Chysis aurea

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Golden-flowered chysis
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1837 illustration from
Curtis's botanical magazine
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Chysis
Species:
C. aurea
Binomial name
Chysis aurea
Lindl. (1837)

Chysis aurea, the golden-flowered chysis, is an epiphytic species of orchid. It is the type species of the genus Chysis . It is native to Panama, Colombia, and Venezuela. [1] [2]

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