![<i>Stanhopea</i> Genus of orchids](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Stanhopea_insignis_Orchi_001.jpg/320px-Stanhopea_insignis_Orchi_001.jpg)
Stanhopea is a genus of the orchid family (Orchidaceae) from Central and South America. The abbreviation used in horticultural trade is Stan. The genus is named for the 4th Earl of Stanhope (1781-1855), president of the Medico-Botanical Society of London (1829-1837). It comprises 55 species and 5 natural hybrids. These epiphytic, but occasionally terrestrial orchids can be found in damp forests from Mexico to Trinidad to NW Argentina. Their ovate pseudobulbs carry from the top one long, plicate, elliptic leaf.
![<i>Brassia</i> Genus of orchids](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Brassia_arcuigera.jpg/320px-Brassia_arcuigera.jpg)
Brassia is a genus of orchids classified in the subtribe Oncidiinae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and northern South America, with one species extending into Florida.
![<i>Kraenzlinella</i> Genus of orchids](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kraenzlinella_anfracta.png/320px-Kraenzlinella_anfracta.png)
Kraenzlinella is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, first described as a genus in 1903. It is native to S Mexico, Central America, and South America.
- Kraenzlinella anfracta(Luer) Luer - Tolima region in Colombia
- Kraenzlinella echinocarpa(C.Schweinf.) Luer - Peru, Ecuador
- Kraenzlinella erinacea(Rchb.f.) Solano - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
- Kraenzlinella gigantea(Lindl.) Luer - Peru
- Kraenzlinella hintonii(L.O.Williams) Solano - Guerrero
- Kraenzlinella lappago(Luer) Luer - El Oro + Napo Provinces in Ecuador
- Kraenzlinella phrynoglossa(Luer & Hirtz) Luer - Azuay Province in Ecuador
- Kraenzlinella rinkeiLuer - Costa Rica
- Kraenzlinella sigmoidea(Ames & C.Schweinf.) Luer - Costa Rica
- Kraenzlinella tunguraguae(F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.) Kuntze ex Engl. & Prantl - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
- Kraenzlinella platyrachis(Rolfe) Rolfe = Specklinia pfavii(Rchb.f.) Pupulin & Karremans
- Kraenzlinella shuarii(Luer) Luer = Echinosepala shuarii(Luer) Luer
- Kraenzlinella smaragdina(Luer) Luer = Anathallis smaragdina(Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
![<i>Microchilus</i> Genus of orchids](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Microchilus_arietinus.jpg/320px-Microchilus_arietinus.jpg)
Microchilus is a neotropical genus of about 261 species belonging to the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The native range of this genus is tropical & subtropical America.
![<i>Ponthieva</i> Genus of orchids](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Ponthieva_racemosa.jpg/320px-Ponthieva_racemosa.jpg)
Ponthieva is a genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae), commonly known as the shadow witch. They are named after Henry de Ponthieu, an English merchant of Huguenot ancestry who sent West Indian plant collections to Sir Joseph Banks in 1778.
![<i>Stenia</i> Genus of orchids](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Stenia_angustilabia_%281%29.jpg/320px-Stenia_angustilabia_%281%29.jpg)
Stenia is a genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). It was established by John Lindley in 1837. These epiphytic plants occur in warm, humid habitats of Trinidad and the Amazonian slope of the northern Andean region in South America.
![<i>Rodriguezia</i> Genus of orchids](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Rodriguezia_lanceolata_-_fl.jpg/320px-Rodriguezia_lanceolata_-_fl.jpg)
Rodriguezia, abbreviated Rdza. in the horticultural trade, is a genus of orchids. It consists of 49 known species, native to tropical America from southern Mexico and the Windward Islands south to Argentina, with many of the species endemic to Brazil.
![<i>Polycycnis</i> Genus of orchids](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Polycycnis_lepida_-_Linden.jpg/320px-Polycycnis_lepida_-_Linden.jpg)
Polycycnis, abbreviated in horticultural trade as Pcn, is a genus of orchid, comprising 17 species found in Central America, and northern South America.
![<i>Caucaea</i> Genus of orchids](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Caucaea_phalaenopsis.jpg/320px-Caucaea_phalaenopsis.jpg)
Caucaea is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 9 currently recognized species, all native to northwestern South America.
- Caucaea alticola(Stacy) N.H.Williams & M.W.Chase - Ecuador
- Caucaea andigena(Linden & Rchb.f.) N.H.Williams & M.W.Chase - Ecuador
- Caucaea macrotyle(Königer & J.Portilla) Königer - Ecuador
- Caucaea nubigena(Lindl.) N.H.Williams & M.W.Chase - Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru
- Caucaea olivacea(Kunth) N.H.Williams & M.W.Chase - Ecuador, Colombia
- Caucaea phalaenopsis(Linden & Rchb.f.) N.H.Williams & M.W.Chase - Ecuador, Colombia
- Caucaea radiata(Lindl.) Mansf. - Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela
- Caucaea sanguinolenta(Lindl.) N.H.Williams & M.W.Chase - Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela
- Caucaea tripterygia(Rchb.f.) N.H.Williams & M.W.Chase - Ecuador, Peru
![<i>Chaubardia</i> Genus of orchids](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Chaubardia_heteroclita_Orchi_02.jpg/320px-Chaubardia_heteroclita_Orchi_02.jpg)
Chaubardia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 3 recognized species, all endemic to South America.
![<i>Eltroplectris</i> Species of orchid](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Eltroplectris_schlechteriana.jpg/320px-Eltroplectris_schlechteriana.jpg)
Eltroplectris, the long-claw orchid, is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to South America, the West Indies, and Florida.
- Eltroplectris assumpcaoanaCampacci & Kautsky - Brazil
- Eltroplectris brachycentronSzlach. -Bolivia
- Eltroplectris calcarata(Sw.) Garay & H.R.Sweet - Florida, Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Windward Islands, Trinidad, Suriname, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay
- Eltroplectris cogniauxiana(Schltr.) Pabst - Brazil
- Eltroplectris dalessandroiDodson - Ecuador
- Eltroplectris janeirensis(Porto & Brade) Pabst - Brazil
- Eltroplectris kuhlmanniana(Hoehne) Szlach. & Rutk. in P.Rutkowski, D.L.Szlachetko & M.Górniak - Brazil
- Eltroplectris longicornu(Cogn.) Pabst - Brazil
- Eltroplectris macrophylla(Schltr.) Pabst - Brazil
- Eltroplectris misera(Kraenzl.) Szlach. - Brazil
- Eltroplectris rossiiDodson & G.A.Romero - Ecuador
- Eltroplectris schlechteriana(Porto & Brade) Pabst - Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
- Eltroplectris triloba(Lindl.) Pabst - Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
![<i>Koellensteinia</i> Genus of orchids](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Koellensteinia_kellneriana_%28Orchidaceae%29.jpg/320px-Koellensteinia_kellneriana_%28Orchidaceae%29.jpg)
Koellensteinia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is named by Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach for the Captain Carl Kellner von Koellenstein, an Austrian military officer and a botanical correspondent of Reichenbach.
![<i>Macradenia</i> Genus of orchids](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Macradenia_lutescens_-_The_Bot._Register_v._8_%281822%29_pl._612.jpg/320px-Macradenia_lutescens_-_The_Bot._Register_v._8_%281822%29_pl._612.jpg)
Macradenia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Latin America, the West Indies and Florida.
- Macradenia amazonicaMansf. - Brazil
- Macradenia brassavolaeRchb.f. - southern Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador
- Macradenia delicatulaBarb.Rodr. - Minas Gerais
- Macradenia loxoglottisFocke ex Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers - Suriname
- Macradenia lutescensR.Br. - Florida, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador
- Macradenia multiflora(Kraenzl.) Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius - Brazil, Paraguay
- Macradenia paraensisBarb.Rodr. - Brazil, Paraguay
- Macradenia paulensisCogn. in C.F.P.von Martius - Brazil
- Macradenia purpureorostrataG.Gerlach - Colombia, Venezuela
- Macradenia regnelliiBarb.Rodr. - Minas Gerais
- Macradenia rubescensBarb.Rodr. - Brazil, Venezuela
- Macradenia tridentataC.Schweinf. - Peru
![<i>Oliveriana</i> Genus of orchids](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Oliveriana_egregia_-_Cischweinfia_dasyandra_%28as_Trichopilia_dasyandra%29-_Xenia_3_pl_230.jpg/320px-Oliveriana_egregia_-_Cischweinfia_dasyandra_%28as_Trichopilia_dasyandra%29-_Xenia_3_pl_230.jpg)
Oliveriana is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 6 known species, all native to South America.
