''Rhyncholaelia'', abbreviated ''Rl.'' in the horticultural trade, is a
genus
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of
orchid
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s (family Orchidaceae), comprising two
species
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. They are distributed in
Mexico
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,
Guatemala
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,
Belize
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, and
Honduras
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. Both species were originally published in ''
Brassavola'' by
Lindley. In 1918,
Schlechter erected the new genus ''Rhyncholaelia'' and moved ''Brassavola digbyana''
Lindl. 1846 and ''Brassavola glauca''
Lindl. 1839 into it.
[Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt (in German) (2nd ed.). C. Heinrich. 1918. p. 477.]
Species
*''
Rhyncholaelia digbyana ''
(Lindl.) Schltr.
*''
Rhyncholaelia glauca''
(Lindl.) Schltr.
Hybrids
*Rl. Aristocrat (= Rl. ''glauca'' × Rl. ''digbyana''), registered by M. Roccaforte (1973) as ''Brassavola'' Aristocrat
*Rl. Memoria Coach Blackmore (= Rl. ''digbyana'' × Rl. Aristocrat), registered by S. Blackmore (2003)
References
External links
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Laeliinae genera
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