Cycnoches


Cycnoches, abbreviated as Cyc. in the horticultural trade, is a genus of 34 currently accepted species of orchids native to South America, Central America and southern Mexico. Also called "swan orchids", they are epiphytes found in lowland and pre-montane forests.

List of species

Species accepted as of May 2014:
  1. Cycnoches aureum Lindl. & Paxton - Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama
  2. Cycnoches barthiorum G.F.Carr & Christenson - Colombia
  3. Cycnoches bennettii Dodson - Peru
  4. Cycnoches brachydactylon Schltr. - Colombia
  5. Cycnoches carrii Christenson - Peru
  6. Cycnoches chlorochilon Klotzsch - Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, French Guiana
  7. Cycnoches christensonii D.E.Benn. - Peru
  8. Cycnoches cooperi Rolfe - Peru, Brazil
  9. Cycnoches densiflorum Rolfe - Colombia
  10. Cycnoches dianae Rchb.f. - Panama
  11. Cycnoches egertonianum Bateman - southern Mexico, Central America
  12. Cycnoches farnsworthianum D.E.Benn. & Christenson - Peru
  13. Cycnoches glanduliferum Rolfe - southern Mexico, Central America
  14. Cycnoches guttulatum Schltr. - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama
  15. Cycnoches haagii Barb.Rodr. - from Colombia to French Guiana, south to Bolivia and Brazil
  16. Cycnoches herrenhusanum Jenny & G.A.Romero - Colombia, Ecuador
  17. Cycnoches jarae Dodson & D.E.Benn. - Peru
  18. Cycnoches lehmannii Rchb.f. - Ecuador, Peru
  19. Cycnoches loddigesii Lindl. - from Colombia to French Guiana, south to Brazil
  20. Cycnoches lusiae G.A.Romero & Garay - Venezuela
  21. Cycnoches maculatum Lindl. - Colombia, Venezuela
  22. Cycnoches manoelae P.Castro & Campacci - Brazil
  23. Cycnoches pachydactylon Schltr. - Nicaragua, Panama
  24. Cycnoches pentadactylon Lindl. - Peru, Brazil
  25. Cycnoches peruvianum Rolfe - Ecuador, Peru
  26. Cycnoches powellii Schltr. - Panama
  27. Cycnoches quatuorcristis D.E.Benn. - Peru
  28. Cycnoches rossianum Rolfe - Costa Rica
  29. Cycnoches schmidtianum Christenson & G.F.Carr - Peru
  30. Cycnoches stenodactylon Schltr. - Panama
  31. Cycnoches suarezii Dodson - Ecuador
  32. Cycnoches thurstoniorum Dodson - Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador
  33. Cycnoches ventricosum Bateman - Mexico, Central America
  34. Cycnoches warszewiczii Rchb.f. - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama