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Orchids

(family Orchidaceaa)

Range: Mexico to Panama (LSBR, ARVL)native status: Native

size/morphology: Average stem is around 3 m long; leaves are 9–23 cm long and 4–7 cm wide with pointed tip. Flowers are white, yellowish green and are bilaterally symmetric. Flower petals are 5–6 cm long and 1–5 cm wide. Fruit are a yellow-green, 10–25 cm long and about 1 cm wide; gather in bean-like clusters.

Related species (or subgroups): Guaria morada(the national flower of Costa Rica)

natuRal HistoRY: Can be terrestrial, epiphytic, or saprophytic. The flowers are sometimes bisexual, but are mainly unisexual. They thrive in very wet forests and are widely cultivated. Altitude ranges from sea level to 200 m above sea level. Flowers bloom from April–June and December–January.  Source Costa Rica field guide.

 

List of Costa Rican Orchid Species

Source: www.lankesteriana.org

  1. Acianthera aberrans (Luer) Pupulin & Bogarín, Lankesteriana 8(2): 53-55. 2008.
  2. Acianthera cabiriae Pupulin, G.A.Rojas & J.D.Zuñiga, Harvard Pap. Bot. 12(1): 160. 2007. *
  3. Acianthera fecunda Pupulin, G.A.Rojas & J.D.Zuñiga, Harvard Pap. Bot. 12(1): 158. 2007. *
  4. Acianthera hamata Pupulin & G.A.Rojas, Harvard Pap. Bot. 12(1): 156. 2007. *
  5. Aspidogyne grayumii Ormerod, Harvard Pap. Bot. 11(2): 147. 2007. *
  6. Barbosella orbicularis Luer, Selbyana 3(1,2): 10-11, f. 108. 1976.
  7. ́Bensteinia ramonensis Pupulin, Selbyana 28(2): 113. 2008. *
  8. Campylocentrum tenellum Todzia, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 72: 877. 1985.
  9. Dichaea gomez-lauritoi Pupulin, Harvard Pap. Bot. 12(1): 87. 2007. *
  10. Dryadella fuchsii Luer, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard.76: 162-163. 1999.
  11. Echinosepala lappiformis (A.H.Heller & L.O.Williams) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase Lindleyana 17(2): 101. 2002. Pleurothallis lappiformis A.H.Heller & L.O.Williams, Fieldiana, Bot. 31(2): 42, f. 8. 1964. Myoxanthus lappiformis (A.H.Heller & L.O.Williams) Luer, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 15: 38. 1986. Brenesia lappiformis (A.Heller & L.O.Williams) Luer, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard.95: 255. 2004. Echinella lappiformis (A.Heller & L.O.Williams) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, Lindleyana 16(4): 253. 2001.
  12. Elleanthus ligularis Dressler & Bogarín, Lankesteriana 7(3): 539. 2007.
  13. Encyclia gravida (Lindl.) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl.36(2): 472. 1918.Epidendrum gravidum Lindl., J. Hort. Soc. London 4: 114. 1849.
  14. Epidendrum acroamparoanum Hágsater & L.Sánchez S., Icon. Orchid.(Mexico) 8: t. 802. 2006. *
  15. Epidendrum atypicum Hágsater & E. Santiago A., Icon. Orchid. (Mexico) 8: t. 810. 2006. *
  16. Epidendrum angustilobum Fawc. & Rendle, J. Bot. 47(556): 124-125. 1909. Epidendrum latifolium (Lindl.) Garay & H.R. Sweet, J. Arnold Arbor. 53(3): 392. 1972.
  17. Epidendrum apatotylosum Hágsater, Icon. Orchid. 9: t. 909. 2007. *
