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|genus=Isochilus
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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.
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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.
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.
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==Cultivation==
===Propagation===
===Pests and diseases===
==Species==
*''[[Isochilus alatus]]
*''[[Isochilus amparoanus]]
*''[[Isochilus aurantiacus]]
*''[[Isochilus bracteatus]]
*''[[Isochilus brasiliensis]]
*''[[Isochilus carnosiflorus]]''
*''[[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 linearis]]''
*''[[Isochilus linifolius]]''
*''[[Isochilus lividus]]''
*''[[Isochilus major]]''
*''[[Isochilus major]]''
*etc.
*''[[Isochilus pauciflorus]]''
*''[[Isochilus peruvianus]]''
*''[[Isochilus pitalensis]]''
*''[[Isochilus prolifer]]''
*''[[Isochilus proliferum]]''
*''[[Isochilus ramosus]]''
*''[[Isochilus smithii]]''
*''[[Isochilus teretifolius]]''
*''[[Isochilus unilateralis]]''
==Gallery==
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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