''Rhyncholaelia'', abbreviated ''Rl.'' in the horticultural trade, is a
genus of
orchids (family Orchidaceae), comprising two
species. They are distributed in
Mexico,
Guatemala
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,
Belize, and
Honduras
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. Both species were originally published in ''
Brassavola'' by
Lindley. In 1918,
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erected the new genus ''Rhyncholaelia'' and moved ''Brassavola digbyana''
Lindl. 1846 and ''Brassavola glauca''
Lindl. 1839 into it.
["''Rhyncholaelia'' Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 477 (1918). Rhyncholaelia digbyana (Lindl.) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 477 (1918). Rhyncholaelia glauca (Lindl.) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 477 (1918).", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, downloaded from http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/]
Species
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Rhyncholaelia digbyana
''Rhyncholaelia digbyana'' is a species of orchid occurring from Honduras to Belize, Guatemala, Mexico and Costa Rica.
''Rl. digbyana'' can be distinguished from the other species of ''Rhyncholaelia'' ('' Rl. glauca'') by the frilled labellum.
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(Lindl.) Schltr.
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Rhyncholaelia glauca
''Rhyncholaelia glauca'' is a species of orchid occurring from Mexico to Belize
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''
(Lindl.) Schltr.
Hybrids
*Rl. Aristocrat (= Rl. ''glauca'' × Rl. ''digbyana''), registered by M. Roccaforte (1973) as ''Brassavola'' Aristocrat
*Rl. Memoria Coach Blackmore (= Rl. ''digbyana'' × Rl. Aristocrat), registered by S. Blackmore (2003)
References
External links
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Laeliinae genera
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