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

References

• Pupulin, Franco. Vanishing Beauty, Native Costa Rican Orchids vol 1 Acianthera - Kegeliella. Sistema Editorial y University of Costa Rica.