Huntleya
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| Huntleya | |
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| Huntleya burtii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Cymbidieae |
| Subtribe: | Zygopetalinae |
| Genus: | Huntleya Bateman ex Lindl.., 1837 |
| Type species | |
| Huntleya meleagris Lindl.., 1837 | |
Huntleya is a small orchid genus native to South America, Central America and Trinidad.[1]
These are epiphytic, pseudobulbless and often larger plants with subplicate leaves nearing forty centimeters long, erect and single-flowered. They occur in wet cloud forests at medium altitudes.
