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  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
  5. Agaves, Orchids, Irises, and Allies
  6. Orchids
  7. Epidendreae
  8. Cattleya Alliance Orchids

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Cattleya Alliance Orchids

Laeliinae

Includes
8 native 3 introduced 9 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children 24 of 26

  • Epidendrum 4 native
  • Appendage Orchids 3 native
  • Encyclia 1 native
  • × Brassocattleya
  • × Rhyncholaeliocattleya
  • Jacquiniella
  • Tetramicra
  • Guarianthe
  • Leptotes
  • Brassavola
  • Caularthron
  • Peacock Orchids
  • Dinema
  • Arpophyllum
  • Nidema
  • Isabelia
  • Domingoa
  • Scaphyglottis
  • Barkeria
  • Dimerandra
  • Laelia
  • Beaked Laelias
  • × Laeliocattleya
  • Banana Orchids

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Top native cattleya alliance orchids All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Florida Butterfly Orchid Encyclia tampensis flowers 1
  • Night Scented Orchid Epidendrum nocturnum flowers 1
  • Greenfly Orchid Epidendrum conopseum
  • Stiff Flower Star Orchid Epidendrum rigidum
  • Big-mouth Star Orchid Epidendrum amphistomum
  • Clamshell Orchid Prosthechea cochleata
  • Dollar Orchid Prosthechea boothiana
  • Florida Star Orchid Epidendrum floridense
  • Cone-bearing Epidendrum Epidendrum strobiliferum
  • Dwarf Butterfly Orchid Prosthechea pygmaea
  • Differently-formed Epidendrum Epidendrum difforme

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