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Orchid Species: Isochilus proliferus

Kew currently accepted name is Scaphyglottis prolifera

Isochilus proliferus is an orchid species identified by R.Br. in W.T.Aiton in 1813. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Scaphyglottis prolifera.
Genus
Isochilus (Iso.)
Grex
proliferus
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Species
Author
R.Br. in W.T.Aiton
Year
1813
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ORIGIN: Found from Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Fr. Guiana, Guyana, Surinam, Venezuela, Trinidad and the Windward Islands as a medium sized, hot to warm growing, caespitose epiphyte in hot low rainforests at elevations of 40 to 2000 meters.

DESCRIPTION: Found from Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Fr. Guiana, Guyana, Surinam, Venezuela, Trinidad and the Windward Islands as a medium sized, hot to warm growing, caespitose epiphyte in hot low rainforests at elevations of 40 to 2000 meters with segmented, cylindric pseudobulbs with segments that become smaller apically and can sometimes branch to two, subtended by basal sheaths with two apical, subcoriaceous, lanceolate leaves that are conduplicate at the base blooming on a terminal, fasciculate, short, 1 or 2 flowered inflorescence that holds the successive flower against the leaf base and occurs in the fall and early winter.

FLOWER SIZE: 3/16 to 1/2 inch [1 to 1.2 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Scaphyglottis Scgl prolifera 1898 (R.Br.) Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.)
Add+ Ponera Pon mapiriensis 1928 Kraenzl.
Add+ Scaphyglottis Scgl cuneata 1918 Schltr.
Add+ Scaphyglottis Scgl gracilis 1923 (Schltr.) Schltr.
Add+ Scaphyglottis Scgl wercklei 1923 Schltr.
Add+ Tetragamestus Tet gracilis 1918 Schltr.
Add+ Isochilus Iso prolifer 1813 R.Br. in W.T.Aiton
Most awarded/recent cultivars: Scgl. prolifera 'Jimenita' (2016) Scgl. prolifera 'Efrain Villalobos' (2014) Scgl. prolifera 'Alicia' (2013) Scgl. prolifera 'Pedro' (2012) Scgl. prolifera 'LeBuff' (2000) Scgl. cuneata 'Old Mill' (1994) Scgl. prolifera 'Diane' (1980)
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