''Guarianthe'', abbreviated ''Gur.'' in the horticultural trade, is a small genus of epiphytic orchids, growing in wet forests in Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad. It was separated from the bifoliate ''Cattleya''s in 2003, based on phylogenetic studies of nuclear DNA sequence data.

Species

Natural hybrid

*''Guarianthe x laelioides, Guarianthe × laelioides'' (Lem.) Van den Berg 2015 = ''Guarianthe aurantiaca, Gur. aurantiaca'' × ''Guarianthe skinneri, Gur. skinneri'' – Chiapas, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua

References

* (1809) Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, publié par la Société Philomatique de Paris 1: 318. * (2009) Epidendroideae (Part two). Genera Orchidacearum 5: 71 ff. Oxford University Press.

External links

* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q134721 Guarianthe, Laeliinae genera Epiphytic orchids