchb. f. 1854 - See Brassia lanceana Lindley 1835
Brassia juninensis C. Schweinf. 1945 - See Brassia koehlerorum Schltr. 1921
~Brassia keiliana Rchb. f. ex Lindl. 1852-3 - See Ada keiliana (Rchb. f. ex Lindl.) N.H. Williams 1972
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~Brassia lanceana var. macrostachya (Lindl.) Lindl. 1854 - See Brassia macrostachya Lindl. 1838
~Brassia lanceana var. pumila [Lindl.]Lindl. 1854 - See Brassia pumila Lindley 1845
~Brassia lanceana var. viridiflora Hook. 1841- See Brassia bidens Lindley 1844
~Brassia lawrenceana Lindl. 1841 - See Brassia cochleata Knowles '&' Westc. 1838
~Brassia lawrenceana var angusta [Lindley] Lindley 1854 - See Brassia angusta Lindl. 1844
~*Brassia lawrenceana Lindley var. longissima Rchb.f 1868 - See Brassia arcuigera Rchb.f. 1869
~Brassia lewisii Rolfe 1893 - See Brassia caudata (L.) Lindl. 1824
~Brassia longicuspis Rchb. f. 1878 - See Ada brachypus (Rchb. f.) N.H. Williams 1972
~Brassia longiloba DC 1878 - See Brassia verrucosa Lindley 1840
~Brassia longissima [Rchb.f]Nash 1914 - See Brassia arcuigera Rchb.f 1869
To
~Brassia longissima (Rchb. f.) Schltr. 1914 - See Brassia arcuigera Rchb.f 1869
~Brassia longissima var. minor Schltr. 1922 - See Brassia caudata (L.) Lindl. 1824
To
~Brassia mendozae (Dodson) Senghas 1997 - See Ada mendozae Dodson 1993
~Brassia mexicana C.Schweinf. 1950 - See Brassia signata Rchb. f. 1881
To
~Brassia ocanensis Lindl. 1854 - See Ada ocanensis (Lindl.) N.H. Williams 1972
~Brassia odontoglossoides Klotsch & Karst. 1847 - See Brassia verrucosa Lindley 1840
~Brassia oestlundiana L.O.Williams 1951 - See Rhynchostele maculata (La Llave '&' Lex.) Soto Arenas '&' Salazar 1824
~Brassia ophioglossoides Klotzsch & Karst. - See Brassia verrucosa Lindley 1840
~Brassia parviflora Ames & C. Schweinf. 1925 - See Ada chlorops (Endres '&' Rchb. f.) N.H. Williams 1972
To LATE and
~Brassia pozoi (Dodson '&' N.H.Williams) Senghas 1997 - See Ada pozoi Dodson '&' N.H. Williams 1984
~Brassia rhizomatosa Garay '&' Dunst. 1965 - See Brassia arcuigera Rchb.f 1869
~*Brassia rolandoi (D.E.Benn.& Christenson) Senghas 1997 - See Ada rolandoi D.E.Benn.& Christenson 1994
To
~Brassia spathacea Linden '&' Rchb. f. 1854 - See Ada ocanensis (Lindl.) N.H. Williams 1972
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To LATE TO EARLY
~Brassia verrucosa subsp. gireoudiana (Rchb.f. '&' Warsz.) Dressler '&' N.H.Williams 2003 - See - See Brassia gireoudiana Rchb. f. '&' Warsz. 1854
~Brassia villosa Lindl. 1853 - See Brassia warszewiczii Rchb. f. 1852
To
TO EARLY
~Brassia whewellii J.M.H.Shaw 2014 - See Ada peruviana D.E.Benn. & Christenson 2001
~Brassia wrayae Skinner 1843 - See Brassia maculata R. Br. 1813
~Brassiopsis Szlach. & Górniak 2006 - See Ada Lindl. 1854 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Cymbidieae SUBTRIBE Oncidiinae
~Brassiopsis allenii (L.O.Williams ex C.Schweinf.) Szlach. & Górniak 2006 - See Ada allenii (L.O. Williams ex C. Schweinf.) N.H. Williams 1972
~Brassiopsis andreettae (Dodson) Szlach. & Górniak 2006 - See Ada andreettae Dodson 1993
~Brassiopsis bennettiorum (Dodson) Szlach. & Górniak 2006 - See Ada bennettiorum Dodson 1989
~Brassiopsis brachypus (Rchb.f.) Szlach. & Górniak 2006 - See Ada brachypus (Rchb. f.) N.H. Williams 1972
~Brassiopsis chlorops (Endrés & Rchb.f.) Szlach. & Górniak 2006 - See Ada chlorops (Endres & Rchb. f.) N.H. Williams 1972
~Brassiopsis elegantula (Rchb.f.) Szlach. & Górniak 2006 - See Ada elegantula (Rchb. f.) N.H. Williams 1972
~Brassiopsis glumacea (Lindl.) Szlach. & Górniak 2006 - See Ada glumacea (Lindl.) N.H. Williams 1972
~Brassiopsis keiliana (Rchb.f. ex Lindl.) Szlach. & Górniak 2006 - See Ada keiliana (Rchb. f. ex Lindl.) N.H. Williams 1972
~Brassiopsis mendozae (Dodson) Szlach. & Górniak 2006 - See Ada mendozae Dodson 1993
~Brassiopsis ocanensis (Lindl.) Szlach. & Górniak 2006 - See Ada ocanensis (Lindl.) N.H. Williams 1972
~Brassiopsis pozoi (Dodson & N.H.Williams) Szlach. & Górniak 2006 - See Ada pozoi Dodson & N.H. Williams 1984
~Brassiopsis rolandoi (D.E.Benn. & Christenson) Szlach. & Górniak 2006 - See Ada rolandoi D.E.Benn. & Christenson 1994
~` × Brassocattleya H G Jones 1972 publ. 1973 - See Cattleya Lindley 1824 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Laeliinae.
~× Brassocattleya araguaiensis (Pabst) H.G.Jones 1972 publ. 1973 - See Cattleya araguaiensis Pabst 1967
~`Brenesia Schlechter 1923 - See Pleurothallis R. Brown 1813 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Pleurothallidinae.
~Brenesia aspasicensis (Rchb.f.) Luer 2004 - See Echinosepala aspasicensis (Rchb. f.) Pridgeon '&' M.W. Chase 2002
~Brenesia balaeniceps (Luer & Dressler) Luer 2004 - See Echinosepala balaeniceps (Luer & Dressler) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 2002
~Brenesia costaricensis Schltr. 1923 - See Pleurothallis lateralis L.O.Williams 1956
~Brenesia herrerae (Luer) Luer 2004 - See Pleurothallis herrerae Luer 1991
~Brenesia johnsonii (Ames) Luer 2004 - See Pleurothallis johnsonii Ames 1923
~Brenesia lappiformis (A.H.Heller & L.O.Williams) Luer 2004 - See Echinosepala lappiformis (A.H.Heller & L.O.Williams) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 2002
~Brenesia pan (Luer) Luer 2004 - See Echinosepala pan (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 2002
~ Brenesia sempergemmata (Luer) Luer 2004 - See Echinosepala sempergemmata (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 2002
~Brenesia stonei (Luer) Luer 2004 - See Echinosepala stonei (Luer) Pridgeon '&' M.W. Chase 2002
~Brenesia tomentosa (Luer) Luer 2004 - See Echinosepala tomentosa (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase 2002
~Brenesia uncinata ( Fawc. ) Luer 2004 - See Echinosepala uncinata ( Fawc. ) Pridgeon '&' M.W.Chase 2002
~Brevilongium Christenson 2006 - See Oncidium Sw. 1800 and Otoglossum [Schlechter]Garay & Dunsterville 1976 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Cymbidieae SUBTRIBE Oncidiinae.
~Brevilongium globuliferum (Kunth) Christenson 2006 - See Oncidium globuliferum Kunth 1816
~Brevilongium harlingii (Stacy) Christenson 2006 - See Oncidium harlingii Stacy 1978
~Brevilongium luerorum (Dodson) Christenson 2006 - See Oncidium globuliferum Kunth 1816
~Brevilongium palaciosii (Dodson) Christenson 2006 - See Oncidium palaciosii Dodson 1996
~Brevilongium sancti-pauli (Kraenzl.) Christenson 2006- See Oncidium sancti-pauli Kraenzl. 1922
~Brevilongium scansor (Rchb.f.) Christenson 2006 - See Oncidium scansor Rchb. f. 1849-50
~Brevilongium serpens (Lindl.) Christenson 2006 - See Oncidium serpens Lindl. 1833
~Briegeria - See Jacquiniella Schltr. 1920 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Laeliinae.
