Prosthechea

Accepted species 129 Documented here 29 Family Orchidaceae

Accepted species 129 in this genus

Every accepted species in the genus is listed. A name links to its page when we hold at least three commercially licensed photographs of it. Where we do not, the row shows how many we actually found, which is usually none.

SpeciesAuthority Usable photographsPage
Prosthechea cochleata (L.) W.E.Higgins 129 documented
Prosthechea ochracea (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins 76 documented
Prosthechea radiata (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins 48 documented
Prosthechea varicosa (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins 36 documented
Prosthechea varicosa (Bateman ex Lindl.) W.E.Higgins 36 documented
Prosthechea livida (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins 32 documented
Prosthechea crassilabia (Poepp. & Endl.) Carnevali & I.Ramírez 27 documented
Prosthechea grammatoglossa (Rchb.f.) W.E.Higgins 21 documented
Prosthechea vitellina (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins 15 documented
Prosthechea boothiana (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins 12 documented
Prosthechea gilbertoi (Garay) W.E.Higgins 12 documented
Prosthechea aemula (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins 11 documented
Prosthechea baculus (Rchb.f.) W.E.Higgins 11 documented
Prosthechea chacaoensis (Rchb.f.) W.E.Higgins 11 documented
Prosthechea sima (Dressler) W.E.Higgins 11 documented
Prosthechea mejia (Withner & P.A.Harding) W.E.Higgins 10 documented
Prosthechea michuacana (Lex.) W.E.Higgins 10 documented
Prosthechea fragrans (Sw.) W.E.Higgins 9 documented
Prosthechea vespa (Vell.) W.E.Higgins 8 documented
Prosthechea rhynchophora (A.Rich. & Galeotti) W.E.Higgins 7 documented
Prosthechea pygmaea (Hook.) W.E.Higgins 6 documented
Prosthechea concolor (Lex.) W.E.Higgins 5 documented
Prosthechea ghiesbreghtiana (A.Rich. & Galeotti) W.E.Higgins 5 documented
Prosthechea abbreviata (Schltr.) W.E.Higgins 3 documented
Prosthechea brassavolae (Rchb.f.) W.E.Higgins 3 documented
Prosthechea guttata (Schltr.) Christenson 3 documented
Prosthechea hartwegii (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins 3 documented
Prosthechea squalida (Lex.) Soto Arenas & Salazar 3 documented
Prosthechea tigrina (Linden ex Lindl.) W.E.Higgins 3 documented
Prosthechea chimborazoensis (Schltr.) W.E.Higgins 3 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea micropus (Rchb.f.) W.E.Higgins 3 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea panthera (Rchb.f.) W.E.Higgins 2 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea allemanoides (Hoehne) W.E.Higgins 1 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea bicamerata (Rchb.f.) W.E.Higgins 1 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea citrina (Lex.) W.E.Higgins 1 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea farfanii Christenson 1 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea glumacea (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins 1 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea mariae (Ames) W.E.Higgins 1 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea prismatocarpa (Rchb.f.) W.E.Higgins 1 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea punctulata (Rchb.f.) Soto Arenas & Salazar 1 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea sceptra (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins 1 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea × chixoyensis E.Mó & Cetzal 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea × intermedia (Campacci) J.M.H.Shaw 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea alagoensis (Pabst) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea allemanii (Barb.Rodr.) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea aloisii (Schltr.) Dodson & Hágsater 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea arminii (Rchb.f.) Withner & P.A.Harding 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea barbozae Pupulin 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea bennettii (Christenson) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea bohnkiana V.P.Castro & G.F.Carr 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea borsiana (Campacci) Van den Berg 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea borsiana (Campacci) Campacci 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea brachiata (A.Rich. & Galeotti) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea brachychila (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea bueraremensis (Campacci) Van den Berg 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea bueraremensis (Campacci) Campacci 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea bulbosa (Vell.) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea caetensis (Bicalho) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea calamaria (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea campos-portoi (Pabst) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea campylostalix (Rchb.f.) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea carrii V.P.Castro & Campacci 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea chondylobulbon (A.Rich. & Galeotti) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea christensonii (Harding) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea christyana (Rchb.f.) Garay & Withner 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea cretacea (Dressler & G.E.Pollard) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea ebanii Chiron & V.P.Castro 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea elisae Chiron & V.P.Castro 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea faresiana (Bicalho) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea fausta (Rchb.f. ex Cogn.) