Scientific name Guarianthe Rank Genus | Family Orchidaceae Higher classification Orchids | |
Lower classifications Guarianthe skinneri, Guarianthe aurantiaca, Guarianthe bowringiana, Guarianthe patinii | ||
25 year old giant cattleya guarianthe skinneri species orchid
Guarianthe, abbreviated Gur. in the horticultural trade, is a small genus of epiphytic orchids, growing in wet forests in Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad. It was separated from the bifoliate Cattleyas in 2003, based on phylogenetic studies of nuclear DNA sequence data
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- 25 year old giant cattleya guarianthe skinneri species orchid
- Guarianthe aurantiaca
- Species
- Natural hybrid
- References
Guarianthe aurantiaca
Species
- Guarianthe aurantiaca (Bateman) Dressler & W.E. Higgins - Widespread across much of Mexico, south to Costa Rica
- Guarianthe bowringiana (Veitch) Dressler & W.E. Higgins - Chiapas, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras
- Guarianthe patinii (Cogn.) Dressler & W.E. Higgins - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad; naturalized in Ecuador
- Guarianthe skinneri (Bateman) Dressler & W.E. Higgins - from Chiapas south to Panama
Natural hybrid
References
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