Huntleya Explained

Huntleya is a small orchid genus native to South America, Central America and Trinidad.^[1]

These are epiphytic, pseudobulbless and often larger plants with subplicate leaves nearing forty centimeters long, erect and single-flowered. They occur in wet cloud forests at medium altitudes.

Species

Species currently accepted as of June 2014:^[1]

1. Huntleya apiculata (Rchb.f.) Rolfe - Colombia
2. Huntleya brevis Schltr. - Colombia
3. Huntleya burtii (Endres & Rchb.f.) Rolfe - from Colombia north to Guatemala
4. Huntleya caroli P.Ortiz - Colombia
5. Huntleya citrina Rolfe - Colombia, Ecuador
6. Huntleya fasciata Fowlie - Ecuador, Panama, Belize
7. Huntleya grandiflora Lam. - Colombia
8. Huntleya gustavii (Rchb.f.) Rolfe - Colombia, Ecuador
9. Huntleya lucida (Rolfe) Rolfe - Venezuela (including the Venezuelan Islands of the Caribbean), Guyana, Ecuador, Brazil
10. Huntleya meleagris Lindl. - Trinidad and northern South America to Brazil
11. Huntleya sessiliflora Bateman ex Lindl. - Guyana
12. Huntleya vargasii Dodson & D.E.Benn. - Peru
13. Huntleya waldvogelii Jenny - Colombia
14. Huntleya wallisii (Rchb.f.) Rolfe - Ecuador

References

• Pupulin, Franco. Vanishing Beauty, Native Costa Rican Orchids vol 1 Acianthera - Kegeliella. Sistema Editorial y University of Costa Rica.

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=100825 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families