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea favoris (Rchb.f.) Salazar & Soto Arenas 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea fortunae (Dressler) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea fuertesii (Cogn.) Christenson 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea garciana (Garay & Dunst.) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea glauca Knowles & Westc. 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea greenwoodiana (Aguirre-Olav.) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea hajekii D.E.Benn. & Christenson 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea hastata (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea ionocentra (Rchb.f.) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea ionophlebia (Rchb.f.) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea itabirinhensis (Campacci) J.M.H.Shaw 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea jauana (Carnevali & I.Ramírez) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea joaquingarciana Pupulin 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea karwinskii (Mart.) J.M.H.Shaw 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea kautskyi (Pabst) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea lambda (Linden & Rchb.f.) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea lindenii (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea macrothyrsodes (Rchb.f.) Christenson 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea madrensis (Schltr.) Karremans 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea magnispatha (Ames, F.T.Hubb. & C.Schweinf.) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea marciliana (Campacci) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea megahybos (Schltr.) Dodson & Hágsater 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea moojenii (Pabst) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea mulasii Soto Arenas & L.Cerv. 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea neglecta Pupulin 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea neurosa (Ames) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea obpiribulbon (Hágsater) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea ortizii (Dressler) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea pachysepala (Klotzsch) Chiron & V.P.Castro 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea pamplonensis (Rchb.f.) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea papilio (Vell.) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea pastoris (Lex.) Espejo & López-Ferr. 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea pitengoensis (T.V.S.Campacci & Laitano) J.M.H.Shaw 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea pringlei (Rolfe) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea pseudopygmaea (Finet) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea pterocarpa (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea pulcherrima (Klotzsch) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea pulchra Dodson & W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea racemifera (Dressler) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea regentii V.P.Castro & Chiron 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea regnelliana (Hoehne & Schltr.) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea roraimensis V.P.Castro & Campacci 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea schunkiana (Campacci & P.A.Harding) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea semiaperta (Hágsater) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea serpentilingua Withner & D.G.Hunt 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea sessiliflora (Edwall) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea silvana Cath. & V.P.Castro 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea spondiada (Rchb.f.) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea suzanensis (Hoehne) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea tardiflora Mora-Ret. ex Pupulin 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea terassaniana (Campacci & P.A.Harding) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea tinukiana Bogarín & Karremans 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea trulla (Rchb.f.) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea vagans (Ames) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea vasquezii Christenson 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea venezuelana (Schltr.) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea villae-rosae P.Ortiz 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea vita (D.G.Hunt, Withner & P.A.Harding) J.M.H.Shaw 0 below the evidence gate
Prosthechea widgrenii (Lindl.) W.E.Higgins 0 below the evidence gate

Why some species have no pagethe gate

This site is commercial, so it can only publish photographs licensed for commercial use. Roughly three quarters of the photographs on iNaturalist are CC BY-NC, which excludes them. A species needs at least three usable photographs before we will build it a page, because a page with one picture and no traits tells you nothing you could not get from a search result, and generating hundreds of thousands of those is precisely the practice that got the previous version of this site deleted.

So the species above without a link are not errors and they are not omissions. They are real, accepted plants that we cannot yet document to the standard we hold ourselves to, and the count in the photographs column is exactly how far short we fall.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Accepted names, authorities, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. Photograph counts, restricted to CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA. Retrieved 2026-06-27.