Huntleya


Huntleya is a small orchid genus native to South America, Central America and Trinidad.
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. Huntleya apiculata Rolfe - Colombia
  2. Huntleya brevis Schltr. - Colombia
  3. Huntleya burtii 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 Rolfe - Colombia, Ecuador
  9. Huntleya lucida Rolfe - Venezuela, 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 Rolfe - Ecuador