~Briegeria aporophylla (L.O.Williams) Senghas 1980 - See Jacquiniella aporophylla (L.O.Williams) Dressler 1966
~Briegeria cernua (Lindl.) Senghas 1980 - See Jacquiniella cernua (Lindl.) Dressler 1966
~Briegeria cobanensis (Ames & Schltr.) Senghas 1980 - See Jacquiniella cobanensis (Ames & Schltr.) Dressler 1966
~Briegeria equitantifolia (Ames) Senhas - See Jacquiniella equitantifolia (Ames) Dressler 1966
~Briegeria standleyi (Ames) Senghas 1980 - See Jacquiniella standleyi (Ames) Dressler 1966
~Briegeria teretifolia [Sw.] Senhas 1980 - See Jacquiniella teretifolia (Sw.) Britton '&' P. Wilson 1926
Bromheadia Lindley 1841 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Cymbidieae, SUBTRIBE Bromheadiinae.
There are 30 species in this terrestrial or occasional epiphytic genus occuring in southeastern Asia, Australia and the Philippines. It is readily distinguished by having cane-like, slender stems, numerous, oblong to lanceolate leaves held horizontally or laterally compressed in one plane with the stem and blooms on a terminal or lateral, distichously arranged inflorescence carrying successively opening, ephemeral flowers with sessile pollina.
This genus can be grown like Sobralia but with less direct sun and slightly warmer temperatures in the winter.
Common Name or Meaning Bromhead's Orchid [English plant enthusiast 1800's]
Type species = ! = Bromheadia palustris Lindley 1841 = Bromheadia finlaysoniana (Lindl.) Miq. 1859
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~Bromheadia finlaysoniana var. sylvestris [Ridl.] Holttum 1953 - See Bromheadia finlaysoniana (Lindl.) Miq. 1859
~Bromheadia finlaysoniana var. palustris (Lindl.) J.J.Sm. 1911 - See Bromheadia finlaysoniana (Lindl.) Miq. 1859
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~Bromheadia palustris Lindl. 1841 - See Bromheadia finlaysoniana (Lindl.) Miq. 1859
~Bromheadia palustris var. papuana J.J.Sm. 1909 - See Bromheadia finlaysoniana (Lindl.) Miq. 1859
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~ Bromheadia philippinensis Ames & Quisumb. 1936 - See Bromheadia alticola Ridl. 1891
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~*Bromheadia rigida Ridl. 1893 - See Dilochia rigida (Ridl.) J.J.Wood 1993
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~Bromheadia sylvestris Ridl. 1891 - See Bromheadia finlaysoniana (Lindl.) Miq. 1859
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~Bromheadia venusta T.E.Hunt 1953 - See Bromheadia pulchra Schltr. 1912
Broughtonia R. Brown 1813 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Laeliinae.
A genus of 2 species and one natural hybrid found in Jamaica and Cuba. It is typified with flattened ovoid closely packed pseudobulbs with 2 apical stiff leaves. The inflorescence arises from the apex of the pseudobulb and the flowers open sequentially over months. They like hot to warm even conditions with bright light. They are allied to the Cattleya and are used often in breeding, such as the intergeneric cross Cattletonia. I find they are happiest mounted on tree branches and they can be affected easily by scale so occasional spraying with an insecticide is called for.
