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'''''Isochilus''''' is a [[genus]] of [[orchid]]s ([[family (biology)|family]] Orchidaceae) with 7 [[species]]. They are lowland [[epiphyte]]s mainly found in [[Central America]], from [[Cuba]] and [[Mexico]] to [[Argentina]]. Characteristics of this genus include slender canelike stems with narrow [[distichous]] flat leaves and small [[Sessility (botany)|sessile]] tube flowers carried at the tip of the cane. {{Inc| Isochilus (Greek, equal lip). Orchidaceae. A group of tufted orchids, little cultivated. Plants epiphytic, with tall, slender, leafy sts., without pseudobulbs, bearing a few small fls. at the summit: sepals erect, free, keeled; petals similar but plane; labellum like the petals and united with them to the base of the column, somewhat sigmoid below the middle; column erect, long, without wings; pollinia 4.—About 5 species, Trop. Amer. }} ==Cultivation== ===Propagation=== ===Pests and diseases=== ==Species== *''[[Isochilus alatus]] *''[[Isochilus amparoanus]] *''[[Isochilus aurantiacus]] *''[[Isochilus bracteatus]] *''[[Isochilus brasiliensis]] *''[[Isochilus carnosiflorus]] *''[[Isochilus cernuus]] *''[[Isochilus chiriquensis]] *''[[Isochilus crassiflorus]] *''[[Isochilus dubius]] *''[[Isochilus elegans]] *''[[Isochilus fusiformis]]'' *''[[Isochilus globosus]]'' *''[[Isochilus graminifolius]]'' *''[[Isochilus graminoides]]'' *''[[Isochilus grandiflorum]]'' *''[[Isochilus grandiflorus]]'' *''[[Isochilus lancifolius]]'' *''[[Isochilus langlassei]]'' *''[[Isochilus latibracteatus]]'' *''[[Isochilus leucanthus]]'' *''[[Isochilus linearis]]'' *''[[Isochilus linifolius]]'' *''[[Isochilus lividus]]'' *''[[Isochilus major]]'' *''[[Isochilus pauciflorus]]'' *''[[Isochilus peruvianus]]'' *''[[Isochilus pitalensis]]'' *''[[Isochilus prolifer]]'' *''[[Isochilus proliferum]]'' *''[[Isochilus ramosus]]'' *''[[Isochilus smithii]]'' *''[[Isochilus teretifolius]]'' *''[[Isochilus unilateralis]]'' ==Gallery== <gallery perrow=5> Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Upload.png| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== <references/> *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963    ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__

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