The species list below was composed with information from the following sources.The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids by Alec Pridgeon. Published by the Timber Press
The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species By Bechtel, Cribb and Launert, Published by The MIT Press
~Species names that are synonyms of correct species are denoted with a ~
- benzingii Dodson & Neudecker
- Ecuador - Alt 750m -
- clausula Dressler
- Panama, Colombia - Panama Provincial Distribution Map
- cristata Lindl.
- Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Surinam, French Guiana and Trinidad - Alt up to 1000m - Epiphyte - Panama Provincial Distribution Map
This species is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyana, Surinam, and French Guiana as a warm to hot grower at lower elevations around 200 to 1000 meters and blooms in the autumn to early winter and late spring. Best grown in small hanging net pots so as to accomodate the pendant and sometimes down driven inflorescence. They like warm even watering while in growth and a gradual lessing, but never allowed to dry out completely, after the plant has flowered until the new growth arrives.
Synonyms Lycaste cristata [Lindley]Benth.; *Maxillaria cristata Lindley
- dunsterville Dodoson & Neudecker
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- grandiflora Barb. Rodr.
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- grandis Rchb.f. Ex Warn. & Will.
- herrerae Dodson
Ecuador - Alt 700-1200m
This species hails from Ecuador as an epiphyte that is found at an altitude of 900-1200 meters.
- hirtzii Dodson
-Ecuador - Alt 200-1500m
- lindeniana Rchb.f
- Peru to Venezuela - Alt 100-200m
~litense Dodson - See P. litensis
- litensis Dodson & Neudecker
- Ecuador - Alt 750-1400m
- nuedeckerii Jenny
-Colombia And Ecuador - Alt 800-1300m -
var mocoaensis Jenny
- nutans Houllet
- posadarum Dodson
- Colombia and Ecuador - Alt 1500-1800m
~randi Linden&Rodigas - See P. cristata
- rugosa Rchb.f.
- Colombia - Alt 8000'
- seegeri Gerlach
- Colombia
- subclausa Dressler
- Costa Rica - Alt 900m