Common Name or Meaning Named for Mr Broughton an English botanist
Type species = ! = Broughtonia sanguinea [Sw.] R. Br. 1813
~Broughtonia alba (Hook.) Spreng. 1826 - See Maxillaria alba (Hook.) Lindl. 1832
~Broughtonia amoena Wall. ex Lindl. 1830 - See Otochilus fuscus Lindl.1830
~Broughtonia aurea Lindl. 1840 - See Cattleya aurantiaca [Bateman ex Lindley]P.N.Don 1840
~Broughtonia chinensis [Lindley]Ames 1842 - See Barkeria obovata [C. Presl]Christenson 1988[1989]
~Broughtonia coccinea Lindley 1835 - See !Broughtonia sanguinea [Sw.]R.Br. 1789
~Broughtonia cubensis Cogn. 1910 - See Cattleyopsis cubensis (Lindl.) Sauleda '&' R.M. Adams 1984
~Broughtonia domingensis [Lindley] Rolfe 1889 - See Laeliopsis domingensis Lindl. ex Paxton 1852-3
~Broughtonia fusca (Lindl.) Wall. 1890 - See Otochilus fuscus Lindl.1830
~Broughtonia grandiflora [HBK]Sprengel 1826 - See Maxillaria grandiflora [HBK] Lindley 1832
~Broughtonia lilacina Henfr. 1851 - See Laeliopsis domingensis Lindl. ex Paxton 1852-3
~Broughtonia lindenii (Lindl.) Dressler 1966 - See Cattleyopsis lindenii [Lindley]Cogn. 1910
~Broughtonia linearis Wall. ex Lindley 1830 - See Coelogyne ovalis Lindl 1838
~Broughtonia linearis Wall. ex Hook.f. 1890 - See Coelogyne ovalis Lindl 1838
~Broughtonia maculata (Kunth) Spreng. 1826 - See Zygopetalum maculatum (Kunth) Garay 1970
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~Broughtonia nitida Herb. ex Sweet 1826 - See Coelogyne nitida Lindley 1828
~Broughtonia ortgiesiana (Rchb. f.) Dressler 1966 - See Cattleyopsis ortgiesiana (Rchb. f.) Cogn. 1910
~Broughtonia pendula Wall. ex Lindl. 1830 - See Otochilus albus Lindl. 1828
~Broughtonia pendula Wall. ex Hook.f. 1890 - See Otochilus albus Lindl. 1828
~Broughtonia rosea (Mansf.) Dressler 1966 - See Quisqueya rosea (Mansf.) Dod 1979
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~Broughtonia tetragona (Thouars) Spreng. 1826 - See Phaius tetragonus (Thouars) Rchb.f. 1855
~Broughtonia violacea hort. ex T. Moore '&' Ayres 1851 - See Laeliopsis domingensis Lindl. ex Paxton 1852-3
Brownleea Harv. ex Lindl. 1842 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Orchideae, SUBTRIBE Brownleeinae
There are 8 species in this terrestrial genus segregated from Disa that occur in Africa and Madagascar. The genus is characterized by the pubescent to wooly tubers giving rise to glabrous, brown sheathing stem carrying 1 to a few, cauline, ovate to linear leaves that blooms on a terminal, erect, dense head like cluster or lax to dense racemose, rarely single flowered inflroescnece with shorter to longer than the ovary, acuminate, green, erect bracts and carrying white, pink or mauve flowers that are often dark spotted
Common Name or Meaning Brownlee's Orchid [English Missionary and orchid collector in South Africa 1800's]
Type species = ! = Brownleea parviflora Harv. ex Lindl. 1842
~Brownleea alpina (Hook.f.) N.E.Br.1898 - See Brownleea parviflora Harv. ex Lindl. 1842
~Brownleea apetala (Kraenzl.) N.E.Br. 1898 - See Brownleea parviflora Harv. ex Lindl. 1842
~Brownleea caerulea Harv. ex Lindl. 1842 - See Brownleea coerulea Harv. ex Lindl. 1842
~Brownleea fanniniae Rolfe 1920 - See Brownleea galpinii Bolus 1893
~Brownleea flavescens Schltr. 1924 - See Brownleea galpinii Bolus 1893
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~Brownleea galpinii subsp. major (Bolus) H.P.Linder 1981 - See Brownleea galpinii Bolus 1893
~Brownleea galpinii var. major Bolus 1893 - See Brownleea galpinii Bolus 1893
~Brownleea gracilis Schltr. 1915 - See Brownleea parviflora Harv. ex Lindl. 1842
~Brownleea leucantha Schltr. 1924 - See Brownleea galpinii Bolus 1893
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~Brownleea madagascarica Ridl. 1885 - See Brownleea coerulea Harv. ex Lindl. 1842
~Brownleea monophylla Schltr. 1895 - See Brownleea macroceras Sond. 1846
~Brownleea natalensis Rolfe 1913 - See Brownleea recurvata Sond.1846
~Brownleea nelsonii Rolfe 1913 - See Brownleea parviflora Harv. ex Lindl. 1842
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~Brownleea pentheriana Kraenzl. ex Zahlbr. 1905 - See Disa ophrydea (Lindl.) Bolus 1888
~Brownleea perrieri Schltr. 1924 - See Brownleea parviflora Harv. ex Lindl. 1842
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~Brownleea transvaalensis Schltr. 1924 - See Brownleea parviflora Harv. ex Lindl. 1842
~Brownleea woodii Rolfe 1913 - See Brownleea parviflora Harv. ex Lindl. 1842
~Bryobium Lindley 1836 - See Eria Lindley 1825 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Podochileae, SUBTRIBE Eriinae.
