Miltonia spectabilis

Outstanding Miltonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Maxillareae
Subtribe: Oncidiinae
Alliance: Oncidium
Genus: Miltonia
Species: M. spectabilis
Binomial name
Miltonia spectabilis
Lindl.
Synonyms
  • Oncidium spectabile (Lindl.) Beer
  • Macrochilus fryanus Knowles & Westc.
  • Miltonia spectabilis var. porphyroglossa Rchb.f.
  • Miltonia spectabilis var. radians Rchb.f.
  • Miltonia spectabilis var. rosea auct.
  • Miltonia spectabilis var. virginalis Lem.
  • Miltonia bicolor Lodd. ex Buyss.
  • Miltonia spectabilis var. aspersa Rchb.f.
  • Miltonia spectabilis var. bicolor G.Nicholson
  • Miltonia spectabilis var. lineata L.Linden & Rodigas

Miltonia spectabilis, the Outstanding Miltonia, is a species of orchid occurring in extreme eastern Brazil and has been erroneously reported to occur in Venezuela.[1] It is the type species of the genus Miltonia.

References

  1. ^ Pridgeon, Alec M. (1992). The Illustrated encyclopedia of orchids. Timber Press. p. 178. ISBN 9780881922677. http://books.google.com/books?id=BP4antrlNRAC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_navlinks_s.