  18. Epidendrum arcuiflorum Ames & C.Schweinf., Schedul. Orch. 10: 58-59. 1930. Epidendrum powellii Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 17: 38. 1922.
  19. Epidendrum astroselaginellum Hágsater & E.Santiago, Icon. Orchid. 9: t. 910. 2007.
  20. Epidendrum bicuniculatum Hágsater & E.Santiago, Icon. Orchid. 9: t. 913. 2007. *
  21. Epidendrum buenaventurae F.Lehm. & Kränzl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26(5): 470-471. 1899.
  22. Epidendrum chalcochromum Hágsater, Icon. Orchid. (Mexico) 8: t. 818. 2006. *
  1. Epidendrum cristatum Ruiz & Pav., Syst. Veg. Fl. Peruv. Chil. 1: 243.1798. Epidendrum raniferum Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.109. 1831.
  2. Epidendrum dolichochlamys Hágsater & E.Santiago A., Icon. Orchid.(Mexico) 8: t. 829. 2006. *
  3. Epidendrum gibbosum L.O.Williams, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 28(4): 420- 421, pl. 21, 7-10. 1941. Epidendrum acrostigma Hágsater & García-Cruz, Icon. Orchid. 3: t. 301. 1999.
  4. Epidendrum haberi Hágsater & L.Sánchez S., Icon. Orchid. (Mexico) 8: t. 840. 2006. *
  5. Epidendrum hawkesii A.H.Heller, Phytologia 14(1): 2-4, t. 1. 1966.
  6. Epidendrum isthmoides Hágsater & E.Santiago, Icon. Orchid. 11: t. 1133.2008. *
  7. Epidendrum maduroi Hágsater & García-Cruz, Icon. Orchid. (Mexico) 3: pl. 352. 1999.
  8. Epidendrum microrigidiflorum Hágsater, Icon. Orchid. (Mexico) 8: t. 853. 2006.
  9. Epidendrum ́nocteburneum Hágsater & L.Sánchez, Icon. Orchid. 11: t. 1148. 2008.
  10. Epidendrum orthodontum Hágsater & L.Sánchez, Icon. Orchid. 3: t. 361. 1999.
  11. Epidendrum pachytepalum Hágsater & E.Santiago A., Icon. Orchid. (Mexico) 8: t. 865. 2006.
  12. Epidendrum pendens L.O.Williams, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 28(4): 421- 422, pl. 23. 1941.
  13. Epidendrum philowercklei Hágsater & E.Santiago A., Icon. Orchid. (Mexico) 8: t. 870. 2006.
  14. Epidendrum platystomoides Hágsater & L.Sánchez S., Icon. Orchid. (Mexico) 8: t. 872. 2006. *
  15. Epidendrum purpurascens H.Focke, Tijdschr. Wis- Natuurk. Wetensch. Eerste Kl. Kon. Ned. Inst. Wetensch.) 4: 64-65. 1851. Epidendrum glumibracteum Rchb.f., Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 19: 11. 1863.
  16. Epidendrum rousseauae Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl., Abt. 2 36(2): 407- 408. 1918.
  17. Epidendrum salpichlamys Hágsater & E.Santiago A, Icon. Orchid. (Mexico) 8: t. 883. 2006. *
  18. Epidendrum scharfii Hágsater & Dodson, Icon. Orchid. 2: t. 185. 1993.
  19. Epidendrum serruliferum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19:44. 1923. *
  20. Epidendrum stellidifforme Hágsater & Dodson, Icon. Orchid. (Mexico) 4: t. 487. 2001.
  21. Epidendrum stenoselaginellum Hágsater & E.Santiago, Icon. Orchid. 9: t. 991. 2007.
  22. Epidendrum tritropianthum Hágsater & E.Santiago A., Icon. Orchid. (Mexico) 9(6): t. 998. 2007.
  23. Epidendrum villotae Hágsater & Dodson, Icon. Orchid. 3: pl. 398. 1999.
    LANKESTERIANA 11(3), December 2011. © Universidad de Costa Rica, 2011.

