''Guarianthe'', abbreviated ''Gur.'' in the horticultural trade, is a small genus of
epiphytic
An epiphyte is an organism that grows on the surface of a plant and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, water (in marine environments) or from debris accumulating around it. The plants on which epiphytes grow are called phoroph ...
orchid
Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant.
Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...
s, growing in wet forests in Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad. It was separated from the bifoliate ''
Cattleya''s in 2003, based on phylogenetic studies of nuclear DNA sequence data.
Species
Natural hybrid
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Guarianthe × laelioides''
(Lem.) Van den Berg 2015 = ''
Gur. aurantiaca'' × ''
Gur. skinneri''
– Chiapas, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
References
* (1809) Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, publié par la Société Philomatique de Paris 1: 318.
* (2009) Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 71 ff. Oxford University Press.
External links
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Laeliinae genera
Epiphytic orchids