Prosthechea livida(Lindl.) W.E.Higgins

WFO wfo-0000283575 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Prosthechea livida, photographed by Kai Squires
fig. a Kai Squires, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-06-05 / obs. 134140844
Prosthechea livida, photographed by Juan Cruzado Cortés
fig. b Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 23434996
Prosthechea livida, photographed by Diana Fuentes
fig. c Diana Fuentes, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 10886620
Prosthechea livida, photographed by Juan Cruzado Cortés
fig. d Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 23358439
Prosthechea livida, photographed by Claudio Cantú Muñiz
fig. e Claudio Cantú Muñiz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 3459232
Prosthechea livida, photographed by portioid
fig. f portioid, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 8357708
Prosthechea livida, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. g Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 61216389
Prosthechea livida, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. h Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 67512984

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Native range 13 botanical countries

Regions where Prosthechea livida is native: Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panamá, Venezuela Mexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeColombiaCosta RicaEcuadorEl SalvadorGuatemalaHondurasPanamáVenezuela
Native distribution of Prosthechea livida, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Belize BLZ SOUTHERN AMERICA
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Ecuador ECU
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Honduras HON
Panamá PAN
Venezuela VEN
Mexico Gulf MXG NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

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 15 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 lividum (Lindl.) Pabst, Moutinho & A.V.Pinto
  • Encyclia deamii Schltdl.
  • Encyclia deamii (Schltr.) Hoehne
  • Encyclia livida (Lindl.) Dressler
  • Encyclia tessalata Schltr.
  • Encyclia tesselata Schltr.
  • Epidendrum articulatum Klotzsch
  • Epidendrum condylochilum F.Lehm. & Kraenzl.
  • Epidendrum dasytainia Schltr.
  • Epidendrum deamii Schltr.
  • Epidendrum henrici Schltr.
  • Epidendrum lividum Lindl.
  • Epidendrum tessellatum Bateman ex Lindl.
  • Pollardia livida (Lindl.) Withner & P.A.Harding
  • Pseudencyclia livida (Lindl.) V.P.Castro & Chiron

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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