Cup orchid

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Cup orchid
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Pleurothallidinae
Genus: Brachionidium
Lindl.
Species
  • Brachionidium folsomii
  • Brachionidium kuhniarum
  • Brachionidium valerioi
  • etc.

Cup orchids (genus Brachionidium) are a group of about 65 species of orchids, found throughout tropical America. The generic name comes from Greek ("little arm") and refers to the protrusions on the stigma.

The genus Yolanda Hoehne is a synonym of Brachionidium.

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