Isochilus

Plant Characteristics

Habit		orchid

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Isochilus is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae) with 7 species. They are lowland epiphytes 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 sessile tube flowers carried at the tip of the cane.

Read about Isochilus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

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. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Cultivation

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

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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