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.
Tropidia, commonly known as crown orchids or as 竹茎兰属 , is a genus of about thirty species of evergreen terrestrial orchids in the family Orchidaceae. They have thin, wiry stems with two or more tough, pleated leaves with a flowering spike at the top of the stem, bearing crowded flowers. Species in this genus are distributed across the warmer parts of both the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
Teuscheria is a genus of orchids native to southern Mexico, Central America and northern South America. The genus is named for Henry Teuscher, an award-winning landscape artist and horticulturalist.
Brassia caudata is a species of orchid. It is found widespread across the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere, reported from southern Mexico, Central America, southern Florida, Greater Antilles, Trinidad, northern South America. It is also known by the common names tailed Brassia, spider orchid and cricket orchid.
Cycnoches haagii is a species of orchid native to tropical South America.
Eulophia alta is a species of orchid, known as the wild coco. It is widespread across tropical and subtropical parts of Africa, South America, Central America, Mexico and the West Indies, as well as the southeastern United States.
Milleria is a genus of flowering plants in the Milleria tribe within the daisy family.
Tillandsia bulbosa, the bulbous airplant, is a species in the genus Tillandsia. It is widespread across Central America, the West Indies, southern Mexico, and northern and eastern 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
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.
Bletia purpurea, common name pine-pink or sharp-petaled bletia, is a species of orchid widespread across much of Latin America and the West Indies, and also found in Florida. They are terrestrial in swamps or sometimes found growing on logs or stumps above the high tide mark.
Campylocentrum pachyrrhizum is a species of orchid. It is native to the West Indies, southern Mexico, Central America, northern South America, and southern Florida.
Eltroplectris calcarata, the longclaw orchid, is a terrestrial species of orchid. It is native to Florida, Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Windward Islands, Trinidad, Suriname, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, and Paraguay.
Habenaria distans, the hammock bog orchid, is a species of orchid. It is native to Latin America from Mexico to Argentina, as well as Florida, the Greater Antilles, and the Galápagos.
Ionopsis utricularioides, the delicate violet orchid, is an epiphytic orchid native to the warmer parts of the Americas. It is reported from Florida, Mexico, Central America, much of the West Indies including the Cayman Islands, South America as far south as Paraguay, and the Galápagos.
Macradenia lutescens is a species of epiphytic orchid known by the common name longgland orchid. It is native to South America, the West Indies, and southern Florida.
Rhetinantha is a genus of orchids native to Mexico, South America and Central America.
- Rhetinantha aciantha(Rchb.f.) M.A.Blanco - widespread from southern Mexico to Brazil
- Rhetinantha acuminata(Lindl.) M.A.Blanco - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
- Rhetinantha cerifera(Barb.Rodr.) M.A.Blanco - Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia
- Rhetinantha divaricata(Barb.Rodr.) M.A.Blanco - Brazil, Peru, Bolivia
- Rhetinantha encyclioides(J.T.Atwood & Dodson) M.A.Blanco - Ecuador
- Rhetinantha friedrichsthalii(Rchb.f.) M.A.Blanco - Central America, Yucatán Peninsula
- Rhetinantha mariaisabeliae(J.T.Atwood) M.A.Blanco - Bolivia
- Rhetinantha monacensis(Kraenzl.) M.A.Blanco - Venezuela, Colombia
- Rhetinantha neilii(Dodson) M.A.Blanco - Ecuador
- Rhetinantha notylioglossa(Rchb.f.) M.A.Blanco - Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador
- Rhetinantha ophiodens(J.T.Atwood) M.A.Blanco - Bolivia
- Rhetinantha pastorellii(D.E.Benn. & Christenson) M.A.Blanco - Ecuador, Peru
- Rhetinantha schistostele(Schltr.) M.A.Blanco - Costa Rica
- Rhetinantha scorpioidea(Kraenzl.) M.A.Blanco - widespread from southern Mexico to Brazil
- Rhetinantha witsenioides(Schltr.) M.A.Blanco - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Cornutia is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1753. It is native to tropical parts of the Western Hemisphere: southern Mexico, Central America, West Indies, northern South America.
- Cornutia australisMoldenke - Ecuador, Brazil
- Cornutia coerulea(Jacq.) Moldenke - Jamaica
- Cornutia jamaicensisMoldenke - Jamaica
- Cornutia obovataUrb. - Puerto Rico
- Cornutia odorata(Poepp.) Schauer - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
- Cornutia pubescensC.F.Gaertn. - French Guiana
- Cornutia pyramidataL. - southern Mexico, Central America, West Indies, Suriname, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
- Cornutia thyrsoideaBanks ex Moldenke - Jamaica
Egletes viscosa is a New World species of flowering plant in the sunflower family. It is widespread across much of South America, Central America, Mexico, and the West Indies, just barely crossing the US border into the southernmost county in Texas.
Malaxis histionantha is a species of orchid native to Latin America. It is widespread from Mexico to Argentina. It generally has two leaves and a more or less spherical cluster of small green flowers.
