''Trevoria'' is a

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s native to southeastern

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and northwestern

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. It grows in intermediate temperature and is found from

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and Costa Rica to Bolivia.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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in 1897.Lehmann, Friedrich Carl. 1897. Gardeners' Chronicle: a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. ser. 3, 21: 345–346
/ref> A photo of this single plant is also in the new vol 6 of the book ''Native Colombian Orchids: Volume 6: Supplement: Leucohyle-Zootrophion'' (1998). The name is in honor of Sir

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a specialist in orchids who at the time maintained one of the finest collections of orchids in England at his home Burford Lodge, in Surrey, and a former president of The

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Species

Species recognized as of June 2014: #'' Trevoria chloris'' Lehm. - Colombia #'' Trevoria escobariana'' Garay - Colombia, Ecuador #'' Trevoria glumacea'' Garay - Costa Rica, Nicaragua #'' Trevoria lehmannii'' Rolfe - Colombia, Ecuador #'' Trevoria zahlbruckneriana'' (Schltr.) Garay - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Bolivia

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''Trevoria chloris''
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3308278 Stanhopeinae genera Stanhopeinae