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Mormodes Page

SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Cymbidieae, SUBTRIBE Catasetinae.

This genus of 67 species runs from Mexico to Bolivia and Brazil and are epiphytes found in lower tropical forests. They are most often found growing on a rotten part of a tree or on large fallen rotten branches or trunks. The fleshy pseudobulbs have heavily veined deciduous leaves and the inflorescence is produced from the middle of the pseudobulb. These plants are related to the Catasetum and can be crossed with them producing extremely bizarre flowers. Intermediate to warm conditions suit these plants well and they like to be wet when the growth is happening but once maturity is attained in the fall all water and fertilizer should be withheld.

Mormodes Species List

    The species list below was composed with information from the following sources.

    The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids by Alec Pridgeon. Published by the Timber Press

    The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species By Bechtel, Cribb and Launert, Published by The MIT Press

    Native Colombian Orchids Volumes 1-6 Published by Editorial Colina By the Colombian Orchid Society

    An Introduction to the Orchids Of Mexico By Andrew Wiard Published by Comstock Cornell

    Orchids Of Brazil By Jim & Barbara McQueen Published by Timber Press

    Field Guide to the Orchids of Costa Rica And Panama By Robert L Dressler Published by Comstock Cornell

    Orchids of Guatemala and Belize By Oakes Ames And Donovan Correl Published by Dover

    Species names that are synonyms are denoted with a ~.

  1. amazonicum Brade
  2. andicola Salazar
    3. - Mexico
  3. andreettae Dodson
    4. - Ecuador, Colombia and Peru - Alt 400 -1500m - Map of South American Specimens with coordinates

  4. aromatica Lindl.
    5. - Mexico to Honduras

    ~atro-purpurea Hkr. - See M. hookeri

    ~atropurpurea Lindl. - See M. atropupureum

  5. atropurpureum Lindl. - Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia - Alt up to 1000m - Panama Provincial Distribution Map - Epiphyte
  6. aurantiaca Schltr.
  7. auriculata Miranda
  8. badia Rolfe exWats.
    9. - Mexico - Alt 700-1500m - Flowers in Autumn and Winter - Oak And Pine Forests

    ~barbatum Lindl.&Paxt. - See M. hookeri

  9. bolivianum Dodson & Vasquez
    10. - Bolivia
  10. brachystachum Kl.
  11. brainardii Salazar & Dodson
    12. Ecuador - Alt 250-450m
  12. buccinator Lindl.
    13. - Colombia to Ecuador, Venezuela and Brazil - Alt up to 1500m - Flowers in winter to spring - Bright light - Warm to intermediate conditions - Water while growing, dry rest

    var theirochlorum Rchb.f.

  13. calceolata Fowlie
    14. - Mexico
  14. cartonii Hkr.
    15. - - Panama, Colombia and Venezuela - Alt up to 1000m - epiphyte - Panama Provincial Distribution Map
  15. castroi Salazar

    16. ~citrina Hort. - See M. colossus

  16. claesianum Pabst
    17. - Colombia - Hot
  17. cogniauxii Linden
    18. - Colombia

    ~colossa Rchb.f. - See M. colossus

  18. colossus Rchb.f.
    19. - Costa Rica and Panama - Alt 800-2100 - Epiphyte - Cool grower - Panama Provincial Distribution Map
  19. convolutum Lindl.
    20. - Colombia
  20. cozticxochtil Salazar
    21. - Mexico
  21. cucumerina Pabst
  22. dasilvae Salazar
  23. dayanum Rchb.f.
  24. densiflora Miranda
  25. elegans Miranda
  26. ephippilabia Fowlie
  27. escobarii Pabst
    28. - Colombia -
  28. estradae Dodson
    29. - Ecuador - Alt 500-1500m
  29. flavida Klotsch
    30. - Costa Rica -

    ~flavidum KLotsch - See M. flavida

  30. fractiflexum Rchb.f.
    31. - Panama - Alt 800-2500m - intermediate

    ~fractiflexus rchb.f. - See M. fractiflexum

  31. frymirei Dodson- Ecuador - Alt 350-850m - Map of South American Specimens with coordinates

    ~greenii Hkr.f. - See M. uncia

  32. guentheriana [Krzl.]Mansf.
  33. hirsutissima Miranda

    34. ~histrio Rchb.f. see M. warscewiczii

    ~holochrisum Rchb.f. - See M. variablis

  34. hookeri Lem.
    35. - Colombia, Eastern Panama and Costa Rica - Alt 800-2500m

