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

Prosthechea cochleata, commonly referred to as the clamshell orchid or cockleshell orchid, is an epiphytic, sympodial New World orchid native to Central America, the West Indies, Colombia, Venezuela, and southern Florida. It is also known as the black orchid in Belize, where it is the national flower. Each oblong discoid pseudobulb bears one or two linear nonsucculent leaves. The flowers are unusual in that though the labellum is usually below the column in the orchids, in the members of Prosthechea the labellum forms a "hood" over the column. This makes the flower effectively upside down, or

Oestlundia is a genus of orchids within the subtribe Laeliinae. The species in this genus are distributed from Mexico to Venezuela.

Prosthechea citrina, synonym Encyclia citrina, is a species of orchid native to southwest Mexico. It is known as tulip orchid and has a strong lemon fragrance. Its petals are golden yellow with varying degrees of white crenulations in the lip. The plant may be upright or pendant, but the flowers are always pendant. It is also known as the tulip orchid due to its flowers' rounded cup-like shape. It has been referred to for generations as costicoatzontecoxòchitl, meaning "flower in the form of yellow serpent head", by the Nahuas (indigenous peoples of southwestern United States and northwestern

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Guarianthe skinneri (known as Guaria morada in Costa Rica) is a species of orchid. It is native to Costa Rica, from Chiapas to every country in Central America. Its range extends from the borders Southern Mexico to Costa Rica, a country in which it is the national flower. It was referenced as Cattleya skinneri as the earlier name by James Bateman in 1839.

Guarianthe bowringiana is a species of orchid. It is native to Mexico (Chiapas), Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras.

Guarianthe aurantiaca is a species of orchid. It is widespread across much of Mexico, south to Costa Rica. The diploid chromosome number of G. aurantiaca has been determined as 2n = 40. The phananthrenoids orchinol and loroglossol have a phytoalexin effect and reduce the growth of G. aurantiaca seedlings.

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Prosthechea brassavolae is a species of orchid native to Central America and Mexico. It is cultivated by orchid fanciers.

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