Huntleya
Genus of orchids / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Huntleya is a small orchid genus native to South America, Central America and Trinidad.[1]
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Huntleya | |
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Huntleya burtii | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Tribe: | Cymbidieae |
Subtribe: | Zygopetalinae |
Genus: | Huntleya Bateman ex Lindl.., 1837 |
Type species | |
Huntleya meleagris Lindl.., 1837 |
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These are epiphytic, pseudobulbless and often larger plants with subplicate leaves nearing forty centimeters long, erect and single-flowered. They occur in wet cloud forests at medium altitudes.