    ~hookerii Lem. - See M. hookeri

  35. horichii Fowlie
    36. - Costa Rica - Alt 0-800m

    ~ignea Lindl. & Paxt. - See M. igneum

  36. igneum Lindl.&Paxt.
    37. Costa Rica, Honduras Panama and Colombia - Alt up to 1000m - Epiphyte - Panama Provincial Distribution Map

    ~incisa Rchb.f. - See M. uncia

  37. ladium Rolfe
    38. - Central America
  38. lancilabris Pabst
    39. - Panama - Alt up to 1000m - Epiphyte - Panama Provincial Distribution Map
  39. lawrenceanum Rolfe
    40. - Colombia
  40. lentiginossum Hkr.
  41. leuchochilum Kl.

    42. ~lineata Batem. - See M. lineatum

  42. lineatum Batem. ex Lindl.
    43. - Guatemala

    ~lineatus Batem. ex Lindl - See M. lineatum

  43. lobulata Schltr.
    44. - Costa Rica and Panama - Alt 0-2500m - warm to intermediate
  44. luxata Lindl.
    45. - Mexico - Alt 1000m - Flowers in June or July - Pacific slope of Jalisco

    ~macranthum Lindl.&Paxt. - See M. colossus

  45. maculata [Klotsch]L.O.Wms.
    46. - Mexico -

    maculata var. unicolor [Hkr.] L.O.Wms.

  46. marmoreum Klostch
  47. mejiae Pabst
    48. - Colombia
  48. morenorum Dodson & Vasquez
  49. nagelii L.O.Wms.
  50. oberlanderanum Lehm.&Krzl.
    51. - Colombia - Hot
  51. ocanae Lindl. & Rchb.f.
    52. - Colombia
  52. oceloteoides Rosillo
    53. - Mexico
  53. oestlundiana Salazar & Hagsater
    54. - Mexico
  54. pabstiana Cardenas
  55. pabstiana Rosillo
    56. - Mexico
  56. paraensis Salazaz & da Silva
  57. pardalinata Rosillo
    58. - Mexico

    ~pardina Batem. ex Lindl. - see M. maculata

    var unicolor Batem. - See M. maculata

  58. platychila Rolfe
  59. porphyrophlebia Salazar
    60. - Mexico

    ~powellii Schltr. see M. colossus

  60. punctatum Rolfe
    61. - Panama - Alt 800-2500m - Intermediate
  61. ramirezii Rosillo
    62. - Mexico
  62. revolutum Rolfe
    63. - Peru
  63. rolfeanum Linden
    64. Colombia, Ecuador and Peru - Alt 1100m - Intermediate
  64. romanii Dodson
    65. - Ecuador - Alt 100-1400m
  65. rosea Barb.Rodr.
    66. - Brazil
  66. saccata Rosillo
    67. - Mexico
  67. salvadoensis Hamer & Garay
  68. sanguineoclaustra Fowlie
  69. shultzei Schltr.
    70. -Colombia

    ~sinuata Rchb.f. & Warm. - See M. sinuatum

  70. sinuatum Rchb.f.&Warsc.
    71. -Guatemala, Costa Rica, Venezuela And Brazil
  71. skinneri Rchb.f.
    72. -Colombia Costa Rica and Guatemala - Alt up to 1000m
  72. sotoana Salazar
    73. - Mexico

    ~speciosa Linden - See M. Speciosum

  73. speciosum Linden Ex Lindl.
    74. - Colombia - Warm

    ~steniglossa Schltr. - See M. stenoglossum

  74. stenoglossum Schltr.
  75. tezontle Rosillo
    76. - Mexico - Alt 1400m - Flowers in Autumn to Spring - Epiphyte
  76. tibicen Rchb.f
    77. - Colombia
  77. tuxtlensis Salazar
    78. Photo courtesy of JEM Orchids This is a cool growing, rare epiphytic Mexican species found on rotting tree trunks in high jungle with secondary growth.

    ~unicolor [Hkr.]L.O.Wms. see M. maculata

  78. variablis Rchb.b
    79. -Colombia - Warm
  79. vernixium Rchb.f.
    80. - Venezuela and the Guianas
  80. warscewiczii Klotsch
    81. Mexico and Peru -

    ~wendlandii Rchb.f. see M. colossus

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