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Lycaste
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Lycaste

Lycaste, abbreviated as Lyc in horticultural trade, is a genus of orchids that contains about 30 species with egg-shaped pseudobulbs and thin, plicate (pleated) leaves.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Lycaste Sect. Lycaste

sectionLycaste

Lycaste Sect. Aromaticae

sectionAromaticae

Lycaste bruncana

speciesLycaste bruncana

Lycaste viridescens

speciesLycaste viridescens

Lycaste Sect. Intermediae

sectionIntermediae

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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 56892.