Species

Voucher

Brade 1281, AMES Chavarría 661, INB Grayum 4578, CR

189

Haber & Cruz 7245, INB
Horich sub Hágsater 7649, AMO

Bello 1516, INB

Bogarín 1465, JBL

Dressler 6259, AMO

Weston 57 sub Rodríguez 1042, USJ

Karremans 2255, JBL

Burger 8253, F

Haber & Cruz 7986, CR

Fernández 677, CR

Hágsater & Mora de Retana 9507, AMO

Valerio 1017, CR Todzia 552, CR

Grayum & Pam Sleeper 3446, MO Pupulin 6500, JBL

Wercklé 114, B, destroyed; drawing of type, AMES

Bogarín 2814, JBL Hágsater 11115, AMO Ingram & Ferrell 743, INB

Herrera 5151, MO

190 LANKESTERIANA Species

  1. Epidendrum vulcanicola A.H.Heller, Fieldiana, Bot. 32(2): 11, f. 2. 1968.
  2. Epidendrum vulgoamparoanum Hágsater & L.Sánchez S., Icon. Orchid.(Mexico) 8: t. 898. 2006.
  3. Epidendrum zunigae Hágsater, Karremans & Bogarín, Lankesteriana 8(2): 63. 2008. *
  4. Gongora boracayanensis Jenny, Dalström & W.E.Higgins, Selbyana 28(2): 99. 2007. *
  5. Kefersteinia alata Pupulin, Harvard Pap. Bot. 8(2): 161-164, f. 1, 2A-B. 2004.
  6. Kefersteinia saccata Pupulin, Willdenowia 38(1): 188. 2008. *
  7. Kreodanthus curvatus Ormerod, Harvard Pap. Bot. 13(1): 61. 2008. *
  8. Lepanthes droseroides Luer, Lindleyana 2: 188. 1987.
  9. Lepanthes gratiosa Pupulin & D.Jiménez, Orchid Digest 73: 137-139. 2009. *
  10. Lepanthes machogaffensis Pupulin & D. Jiménez, Orchid Digest 73: 139- 140. 2009. *
  11. Lepanthes mariposa Luer, Phytologia 55: 187. 1984.
  12. Lepanthes pelvis Pupulin & D.Jiménez, Orchid Digest 73: 142-144. 2009. *
  13. Lockhartia chocöensis Kränzl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 50(83): 19. 1923.
  14. Lycaste angelae Oakeley, Lycaste, Ida, Anguloa 27. 2008.
  15. Lycaste bruncana Bogarín, Lankesteriana 7(3): 543. 2007. Lycastecrystallina Wubben ex Oakeley, Lycaste, Ida, Anguloa 73. 2008. *
  16. Lycaste x daniloi Oakeley, Lycaste, Ida, Anguloa 76. 2008.
  17. Lycaste panamanensis (Fowlie) Oakeley, Orchid Digest 71: 205. 2007. Lycaste macrophylla subsp. panamanensis Fowlie, Lasca Leaves 14(1): 40, f. 1964.
  18. Maxillaria bolivarensis C.Schweinf., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 20: 22. 1962.
  19. Microchilus maasii Ormerod, Harvard Pap. Bot. 11(2): 161. 2007.
  20. Microchilus tessellatus Ormerod, Harvard Pap. Bot. 11(2): 172. 2007. *
  21. Ornithidium pendulum (Poepp. & Endl.) Cogn., Fl. Bras.3(6): 92. 1904.
  22. Palmorchis nitida Dressler, Die Orchidee 34(1): 29-30. 1983.
  23. Platythelys alajuelae Ormerod, Harvard Pap. Bot. 11(2): 174. 2007. *
  24. Pleurothallis bogarinii Pupulin & J.D.Zuñiga, Orchids 76 (Lindleyana): 690. 2007. *
  25. Pleurothallis caudatipetala C.Schweinf., Bot. Mus. Leafl.10: 175, t.
    22, f. 5-8. 1942. Specklinia caudatipetala (C. Schweinf.) Luer, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard.95: 259. 2004. Panmorphia caudatipetala (C. Schweinf.) Luer, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard.105: 150. 2006.
  26. Pleurothallis duplooyi Luer & Sayers, Revista Soc. Boliv. Bot.3(1/2): 48- 50. 2001. Specklinia duplooyi (Luer & Sayers) Luer, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 95: 260. 2004. Panmorphia duplooyi (Luer & Sayers) Luer, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 105: 153. 2006.

Voucher

Alcázar 56, USJ Hágsater 6963, INB

Bogarín 2680, JBL Clark et al. 314 B, SEL Carman s.n,, JBL

Pupulin 6549, CR Grayum 7481, MO Bogarín 5234, JBL Pupulin 7350, CR

Pupulin 7308, CR

Bogarín 5034, JBL Pupulin 7336, CR Bogarín 2352, JBL

Oakeley A5 (CR7), K-HFO Bogarín 3987, CR

Oakeley 14 (CR14), K-HFO see Oakeley (2008)

Whitten 2030, JBL
Bello 2809, CR
Grayum 8925, MO Karremans 448, JBL Gómez 26248, USJ Ingram & Ferrell 680, MO Pupulin 5285, CR

Luer 12137, MO

Bogarín 6955, JBL

LANKESTERIANA 11(3), December 2011. © Universidad de Costa Rica, 2011.

Bogarín — How many orchids in Costa Rica?

191

Species

  1. Pleurothallis minutalis Lindl., Fol. Orchid. Pleurothallis 40. 1859. Humbol- tia minutalis (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl.2: 668. 1891. Humboldtia minutalis (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl.2: 668. 1891. Panmorphia minutalis (Lindl.) Luer, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard.105: 167. 2006. Specklinia minutalis (Lindl.) Luer, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 95: 262. 2004. Anathallis minutalis (Lindl.) Pridgeon & M.W. Chase, Lindleyana 16(4): 249. 2001.
  2. Restrepiella lueri Pupulin & Bogarín, Willdenowia 37(1): 325. 2007. *
  3. Scaphyglottis robusta B.R.Adams, Phytologia 64: 253. 1988.
  4. Sobralia aspera Dressler & Pupulin, Orquideología 25(2): 148. 2008. *
  5. Sobralia blancoi Dressler & Pupulin, Orquideología 25(2): 139. 2008. *
  6. Sobralia bouchei Ames & C.Schweinf., Schedul. Orchid. 10: 4. 1930.
  7. Sobralia pendula Dressler & Pupulin, Orquideología 25(2): 140. 2008. *
  8. Sobralia rarae-avis Dressler, Orquideología 25(1): 38. 2007. *
  9. Trichopilia primulina Dressler & Bogarín, Orchideen J. 16(2): 60. 2009. *
  10. Uleiorchis ulaei (Cogn.) Handro, Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo 3(4): 175.1958. Wullschlaegelia ulaei Cogn., Fl. Bras. 3(4): 244. 1895.
  11. Warmingia zamorana Dodson, Icon. Pl. Trop., II, 6: t. 599. 1989. Warmingia margaritacea B.Johans., Lindleyana 7: 194. 1992.

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