Huntleya

Huntleya is a small orchid genus native to South America, Central America and Trinidad.[1]

Huntleya
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

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.

Species

Species currently accepted as of June 2014:[1]

1. Huntleya apiculata (Rchb.f.) Rolfe - Colombia
2. Huntleya brevis Schltr. - Colombia
3. Huntleya burtii (Endres & Rchb.f.) Rolfe - from Colombia north to Guatemala
4. Huntleya caroli P.Ortiz - Colombia
5. Huntleya citrina Rolfe - Colombia, Ecuador
6. Huntleya fasciata Fowlie - Ecuador, Panama, Belize
7. Huntleya grandiflora Lam. - Colombia
8. Huntleya gustavii (Rchb.f.) Rolfe - Colombia, Ecuador
9. Huntleya lucida (Rolfe) Rolfe - Venezuela (including the Venezuelan Islands of the Caribbean), Guyana, Ecuador, Brazil
10. Huntleya meleagris Lindl. - Trinidad and northern South America to Brazil
11. Huntleya sessiliflora Bateman ex Lindl. - Guyana
12. Huntleya vargasii Dodson & D.E.Benn. - Peru
13. Huntleya waldvogelii Jenny - Colombia
14. Huntleya wallisii (Rchb.f.) Rolfe - Ecuador

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

• Pupulin, Franco. Vanishing Beauty, Native Costa Rican Orchids vol 1 Acianthera - Kegeliella. Sistema Editorial y University of Costa Rica.
• Media related to Huntleya at Wikimedia Commons