Restrepia, abbreviated Rstp in horticultural trade, is a small genus of 50 species in the orchid family (Orchidaceae), closely related to Pleurothallis. Named in honor of Don Jose Restrepo, it tends to be more showy than most other Pleurothallids. They are found primarily at higher altitudes in the cool, damp montane forests of the Andes and Venezuela, with some into Central America up to southern Mexico.
Aa is a genus of plants of the family Orchidaceae.
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.
Gongora, abbreviated Gga in horticultural trade, is a member of the orchid family (Orchidaceae). It consists of 65 species known from Central America, Trinidad, and tropical South America, with most species found in Colombia. They grow across a wide geographical range, from wet forests at sea level, to mountainous regions in the Andes, as high as 1,800 m.
Oncidium, abbreviated as Onc. in the horticultural trade, is a genus that, as of December 2023, contains about 340 species of orchids from the subtribe Oncidiinae of the orchid family Orchidaceae. It is distributed across tropical and subtropical America from Mexico, Central America and the West Indies to northern Argentina, with one species (O. ensatum) extending into Florida. Common names for plants in this genus include dancing-lady orchid and golden shower orchid.
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.
Rodriguezia lanceolata is a species of orchid found from the St. Vincent, Trinidad, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Suriname, Peru, Ecuador, and Brazil.
Epidendrum cylindraceum is a reed-stemmed Epidendrum of the Orchidaceae, native to Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, where it has been reported at an altitude of 3.2 km.
Baskervilla is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It consists of 10 species native to Central America and South America.
Benzingia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to mountains of Central America and northwestern South America from Costa Rica to Peru.
Chaubardia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 3 recognized species, all endemic to South America.
Chaubardiella is a genus of flowering plants from the Cymbidieae of the orchid family, Orchidaceae, native to Costa Rica and South America.
- Chaubardiella dalessandroiDodson & Dalström - Ecuador
- Chaubardiella delcastilloiD.E.Benn. & Christenson - Peru
- Chaubardiella hirtziiDodson - Ecuador, Peru
- Chaubardiella pacuarensisJenny - Costa Rica
- Chaubardiella pubescensAckerman - Colombia
- Chaubardiella serrulataD.E.Benn. & Christenson - Peru
- Chaubardiella subquadrata(Schltr.) Garay - Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador
- Chaubardiella tigrina(Garay & Dunst.) Garay - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana, French Guinea
Cischweinfia is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It was named after Harvard orchidologist Charles Schweinfurth. It has eleven currently recognized species, all native to Central America and northwestern South America.
Trizeuxis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. The sole species is Trizeuxis falcata, native to the American Tropics.
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
Plectrophora is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Central and South America.
Sauroglossum is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. The genus is endemic to South America. As of June 2014, the following species are recognized:
- Sauroglossum andinum(Hauman) Garay - Ecuador, Argentina
- Sauroglossum aurantiacum(C.Schweinf.) Garay - Peru
- Sauroglossum corymbosum(Lindl.) Garay - Peru, Bolivia
- Sauroglossum distansLindl. ex Garay - Bolivia
- Sauroglossum dromadumSzlach. - Peru
- Sauroglossum elatumLindl - Ecuador, Argentina, Colombia, Brazil
- Sauroglossum longiflorum(Schltr.) Garay - Ecuador, Colombia
- Sauroglossum odoratumRobatsch - Rio de Janeiro
- Sauroglossum organenseSzlach. - Rio de Janeiro
- Sauroglossum schweinfurthianumGaray - Peru
- Sauroglossum sellilabre(Griseb.) Schltr. - Paraguay, Argentina
Stenorrhynchos is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and northern South America.
Systeloglossum is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 5 known species, all native to southeastern Central America and northwestern South America.
- Systeloglossum acuminatumAmes & C.Schweinf. - Costa Rica, Panama
- Systeloglossum bennettii(Garay) Dressler & N.H.Williams - Peru
- Systeloglossum costaricenseSchltr. - Peru
- Systeloglossum ecuadorense(Garay) Dressler & N.H.Williams - Ecuador
- Systeloglossum panamenseDressler & N.H.Williams - Panama
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.
