Oncidium, abbreviated as Onc. in the horticultural trade, is a genus that contains about 330 species of orchids from the subtribe Oncidiinae of the orchid family (Orchidaceae). As presently conceived, it is distributed across much of South America, Central America, Mexico and the West Indies, with one species (O. ensatum) extending into Florida. Common names for plants in this genus include dancing-lady orchid and golden shower orchid.
Octomeria is a plant genus belonging to the family Orchidaceae. The genus comprises about 150 species native to the Neotropics, mostly in Brazil.
Barbosella is a genus of mostly creeping orchids. The genus has about 20 species, widespread across the West Indies and Latin America from Mexico and the Lesser Antilles to Argentina. Named after João Barbosa Rodrigues, an investigator of Brazilian orchids. They have solitary flowers with a unique lip base that works like a ball and socket.
Ponthieva is a genus from the orchid family (Orchidaceae). 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.
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.
Cyclopogon is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is a fairly large genus distributed widely over much of South America, the Galápagos, Central America, Mexico and the West Indies, with 2 species (C. elatus + C. cranichoides) in southern Florida.
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
Uleiorchis is a genus of myco-heterotrophic flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. There are two known species, native to Central and South America.
Triphora is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to South America, Central America, southern Mexico, the West Indies and eastern North America as far north as Ontario. Noddingcaps is a common name for plants in this genus.
- Triphora amazonicaSchltr. - Florida, Caribbean, south to Brazil
- Triphora carnosula(Rchb.f.) Schltr. - Brazil
- Triphora craigheadiiLuer - Florida
- Triphora debilis(Schltr.) Schltr. - southern Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama
- Triphora duckeiSchltr. - Brazil
- Triphora foldatsiiCarnevali - Venezuela
- Triphora gentianoides(Sw.) Nutt. ex Ames & Schltr. - Florida, Southern Mexico, Costa Rica, Veenzuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Bahamas, Greater Antilles
- Triphora hassleriana(Cogn. ex Chodat & Hassl.) Schltr. - from Mexico to Argentina
- Triphora heringeriPabst - Brazil
- Triphora miserrima(Cogn.) Acuña - Cuba, Hispaniola
- Triphora nitida(Schltr.) Schltr. - Costa Rica
- Triphora pusilla(Rchb.f. & Warm.) Schltr. - Brazil
- Triphora ravenii(L.O.Williams) Garay - Costa Rica, Panama
- Triphora santamariensisPortalet - Brazil
- Triphora surinamensis(Lindl. ex Benth.) Britton - West Indies south to Brazil
- Triphora trianthophoros(Sw.) Rydb. Ontario, Eastern United States, much of Mexico
- Triphora unifloraA.W.C.Ferreira, Baptista & Pansarin - Brazil
- Triphora wagneriSchltr. - from Mexico to Ecuador
- Triphora yucatanensisAmes - Florida and the Yucatán Peninsula
Leochilus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, native to Mexico, Central America, northern South America, the West Indies and Florida.
- Leochilus carinatus(Knowles & Westc.) Lindl. - Oaxaca, Veracruz
- Leochilus crocodiliceps(Rchb.f.) Kraenzl. in H.G.A.Engler - Jalisco, Colima
- Leochilus hagsateriM.W.Chase - Oaxaca
- Leochilus inconspicuus(Kraenzl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams - Costa Rica
- Leochilus johnstoniiAmes & Correll - from Oaxaca south to Nicaragua
- Leochilus labiatus(Sw.) Kuntze - from Oaxaca south to Brazil; also West Indies and Florida
- Leochilus leiboldiiRchb.f. - Oaxaca, Veracruz
- Leochilus leochilinus(Rchb.f.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams - Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
- Leochilus oncidioidesKnowles & Westc. - Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras
- Leochilus puertoricensisM.W.Chase - Puerto Rico, St. Lucia
- Leochilus scriptus(Scheidw.) Rchb.f. - from southern Mexico south to Ecuador; also Cuba, Trinidad, Dominican Republic
- Leochilus tricuspidatus(Rchb.f.) Kraenzl. in H.G.A.Engler - Costa Rica, Panama
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
Palmorchis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.
Plectrophora is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Central and South America.
Prescottia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is widespread across much of Latin America and the West Indies, with one species (P. oligantha) extending into Florida.
Psilochilus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to South America, Central America, Mexico and the West Indies.
- Psilochilus carinatusGaray - Colombia
- Psilochilus dusenianusKraenzl. ex Garay & Dunst. - Venezuela, Brazil
- Psilochilus macrophyllus(Lindl.) Ames - widespread from central Mexico and the West indies south to Peru
- Psilochilus maderoi(Schltr.) Schltr. - Colombia
- Psilochilus modestusBarb.Rodr. - Venezuela, Brazil
- Psilochilus mollisGaray - Ecuador
- Psilochilus physurifolius(Rchb.f.) Løjtnant - Venezuela, Guyana
- Psilochilus vallecaucanusKolan. & Szlach. - Colombia
Pteroglossa is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to South America, Central America, and Mexico.
- Pteroglossa euphlebia(Rchb.f.) Garay - Rio de Janeiro
- Pteroglossa glazioviana(Cogn.) Garay - Brazil, Paraguay
- Pteroglossa hilariana(Cogn.) Garay - Brazil
- Pteroglossa lurida(M.N.Correa) Garay - Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
- Pteroglossa luteolaGaray - Argentina
- Pteroglossa macrantha(Rchb.f.) Schltr. - Brazil, Paraguay, Venezuela
- Pteroglossa magnificaSzlach. - Paraguay
- Pteroglossa regia(Kraenzl.) Schltr. - Argentina
- Pteroglossa rhombipetalaGaray - Paraguay, Argentina
- Pteroglossa roseoalba(Rchb.f.) Salazar & M.W.Chase - widespread from Oaxaca to Argentina
Sacoila is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae, native to the Western Hemisphere. It occurs in Mexico, Central America, South America, the West Indies and Florida.
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.
Skeptrostachys is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to eastern South America.
Christensonella is a genus of orchids native to Mexico, South America and Central America.
- Christensonella echinophyta(Barb.Rodr.) Szlach., Mytnik, Górniak & Smiszek - Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro
- Christensonella ferdinandiana(Barb.Rodr.) Szlach., Mytnik, Górniak & Smiszek - Brazil
- Christensonella huntii(Christenson) S.Koehler - Peru
- Christensonella macleei(Bateman ex Lindl.) Solano - Oaxaca, Central America
- Christensonella nardoides(Kraenzl.) Szlach., Mytnik, Górniak & Smiszek - Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia
- Christensonella neowiedii(Rchb.f.) S.Koehler - Argentina, Brazil
- Christensonella pacholskii(Christenson) S.Koehler - Peru, Ecuador, Brazil
- Christensonella pachyphylla(Schltr. ex Hoehne) Szlach., Mytnik, Górniak & Smiszek - Brazil
- Christensonella paranaensis(Barb.Rodr.) S.Koehler - Argentina, Brazil
- Christensonella pumila(Hook.) Szlach., Mytnik, Górniak & Smiszek - Peru, Guyana
- Christensonella seidelii(Pabst) Szlach., Mytnik, Górniak & Smiszek - Rio de Janeiro
- Christensonella subulata(Lindl.) Szlach., Mytnik, Górniak & Smiszek - Brazil
- Christensonella subulifolia(Schltr.) S.Koehler - Colombia
- Christensonella uncata(Lindl.) Szlach., Mytnik, Górniak & Smiszek - Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, the Guianas
