Wullschlaegelia aphylla(Sw.) Rchb.f.

leafless orchid

WFO wfo-0000334592 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, 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.

Wullschlaegelia aphylla, photographed by Tsssss
fig. a Tsssss, CC0 1.0 / 2020-01-07 / obs. 64760926
Wullschlaegelia aphylla, photographed by Tsssss
fig. b Tsssss, CC0 1.0 / obs. 64760819
Wullschlaegelia aphylla, photographed by Tsssss
fig. c Tsssss, CC0 1.0 / obs. 64761083
Wullschlaegelia aphylla, photographed by Tsssss
fig. d Tsssss, CC0 1.0 / obs. 64761621
Wullschlaegelia aphylla, photographed by Tsssss
fig. e Tsssss, CC0 1.0 / obs. 64762011
Wullschlaegelia aphylla, photographed by Tsssss
fig. f Tsssss, CC0 1.0 / obs. 64761761
Wullschlaegelia aphylla, photographed by Tsssss
fig. g Tsssss, CC0 1.0 / obs. 64760542
Wullschlaegelia aphylla, photographed by Tsssss
fig. h Tsssss, CC0 1.0 / obs. 64760690

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Native range 22 botanical countries

Regions where Wullschlaegelia aphylla is native: Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Argentina Northeast, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela, Windward Is. Mexico GulfMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestArgentina NortheastBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaCosta RicaCubaEcuadorFrench GuianaGuatemalaHondurasJamaicaPanamáParaguayPeruVenezuela Windward Is.
Native distribution of Wullschlaegelia aphylla, 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
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Ecuador ECU
French Guiana FRG
Guatemala GUA
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Panamá PAN
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER
Venezuela VEN
Windward Is. WIN
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.

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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.