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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Cup orchid
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
| tribus = [[Epidendreae]]
| subtribus = [[Pleurothallidinae]]
| genus = '''''Brachionidium'''''
| genus_authority = [[John Lindley|Lindl.]]
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision =
*''[[Brachionidium folsomii]]''
*''[[Brachionidium kuhniarum]]''
*''[[Brachionidium valerioi]]''
*etc.
}}
'''Cup orchids''' ([[genus]] '''''Brachionidium''''') are a group of about 65 [[species]] of [[orchid]]s, found throughout [[Tropics|tropical]] [[Americas|America]]. The generic name comes from [[Greek language|Greek]] ("little arm") and refers to the protrusions on the [[carpel|stigma]].
The genus '''''Yolanda''''' <small>[[Frederico Carlos Hoehne|Hoehne]]</small> is a [[synonymy|synonym]] of ''Brachionidium''.
[[Category:Orchid genera]]