Prosthechea cochleata

 Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Prosthechea cochleata']

• English: Cockleshell orchid
• مصرى: قوقعة البروستاتا
• فارسی: ارکیده گوش‌ماهی
• 中文: 章鱼兰, 围柱兰
• 中文（中国大陆）: 章鱼兰
• 中文（臺灣）: 章魚蘭

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Epidendreae • Subtribus: Laeliinae • Genus: Prosthechea • Species: Prosthechea cochleata (L.) W.E. Higgins (1998)

Synonyms

Basionym Epidendrum cochleatum L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 1351 (1763) Homotypic synonyms Anacheilium cochleatum (L.) Hoffmanns., Verz. Orchid.: 21 (1842) Encyclia cochleata (L.) Robert Louis Dressler, Brittonia 13: 264 (1961) Heterotypic synonyms Epidendrum cochleatum var. grandiflorum Mutel, Mém. Soc. Roy. Centr. Agric. Dépt. N. 1838: 86 (1838) Prosthechea cochleata var. grandiflora (Mutel) Christenson, Richardiana 8: 30 (2008)

Species

Images of the whole plant

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Flowers

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Pseudobulbs

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Botanical illustrations

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  Prosthechea cochleata
  (as syn.
  Epidendrum cochleatum)
  plate 152 in:
  The Botanical Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 5,
  (1792)
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  Prosthechea cochleata
  (as syn.
  Epidendrum cochleatum)
  plate 572 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 16,
  (1803)

Varietates

Prosthechea cochleata var. triandra (Ames) Hágsater, Fl. N. America 26: 614 (2002)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Florida. Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Regional: Caribbean Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands. Regional: Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Colombia.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Prosthechea cochleata.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Prosthechea cochleata