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SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Gongoreae, SUBTRIBE Stanhopeinae.

From Mexico to Brazil this genus is hard to beat for it's size and beautifully odd, complexity, and there are 55 different ways that nature came up with presenting it to us. The ovoid dark green pseudobulbs with a single apical, heavily veined, petiolate leaf give rise to a inflorescence from the bottom of the pseudobulb and grows directly downward and for this reason they must be cultivated in a wire basket. The 1 to many flowered inflorescence have heavy mostly pleasing fragrance that can fill a house with it's scent for days. The parts of the Stanhopea Flower are shown here. The column {#1}, petals {#2}, epichile {#3}, Mesochile {#4}, hypochile {5}, horn {#6}, and the pedicel {#7}.

Stanhopea Species List

The species list below was composed with information from the following sources.

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids by Alec Pridgeon. Published by the Timber Press

The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species By Bechtel, Cribb and Launert, Published by The MIT Press

Native Colombian Orchids Volumes 1-6 Published by Editorial Colina By the Colombian Orchid Society

An Introduction to the Orchids Of Mexico By Andrew Wiard Published by Comstock Cornell

Orchids Of Brazil By Jim & Barbara McQueen Published by Timber Press

Field Guide to the Orchids of Costa Rica And Panama By Robert L Dressler Published by Comstock Cornell

Orchids of Guatemala and Belize By Oakes Ames And Donovan Correl Published by Dover

An * denotes species that are in doubt or have been changed to another name

Species names that are synonyms of correct species names are denoted with a ~.

1. acostae Dodson
- Colombia

~*amoena Klotzsch - [now S. wardii]

2. anfracta Rolfe
- Panama, Peru and Ecuador to Bolivia - Alt 1100-1200m, Flowers in Spring to early Winter, forest epiphyte, Intermediate
3. annulata Mansf.
- Colombia and Ecuador -

~*aurea Lindley - [now S. wardii]

4. avicula Dressler
- Colombia - Warm

~bucephalus Lindl. - See S. oculata

5. candida Barb. Rodr.
- Mexico, Panama, Peru, Colombia and Brazil, - Flowers in Summer - Epiphyte - Intermediate
6. cirrhata Lindl.
- Nicaragua to Panama -
7. connata Kl.
- Colombia - Alt 0-1200m -Warm to intermediate
8. costaricensis Rchb.f.
- Guatemala to Panama -

~cymbiformis Rchb.f. - See S.oculata

9. deltoidea Lemaire
- Peru

~devoniansis Lindl. see S. hernandezii

10. *devonensis Lindl. [now S. graveolens]
Similar to hernandezii with smaller flowers and warts on the inner surface of the hypochile - Mexico and Guatemala - Alt up to 1900m - Epiphyte or Lithophyte in Forests -
11. ecornuta Lemaire
- Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica - Alt 1200m - Flowers in summer - Forests epiphyte - Intermediate
12. *embreei
- Guatemala, Panama and Ecuador - Alt - Flowers in Spring - Intermediate

~expansa

13. florida Rchb.f.
- Colombia to Peru -
14. x fowlleana Dodson ex Horich
15. *fregeana [now S. maculosa]
16. frymirei Dodson
17. gibbosa Rchb.f.
- Nicaragua and Coosta Rica
18. grandiflora [Lodd.]Lindl.
- Caribbean to Colombia on to the Guianas and Brazil
19. graveolens Lindl.
- Closely allied to S. wardii but has larger flowers, lip and horns on the mesochile - Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras - Alt up to 2700m - Forests - Epiphytic or Lithophytic - Cool to intermediate

~guttata Lindl. - See S. oculata

20. guttulata Lindley
21. haselowiana Rchb.f.
22. *hernandezii[Kunth]Schltr.
also known as tigrina - Mexico and Guatemala - Alt up to 1900m - Flowers in ? - Epiphyitic and rarely Lithophytic - Intermediate to cool
23. x herrenhusana Jenny
- Colombia
24. horichlana Jenny
25. impressa Rchb.f.
- Colombia - Hot
26. inodora
-Mexico and Guatemala - Alt - Flowers in Spring to Summer - epiphyte - Intermediate to warm
27. insignis Frost exHkr.
- Peru and Brazil - Alt - Flowers in Autumn - High humidity and bright light - Intermediate
28. intermedia Klinge
- Mexico - Alt up to 1600m - Flowers in Late Summer to Early Autumn - Wooded mountains on large horizontal branches - Partial sun
29. jenishiana Kr.&Rchb.f.
- Colombia to Peru -
30. kennedyi Dodson <.LI> - Colombia
31. leitzii (Regel) Schlechter
- coastal Brazil
32. lewisae Ames &Correll
- Guatemala - Alt - 0-100m - Lowland epiphyte -
33. maculosa Knowles ex Westcott
- Mexico
34. martiana Batem.exLindl.
- Mexico -
35. meijiae Dodson
- Colombia
36. napoensis Dodson
37. nigripes Rolfe
38. nigroviolacea
- Mexico - Alt up to 2000m - Flowers in Summer - Intermediate
39. novogaliciana Rosillo
- Mexico
40. oculata [Lodd.]Lindl.
- Mexico, Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Colombia to Brazil- Alt up to 1500m - Flowers in Summer - epiphytic or terrestrial - Intermediate
41. ospinae Dodson
- Colombia
42. panamensis N.Wms.&Whitten
- Colombia - Hot
43. peruviana Rolfe
44. platyceras Rchb.f.
- Colombia - Alt - Epiphyte - warm
45. posadae Jenny ex Braem
- Colombia
46. pozoi Dodson & Bennett
47. pulla Rchb.f.
- Costa Rica to Colombia - Hot
48. quadricornis Lindl.
- Guatemala, Colombia
49. radiosa Lemaire
- Mexico
50. reichenbachiana Roezl. ExRchb.f.
-Colombia - Hot
51. *rodigasiana Claes ex Cogn. -- now Embreea rodigasiana (Claes ex Cogn.) Dodson -- Columbia & Ecuador
52. ruckeri Lindl.
Mexico to Nicaragua
53. saccata Batem.
Mexico to Costa Rica - Alt up to 1400m - on trees in humid forest - epiphyte
54. shuttleworthii Rchb.f.
- Colombia - Warm
55. stevensonii Dodson
- Colombia
56. thienii Dodson
57. *tigrina Batem.
also known as hernandezii - Mexico - Epiphyte
58. tricornis Lindley
59. tricornis ssp. stenochila Dodson

~venusta Lindl. - See S. Wardii

60. wardii Lindl.
- Closely allied to S. graveolens but has smaller flowers, lip and horns on the mesochile - Venezuela to Peru, Nicaragua south to Panama - Alt up to 2700m - Flowers in Autumn - Epiphyte and lithophyte - Intermediate to warm
61. warscewicziana Klotzsch
Costa Rica
62. xytriophora Rchb.f.
- Bolivia

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