Common Name or Meaning
Type species = ! =
Synonyms Alvisia Lindl. 1859
~Bryobium diphyllum (Schltr.) J.J.Wood 2005 - See Eria eriaeoides (F.M.Bailey) Rolfe 1909
~Bryobium dischorense (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Eria dischorensis Schltr. 1912
~ Bryobium intermedium (Dockrill) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2005 - See Eria dischorensis Schltr. 1912
~ Bryobium eriaeoides (F.M.Bailey) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Eria eriaeoides (F.M.Bailey) Rolfe 1909
~Bryobium hyacinthoides (Blume) Y.P.Ng & P.J.Cribb 2005 - See Eria hyacinthoides [Bl.] Lindl. 1830
~Bryobium indivisum (Schltr.) J.J.Wood 2005 - See Eria fitzalanii F.Muell. 1882
~Bryobium irukandjianum (St.Cloud) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Eria irukandjiana St.Cloud 1955
~Bryobium kawengicum (Schltr.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen 2018 - See Eria kawengica Schltr. 1911
~Bryobium pubescens Lindl. 1838 - See Eria retusa (Blume) Rchb.f. 1857
~ Bryobium pudicum (Ridl.) Y.P.Ng & P.J.Cribb 2005 - See Eria pudica Ridl. 1896
~Bryobium pullum (Schltr.) Schuit., Y.P.Ng & H.A.Pedersen 2018 - See Eria pulla Schltr. 1911
~ Bryobium queenslandicum (T.E.Hunt) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002 - See Eria queenslandica T.E.Hunt 1947
~ Bryobium retusum (Blume) Y.P.Ng & P.J.Cribb 2005 - See Eria retusa (Blume) Rchb.f. 1857
~Buccella Luer 2006 - See Masdevallia Ruiz and Pavon 1794 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Pleurothallidinae
~Buccella bucculenta (Luer) Luer 2006 - See Masdevallia bucculenta Luer 1995
~Buccella dynastes (Luer) Luer 2006 - See Masdevallia dynastes Luer 1979
~Buccella lamia (Luer & Hirtz) Luer 2006 - See Masdevallia lamia Luer & Hirtz 1988
~Buccella molossoides (Kraenzl.) Luer 2006 - See Masdevallia molossoides Kraenzl. 1921
~Buccella molossus (Rchb.f.) Luer 2006 - See Masdevallia molossus Rchb.f. 1877
~Buccella nidifica (Rchb.f.) Luer 2006 - See Masdevallia nidifica Rchb.f 1878
~Buccella ophioglossa (Rchb.f.) Luer 2006 -See Masdevallia ophioglossa Rchb. f. 1878
~Buccella strigosa (Königer) Luer 2006 - See Masdevallia strigosa Königer 1990
~Buccella ventricosa (Schltr.) Luer 2006 - See Masdevallia ventricosa Schltr. 1915
~Bucculina Lindl. 1837 - See Holothrix Rich. ex Lindl. 1835SUBFAMILY Orchidiodeae, TRIBE Orchideae, SUBTRIBE Orchidinae
~Bucculina aspera Lindl. 1837 - See Holothrix aspera (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1881
Buchtienia Schltr. 1929 SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Cranichideae SUBTRIBE Spiranthinae
There are three species in this terrestrial genus occuring in Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia and are characterized by having a basal rosette of leaves with an axillary, erect, many flowered inflorescence with resupinate flowers with the rostellum transversly three-parted, the median lobe spathulate to anchor shaped and has two soft pollina.
Common Name or Meaning Buchtien's Orchid [German orchid Collector in Bolivia 1900's]
Type species = ! = Buchtienia boliviensis Schltr. 1929
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~Buchtienia boliviensis var. rosea (Garay) Szlach. 1992 - See Buchtienia rosea Garay 1978
Buesiella C.Schweinf. 1952 - See Cyrtochilum H.B.K. 1816 SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Cymbidieae SUBTRIBE Oncidiinae
~*Buesiella ornata Königer 1999 - See Cyrtochilum ornatum (Königer) Dalström 2001
~*Buesiella patens Senghas & Thiv 1994 - Cyrtochilum patens (Senghas & Thiv) Dalström 2001
~*Buesiella suarezii D.E.Benn. & Christenson 2001 - See Cyrtochilum suarezianum J.M.H.Shaw 2014
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