Prosthechea ochracea(Lindl.) W.E.Higgins

WFO wfo-0000283585 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Prosthechea ochracea, photographed by Sobeida Morales
fig. a Sobeida Morales, CC0 1.0 / 2022-04-21 / obs. 189996531
Prosthechea ochracea, photographed by Sobeida Morales
fig. b Sobeida Morales, CC0 1.0 / obs. 182400603
Prosthechea ochracea, photographed by Saban-Sequén, E.A.
fig. c Saban-Sequén, E.A., CC BY 4.0 / obs. 135645519
Prosthechea ochracea, photographed by Victor De la Cruz
fig. d Victor De la Cruz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 134846075
Prosthechea ochracea, photographed by Victor De la Cruz
fig. e Victor De la Cruz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 108581242
Prosthechea ochracea, photographed by Victor De la Cruz
fig. f Victor De la Cruz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 108578986
Prosthechea ochracea, photographed by Grete Pasch
fig. g Grete Pasch, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 108041918
Prosthechea ochracea, photographed by Grete Pasch
fig. h Grete Pasch, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 101969358

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Native range 9 botanical countries

Regions where Prosthechea ochracea is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestCosta RicaEl SalvadorGuatemalaHondurasNicaragua
Native distribution of Prosthechea ochracea, 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
Costa Rica COS SOUTHERN AMERICA
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
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 4 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.

  • Encyclia ochracea (Lindl.) Dressler
  • Epidendrum ochraceum Lindl.
  • Epidendrum parviflorum Sessé & Moc.
  • Epidendrum triste A.Rich. & Galeotti

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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