Peristeria (orchid)
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Peristeria is a genus of plants belonging to the family Orchidaceae whose genus' common name is the "Dove Orchid" or the "Holy Ghost Orchid". In line with the common name, the genus' name is from the Greek word peristerion meaning "from dove". According to the Royal Horticultural Society Per. is the official orchid abbreviation for this genus.
The type species, Peristeria elata, is the national flower of Panama and is extremely over-collected in its native habitat. This over collection has led to its status as a species threatened with extinction delineated in Appendix I of CITES. In its native habitat, Peristeria can usually be found growing near the edge of hardwood forests. In the fall, after the trees in the hardwood forest lose their leaves, the plants are exposed to full sun throughout the cool, dry winter. Species in this genus are either epiphytic or terrestrial in growth habit.
For relatives of Peristeria see Coeliopsidinae and the closely related sister subtribe Stanhopeinae.
[edit] Species
- Peristeria aspersa Rolfe
- Peristeria barkeri Bateman
- Peristeria cerina Lindl.
- Peristeria cerina var. guttata Rchb. f.
- Peristeria cerina var. guttulata Rchb. f.
- Peristeria cochlearis Garay
- Peristeria elata Hook. (Panama; Colombia; Ecuador)
- Peristeria ephippium Rchb. f.
- Peristeria fuscata hort. ex Lindl.
- Peristeria graveolens Lindl.
- Peristeria guttata Knowles & Westc.
- Peristeria guttata' var. violacea Josst
- Peristeria humboldti Lindl.
- Peristeria humboldtii Lindl.
- Peristeria humboldtii var. fulva Hook.
- Peristeria laeta Rchb. f.
- Peristeria lentiginosa Lodd.
- Peristeria leucoxantha Garay
- Peristeria lindenii Rolfe
- Peristeria longiscapa A. Rich. & Galeotti
- Peristeria maculata hort. ex Loudon
- Peristeria pendula Hook.
- Peristeria rossiana Rchb. f.
- Peristeria selligera Rchb. f.
- Peristeria serroniana (Barb. Rodr.) Garay
- Peristeria stapelioides Loudon
- Peristeria violacea (Josst) Foldats
