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|familia=Orchidaceae
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|genus=Isochilus
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|cultivar=R.Br.
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|habit=orchid
 
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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]].
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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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| color = lightgreen
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==Cultivation==
| name = ''Isochilus''
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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===Propagation===
| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
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| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
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| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
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===Pests and diseases===
| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
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| tribus = [[Epidendreae]]
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| subtribus = [[Laeliinae]]
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==Species==
| alliance = Isochilus
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*''[[Isochilus alatus]]
| genus = '''''Isochilus'''''
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*''[[Isochilus amparoanus]]
| genus_authority = [[Robert Brown (botanist)|R.Br.]]
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*''[[Isochilus aurantiacus]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
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*''[[Isochilus bracteatus]]
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*''[[Isochilus brasiliensis]]
*''[[Isochilus carnosiflorus]]''
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*''[[Isochilus carnosiflorus]]
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*''[[Isochilus cernuus]]
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*''[[Isochilus chiriquensis]]
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*''[[Isochilus crassiflorus]]
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*''[[Isochilus dubius]]
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*''[[Isochilus elegans]]
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*''[[Isochilus fusiformis]]''
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*''[[Isochilus globosus]]''
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*''[[Isochilus graminifolius]]''
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*''[[Isochilus graminoides]]''
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*''[[Isochilus grandiflorum]]''
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*''[[Isochilus grandiflorus]]''
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*''[[Isochilus lancifolius]]''
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*''[[Isochilus langlassei]]''
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*''[[Isochilus latibracteatus]]''
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*''[[Isochilus leucanthus]]''
 
*''[[Isochilus linearis]]''
 
*''[[Isochilus linearis]]''
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*''[[Isochilus linifolius]]''
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*''[[Isochilus lividus]]''
 
*''[[Isochilus major]]''
 
*''[[Isochilus major]]''
*etc.
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*''[[Isochilus pauciflorus]]''
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*''[[Isochilus peruvianus]]''
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*''[[Isochilus pitalensis]]''
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*''[[Isochilus prolifer]]''
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*''[[Isochilus proliferum]]''
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*''[[Isochilus ramosus]]''
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*''[[Isochilus smithii]]''
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*''[[Isochilus teretifolius]]''
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*''[[Isochilus unilateralis]]''
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==Gallery==
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<gallery perrow=5>
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Image:Upload.png| photo 1
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Image:Upload.png| photo 2
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Image:Upload.png| photo 3
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</gallery>
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
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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]].
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==External links==
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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.
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[[Category:Orchid genera]]
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