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Miltonia
Miltonia, abbreviated Milt. in the horticultural trade, is an orchid genus formed by nine epiphyte species and eight natural hybrids inhabitants of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, one species reaching the northeast of Argentina and east of Paraguay. This genus was established by John Lindley in 1837, when he described its type species, Miltonia spectabilis. Many species were attributed to Miltonia in the past, however, today, the species from Central America and from cooler areas on northwest...
14 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Miltonia flavescens
speciesMiltonia flavescens
Miltonia regnellii
speciesMiltonia regnellii
Miltonia moreliana
speciesMiltonia moreliana
Miltonia clowesii
speciesMiltonia clowesii
Miltonia spectabilis
speciesMiltonia spectabilis
Miltonia cuneata
speciesMiltonia cuneata
Miltonia phymatochila
speciesMiltonia phymatochila
Miltonia candida
speciesMiltonia candida
Miltonia russelliana
speciesMiltonia russelliana
Miltonia × bluntii
hybridMiltonia × bluntii
Miltonia kayasimae
speciesMiltonia kayasimae
Miltonia altairiana
speciesMiltonia altairiana
Miltonia × cyrtochiloides
hybridMiltonia × cyrtochiloides
Miltonia flava
speciesMiltonia flava
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 379571.