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Cattleya Alliance Orchids
Laeliinae
Laeliinae is a Neotropical subtribe including 40 orchid genera, such as Brassavola, Laelia, Sophronitis, and Cattleya. The genus Epidendrum is the largest within this subtribe, containing about 1500 species. This is followed by the genus Encyclia, with over 120 species.
47 branches of this group, most-observed first
Epidendrum
genusEpidendrum
appendage orchids
genusProsthechea
Encyclia
genusEncyclia
Cattleya
genusCattleya
Laelia
genusLaelia
Brassavola
genusBrassavola
banana orchids
genusMyrmecophila
Scaphyglottis
genusScaphyglottis
Guarianthe
genusGuarianthe
Barkeria
genusBarkeria
Dimerandra
genusDimerandra
Jacquiniella
genusJacquiniella
Nidema
genusNidema
Beaked Laelias
genusRhyncholaelia
Arpophyllum
genusArpophyllum
peacock orchids
genusPsychilis
Caularthron
genusCaularthron
× Brassocattleya
genushybrid× Brassocattleya
Broughtonia
genusBroughtonia
Tetramicra
genusTetramicra
Leptotes
genusLeptotes
blushing Artorimas
genusArtorima
Domingoa
genusDomingoa
Dinema
genusDinema
Pseudolaelia
genusPseudolaelia
Isabelia
genusIsabelia
Alamania
genusAlamania
Oestlundia
genusOestlundia
Meiracyllium
genusMeiracyllium
Homalopetalum
genusHomalopetalum
Microepidendrum
genusMicroepidendrum
× Rhyncholaeliocattleya
genushybrid× Rhyncholaeliocattleya
Orleanesia
genusOrleanesia
× Laeliocattleya
genushybrid× Laeliocattleya
Constantia
genusConstantia
Acrorchis
genusAcrorchis
× Cattlianthe
genushybrid× Cattlianthe
Quisqueya
genusQuisqueya
Amoana
genusAmoana
Loefgrenianthus
genusLoefgrenianthus
Adamantinia
genusAdamantinia
Brassavola × Epidendrum
genushybridBrassavola × Epidendrum
× Myrmecolaelia
genushybrid× Myrmecolaelia
× Epicattleya
genushybrid× Epicattleya
Hagsatera
genusHagsatera
Pygmaeorchis
genusPygmaeorchis
× Dinedema
genushybrid× Dinedema
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 601907.