Lycaste macrophylla




Family Orchidaceae
Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Maxillarieae
Subtribe Lycastinae
Scientific name Lycaste macrophylla (Pöppig & Endlicher) Lindley
Synonyms Lycaste filomenoi Schlechter; Lycaste macrophylla (Pöppig & Endlicher) Lindley subsp. desboisiana (Cogniaux) Fowlie; Lycaste macrophylla (Pöppig & Endlicher) Lindley subsp. filomenoi (Schlechter) Fowlie; Lycaste macrophylla (Pöppig & Endlicher) Lindley subsp. neglecta (Schlechter) Fowlie; Lycaste macrophylla (Pöppig & Endlicher) Lindley subsp. panamanensis Fowlie; Lycaste macrophylla (Pöppig & Endlicher) Lindley subsp. plana (Lindley) Fowlie; Lycaste macrophylla (Pöppig & Endlicher) Lindley subsp. puntarenasensis Fowlie; Lycaste macrophylla (Pöppig & Endlicher) Lindley subsp. viridescens Oakeley; Lycaste macrophylla (Pöppig & Endlicher) Lindley subsp. xanchocheila Fowlie; Lycaste macrophylla (Pöppig & Endlicher) Lindley var. alba Oakley; Lycaste macrophylla (Pöppig & Endlicher) Lindley var. desboisiana Cogniaux; Lycaste macrophylla (Pöppig & Endlicher) Lindley var. measuresianum Sander; Lycaste macrophylla (Pöppig & Endlicher) Lindley var. plana (Lindley) Oakeley; Lycaste neglecta Schlechter; Lycaste plana Lindley; Maxillaria macrophylla Pöppig & Endlicher; Maxillaria phyllomega Steudel
Distribution Ecuador
Reference Lycaste macrophylla (Poepp. & Endl.) Lindl. 1843
Lycaste macrophylla (Poepp. & Endl.) Lindl. 1843
Systematic and comparative anatomy of Maxillarieae (Orchidaceae), sans Oncidiinae
Note Photo of Lycaste macrophylla subsp. viridescens below is that of an orchid (as Lycaste viridescens 'Kariki') which was cultivated by Madame Shigeko Osano and displayed at the Orchid Show 2009 in Tokyo Dome (Tokyo, Japan).



January 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
January 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden



October 2008
at my home
October 2008
at my home



subsp. viridescens
February 2009
at Tokyo Dome