''Alamania punicea'' is a species of

epiphytic An epiphyte is a plant or plant-like organism that grows on the surface of another plant and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, water (in marine environments) or from debris accumulating around it. The plants on which epiphyt ...

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s and the only species of the genus ''Alamania''. It is

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and has two recognized varieties:Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> *''Alamania punicea ''subsp''. greenwoodiana'' Soto Arenas & R.JiménezSoto Arenas & R. Jiménez. 2003. Icones Orchidacearum 5–6: , t. 516 - Hidalgo,

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*''Alamania punicea ''subsp''. punicea'' - similar range

Description

Small, epiphytic plant that prefers a cool climate, it has an ovoid pseudobulb with 2 to 3 coriaceous, oblong-elliptic, obtuse, articular, basal and broad leaves that blooms in an erect, terminal, cluster-shaped inflorescence that can carry one to nine red-orange flowers. It produces its flowering in the spring and early summer.

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Laeliinae genera Monotypic Epidendroideae genera Orchids of Mexico Epiphytic orchids Laeliinae {{Laeliinae-stub