Guarianthe

Guarianthe, abbreviated Gur. in the horticultural trade,^[1] is a small genus of epiphytic orchids, growing in wet forests in Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad.^[2] It was separated from the bifoliate Cattleyas in 2003,^[3] based on phylogenetic studies of nuclear DNA sequence data.^[4]

Guarianthe
Guarianthe skinneri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Epidendreae
Subtribe:	Laeliinae
Genus:	Guarianthe Dressler & W.E. Higgins (2003)

Species

Image	Name	Distribution	Elevation (m)
	Guarianthe aurantiaca (Bateman) Dressler & W.E. Higgins 2003	Widespread across much of Mexico, south to Costa Rica	300 – 1600 meters
	Guarianthe bowringiana (Veitch) Dressler & W.E. Higgins 2003	Chiapas, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras	210 – 900 meters
	Guarianthe patinii (Cogn.) Dressler & W.E. Higgins 2003	Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad; naturalized in Ecuador	30 – 800 meters
	Guarianthe skinneri (Bateman) Dressler & W.E. Higgins 2003	from Chiapas, Mexico south to Panama	200 – 2300 meters

Natural hybrid

• Guarianthe × laelioides (Lem.) Van den Berg 2015 = Gur. aurantiaca × Gur. skinneri^[5] – Chiapas, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua