Stanhopea oculata(Lodd.) Lindl.

WFO wfo-0000315133 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Stanhopea oculata, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. a Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-09-09 / obs. 156787368
Stanhopea oculata, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. b Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 159288396
Stanhopea oculata, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. c Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 153211964
Stanhopea oculata, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. d Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 93043592
Stanhopea oculata, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. e Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 90174177
Stanhopea oculata, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. f Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 5287128
Stanhopea oculata, photographed by Victor De la Cruz
fig. g Victor De la Cruz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 44588453
Stanhopea oculata, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. h Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 93463024

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Native range 8 botanical countries

Regions where Stanhopea oculata is native: Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua Mexico GulfMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeEl SalvadorGuatemalaHondurasNicaragua
Native distribution of Stanhopea oculata, 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
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Mexico Gulf MXG NORTHERN AMERICA
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 26 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.

  • Ceratochilus oculatus G.Lodd.
  • Dendrobium grandiflorum Sw.
  • Epidendrum cornutum Sessé & Moc.
  • Stanhopea aurantia Lodd. ex P.N.Don
  • Stanhopea bucephalus Lindl.
  • Stanhopea cymbiformis Rchb.f.
  • Stanhopea guttata K.Koch
  • Stanhopea guttata Beer
  • Stanhopea jimenezii Archila, Pérez-García, Chiron & Szlach.
  • Stanhopea lindleyi Zucc.
  • Stanhopea minor Schltr.
  • Stanhopea oculata unranked major Lodd.
  • Stanhopea oculata unranked pallida Lodd.
  • Stanhopea oculata var. aureum Henshall
  • Stanhopea oculata var. barkeri Heynh.
  • Stanhopea oculata var. barkeriana Lindl.
  • Stanhopea oculata var. cinnamomum Henshall
  • Stanhopea oculata var. conspicua Regel
  • Stanhopea oculata var. constricta Klinge
  • Stanhopea oculata var. flava Planch.
  • Stanhopea oculata var. geniculata Klinge
  • Stanhopea oculata var. lindleyi (Zucc.) Lindl.
  • Stanhopea oculata var. meleagris Anon.
  • Stanhopea oculata var. minor Heynh.

and 2 more.

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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