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Orthochilus
Orthochilus is a genus of orchids that consists of at least 34 species, most of which are native to Africa and Madagascar with a few species in tropical and subtropical America. The genus was first formally described in 1850 by the French botanist Achille Richard, who cited an earlier suggestion by the German botanist Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter. Richard recognized a single species, Orthochilus abyssinicus, and noted that the genus shared many features with the closely...
25 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Giant Orchid
speciesOrthochilus ecristatus
Leafy Harlequin
speciesOrthochilus foliosus
Fynbos Harlequin
speciesOrthochilus tabularis
Strandveld Harlequin
speciesOrthochilus litoralis
Orthochilus aurantiacus
speciesOrthochilus aurantiacus
Orthochilus euanthus
speciesOrthochilus euanthus
Orthochilus rutenbergianus
speciesOrthochilus rutenbergianus
Orthochilus mechowii
speciesOrthochilus mechowii
Orthochilus vinosus
speciesOrthochilus vinosus
Orthochilus walleri
speciesOrthochilus walleri
Orthochilus thomsonii
speciesOrthochilus thomsonii
Orthochilus trilamellatus
speciesOrthochilus trilamellatus
Orthochilus eustachyus
speciesOrthochilus eustachyus
Orthochilus rarus
speciesOrthochilus rarus
Orthochilus corymbosus
speciesOrthochilus corymbosus
Orthochilus ruwenzoriensis
speciesOrthochilus ruwenzoriensis
Orthochilus carsonii
speciesOrthochilus carsonii
Orthochilus subulatus
speciesOrthochilus subulatus
Orthochilus nuttii
speciesOrthochilus nuttii
Pott's Orchid
speciesOrthochilus pottsii
Orthochilus holubii
speciesOrthochilus holubii
Orthochilus albobrunneus
speciesOrthochilus albobrunneus
Orthochilus clandestinus
speciesOrthochilus clandestinus
Orthochilus distans
speciesOrthochilus distans
Orthochilus montis-elgonis
speciesOrthochilus montis-elgonis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 464331.