''Coryanthes macrantha'' commonly called the ''Bucket Orchid'', or ''Monkey's Throat Orchid'' is an epiphytic orchid from the genus '' Coryanthes''. It is native to Trinidad and to

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macrantha Orchids of South America Plants described in 1831 {{Cymbidieae-stub