Prosthechea vitellina(Lindl.) W.E.Higgins

WFO wfo-0000283626 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Prosthechea vitellina, photographed by Sobeida Morales
fig. a Sobeida Morales, CC0 1.0 / 2022-03-30 / obs. 186908216
Prosthechea vitellina, photographed by Alan Rockefeller
fig. b Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 42465088
Prosthechea vitellina, photographed by Adrianh M. Orozco
fig. c Adrianh M. Orozco, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 8404614
Prosthechea vitellina, photographed by Adrianh M. Orozco
fig. d Adrianh M. Orozco, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 8404390
Prosthechea vitellina, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. e Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 12055438
Prosthechea vitellina, photographed by Daniel Pineda Vera
fig. f Daniel Pineda Vera, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 450514
Prosthechea vitellina, photographed by David Cervantes Vlogs
fig. g David Cervantes Vlogs, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 141825021
Prosthechea vitellina, photographed by Sobeida Morales
fig. h Sobeida Morales, CC0 1.0 / obs. 202558550

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Native range 7 botanical countries

Regions where Prosthechea vitellina is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestEl SalvadorGuatemalaHonduras
Native distribution of Prosthechea vitellina, 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
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS
El Salvador ELS SOUTHERN AMERICA
Guatemala GUA
Honduras HON

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 8 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 vitellina (Lindl.) Dressler
  • Epidendrum vitellinum Lindl.
  • Epidendrum vitellinum var. autumnale G.Wilson
  • Epidendrum vitellinum var. autumnale G.B.Wilson
  • Epidendrum vitellinum var. giganteum R.Warner
  • Epidendrum vitellinum var. majus Veitch
  • Epidendrum vitellinum var. majus Van Houtte
  • Pseudencyclia vitellina (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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