Rhyncholaelia digbyana

Rhyncholaelia digbyana
Rhyncholaelia digbyana flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Rhyncholaelia
Species:
R. digbyana
Binomial name
Rhyncholaelia digbyana
(Lindl.) Schltr. (1918)
Synonyms
  • Bletia digibiyana Lindl. (Rchb.f, 1861)
  • Brassavola digbyana Lindl. (1846)
  • Cattleya digbyana Lindl. (Gentil, 1907)
  • Laelia digbyana Lindl. (Benth, 1880)
  • Laelia digbyana var. fimbripetala (Ames,1932)
  • Brassavola digbyana var. fimbripetala Ames (O.Gruss & M.Wolff, 2007)
  • Brassavola digbyana f. fimbripetala Ames (H.G. Jones, 1962)

Rhyncholaelia digbyana is a species of epiphytic orchid occurring from Honduras to Belize, Guatemala, Mexico and Costa Rica.

Rl. digbyana can be distinguished from the other species of Rhyncholaelia (Rl. glauca) by the frilled labellum.

The orchid has been discovered by José Antonio Molina Rosito, a Honduran botanist and Professor emeritus at the Zamorano Pan-American School of Agriculture.

Rhyncholaelia digbyana was declared the national flower of Honduras (Flor Nacional de Honduras) on 1969 November 26.

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