Encyclia ambigua | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Genus: | Encyclia |
Species: | E. ambigua |
Binomial name | |
Encyclia ambigua | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Encyclia ambigua is a species of orchid native to Guatemala and southeast Mexico. [1]
Epidendrum, abbreviated Epi in the horticultural trade, is a large neotropical genus of the orchid family. With more than 1,500 species, some authors describe it as a mega-genus. The genus name refers to its epiphytic growth habit.
Encyclia is a genus of orchids. The genus name comes from Greek enkykleomai, referring to the lateral lobes of the lip which encircle the column. It is abbreviated as E. in the horticultural trade.
Prosthechea is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The name is derived from the Greek word prostheke (appendix), referring to the appendage on the back of the column. Appendage orchid is a common name for this genus. Prosthechea is abbreviated Psh. in the horticultural trade.
Encyclia tampensis or Tampa butterfly orchid is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family, subfamily Epidendroideae. It has been placed in Encyclia sect. Hymenochila.
Prosthechea cochleata, commonly referred to as the clamshell orchid or cockleshell orchid, is an epiphytic, sympodial New World orchid native to Central America, the West Indies, Colombia, Venezuela, and southern Florida. It is also known as the black orchid in Belize, where it is the national flower.
Encyclia adenocaula is a species of epiphytic orchid of light purple flowers, native to forests in Mexico.
The binomial Epidendrum alatum refers to:
Encyclia ceratistes, also known as Epidendrum ramonense or frosted rain, is a species of orchid. It is found in southeast and southwest Mexico, Central America and the northern parts of South America. E. ceratistes prefers hot-to-cool oak and mixed hardwood forests at 330 to 1600 m in elevation.
Encyclia cordigera is a species of orchid.
Encyclia diurna is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, native to Costa Rica and Panama in Central America, and to north Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela in South America. It was first described in 1853.
Encyclia patens is a species of orchid native to east and south Brazil. Encyclia flava is a synonym of Encyclia patens var. patens.
Encyclia pyriformis is a species of orchid.
Oestlundia is a genus of orchid within the subtribe Laeliinae. Its component species are found from Mexico to Venezuela.
Passiflora ambigua is a species of Passiflora from Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, and Colombia.
Encyclia adenocarpa is a species of orchid.
Encyclia alboxanthina is a species of orchid.
Encyclia bohnkiana is a species of orchid endemic in the Atlantic rain forest to the northeast of Brazil.
Encyclia candollei is a species of epiphytic orchid of yellow-brown to reddish flowers, native to Belize, Guatemala and Mexico.
Encyclia advena is a species of epiphytic orchid, native to Atlantic forests in Brazil.