- Oliveriana brevilabia(C.Schweinf.) Dressler & N.H.Williams - Peru, Ecuador
- Oliveriana ecuadorensisDodson - Ecuador, Venezuela
- Oliveriana egregiaRchb.f. - Colombia, Guyana
- Oliveriana lehmanniiGaray - Colombia
- Oliveriana ortiziiA.Fernández - Colombia
- Oliveriana simulansDodson & R.Vásquez - Bolivia
![<i>Orleanesia</i> Genus of orchids](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Orleanesia_yauaperyensis.jpg/320px-Orleanesia_yauaperyensis.jpg)
Orleanesia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 9 known species, all native to South America.
- Orleanesia amazonicaBarb.Rodr. - Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, the Guianas
- Orleanesia cuneipetalaPabst - Brazil
- Orleanesia ecuadoranaDodson - Ecuador
- Orleanesia maculataGaray - Venezuela
- Orleanesia mineirosensisGaray - Brazil
- Orleanesia peruvianaC.Schweinf. - Peru
- Orleanesia pleurostachys(Linden & Rchb.f.) Garay & Dunst. - Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador
- Orleanesia richteriPabst - Brazil
- Orleanesia yauaperyensisBarb.Rodr. - Brazil, Venezuela
Otostylis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, native to South America and Trinidad.
- Otostylis alba(Ridl.) Summerh. - Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana
- Otostylis brachystalix(Rchb.f.) Schltr. - Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana, Trinidad, Colombia, Peru
- Otostylis lepida(Linden & Rchb.f.) Schltr. - Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana, Suriname
- Otostylis paludosa(Cogn.) Schltr. - Peru, Mato Grosso
Palmorchis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to South America, Central America and Trinidad.
- Palmorchis caxiuanensisRocha, S.S.Almeida & Freitas - Pará
- Palmorchis colombianaGaray - Colombia
- Palmorchis deceptoriusVeyret & Szlach. - Colombia
- Palmorchis duckeiHoehne - Brazil
- Palmorchis eidaeDressler - Costa Rica
- Palmorchis guianensis(Schltr.) C.Schweinf. & Correll - Brazil, Venezuela, the Guianas
- Palmorchis imuyaensisDodson & G.A.Romero - Ecuador
- Palmorchis lobulata(Mansf.) C.Schweinf. & Correll - French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru
- Palmorchis nitidaDressler - Costa Rica, Panama
- Palmorchis pabstiiVeyret - French Guiana
- Palmorchis paludicolaDressler - Costa Rica
- Palmorchis pandurataC.Schweinf. & Correll - Ecuador
- Palmorchis powellii(Ames) C.Schweinf. & Correll - Costa Rica, Panama
- Palmorchis prospectorumVeyret - French Guiana, Suriname
- Palmorchis puber(Cogn.) Garay - Brazil, Venezuela
- Palmorchis pubescentisBarb.Rodr. - French Guiana, Suriname, Brazil, Venezuela, Trinidad
- Palmorchis silvicolaL.O.Williams - Costa Rica, Ecuador
- Palmorchis sobralioidesBarb.Rodr. - Ecuador, Brazil
- Palmorchis sordidaDressler - Costa Rica
- Palmorchis trilobulataL.O.Williams - Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Suriname, Ecuador
- Palmorchis trinotataDressler - Panama
![<i>Pescatoria</i> Genus of orchids](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Pescatoria_cerina_Orchi_18.jpg/320px-Pescatoria_cerina_Orchi_18.jpg)
Pescatoria is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Costa Rica, Panama, and northern South America.
![<i>Pterichis</i> Genus of flowering plants](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Pterichis_triloba_%28Lindl%29_Schltr._1911_-_cropped.jpg/320px-Pterichis_triloba_%28Lindl%29_Schltr._1911_-_cropped.jpg)
Pterichis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to South America, Central America and Jamaica.
![<i>Sarcoglottis</i> Genus of flowering plants](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Sarcoglottis_speciosa_-_Flickr_003.jpg/320px-Sarcoglottis_speciosa_-_Flickr_003.jpg)
Sarcoglottis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is widespread across much of Latin America from Mexico to Argentina, with one species extending northward into Trinidad and the Windward Islands.