Prosthechea aemula(Lindl.) W.E.Higgins

WFO wfo-0000283510 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 7 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 7 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Prosthechea aemula, photographed by William G. Borges
fig. a William G. Borges, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-07-11 / obs. 142976500
Prosthechea aemula, photographed by w_endo
fig. b w_endo, CC0 1.0 / obs. 205008650
Prosthechea aemula, photographed by Diogo Luiz
fig. c Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 179291649
Prosthechea aemula, photographed by William G. Borges
fig. d William G. Borges, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 142976520
Prosthechea aemula, photographed by maureen_c-m
fig. e maureen_c-m, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 174259503
Prosthechea aemula, photographed by Diogo Luiz
fig. f Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 179265868
Prosthechea aemula, photographed by Diogo Luiz
fig. g Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 179048834
Prosthechea aemula, photographed by Diogo Luiz
fig. h Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 179265889

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Native range 16 botanical countries

Regions where Prosthechea aemula is native: Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is. BoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaEcuadorFrench GuianaGuyanaPanamáPeruSurinameTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela Windward Is.
Native distribution of Prosthechea aemula, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Bolivia BOL SOUTHERN AMERICA
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Ecuador ECU
French Guiana FRG
Guyana GUY
Panamá PAN
Peru PER
Suriname SUR
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN
Windward Is. WIN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 13 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Anacheilium aemulum (Lindl.) Withner & P.A.Harding
  • Encyclia aemula (Lindl.) Carnevali & I.Ramírez
  • Encyclia fragrans subsp. aemula (Lindl.) Dressler
  • Epidendrum aemulum Lindl.
  • Epidendrum aemulum var. brevistriatum Rchb.f.
  • Epidendrum cordatum Vell.
  • Epidendrum cordifolium Steud.
  • Epidendrum fragrans var. aemulum (Lindl.) Barb.Rodr.
  • Epidendrum fragrans var. alticallum Barb.Rodr.
  • Epidendrum fragrans var. brevistriatum (Rchb.f.) Cogn.
  • Epidendrum fragrans var. janeirense Barb.Rodr.
  • Epidendrum fragrans var. micranthum Barb.Rodr.
  • Epidendrum fragrans var. rivularium Barb.Rodr.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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