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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Aganisia''
| image = Aganisia cyanea (1845).jpg
| image_width = 200px
| image_caption = ''[[Aganisia cyanea]]''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
| tribus = [[Maxillarieae]]
| subtribus = Zygopetalinae
| alliance = Zygopetalum
| genus = '''''Aganisia'''''
| genus_authority = [[John Lindley|Lindl.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
<center>See text</center>
}}
'''''Aganisia''''' [[John Lindley|Lindl.]] 1839, is a small South American genus in the orchid family ([[Orchidaceae]]), subfamily [[Epidendroideae]].
The genus was named after the Greek word ‘agnos’ (gratitude), perhaps referring to the sweet scent of its flowers.
These dwarf, [[epiphyte|epiphytic]] climbing orchids occur in n montane or savanna forests and alongside rivers in [[Trinidad]], [[Brazil]], Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and Peru.
These orchids show [[pseudobulb]]s and small [[flower]]s produced from a creeping [[rhizome]]. These flowers generally reach 4 cm in width. Their color is rare among orchids, varying from a rose-tinted violet to a blue-tinted violet. The flowers shows a short [[column (botany)|column]] foot and an elongate stipe.
They are rarely cultivated.
== Synonym ==
*[[Acacallis (orchid)|Acallis]] <sub><small>[[John Lindley|Lindl.]]</small></sub>
== Species ==
* ''Aganisia cyanea'' : Blue orchid (S. Trop. America).
* ''Aganisia fimbriata'' (N. & W. South America).
* ''Aganisia pulchella'' (Trinidad to Brazil). – type species
== Intergeneric Hybrids ==
* x''Downsara''. = ''Aganisia'' x ''Batemannia'' x ''Otostylis'' x ''Zygosepalum''
* x''Hamelwellsara'' = ''Aganisia'' x ''Batemanniana''x ''Otostylis'' x ''Zygopetalum'' x ''Zygosepalum''
* x''Masonara'' = ''Promenaea'' x ''Aganisia'' x ''Batemanniana'' x ''Colax'' x ''Otostylis'' x ''Zygopetalum'' x ''Zygosepalum''
* x''Otonisia'' = ''Aganisia'' x ''Otostylis''
* x''Zygonisia '' = ''Aganisia'' x ''Zygopetalum''
== Reference ==
William Louis Stern, Walter S; Judd and Barbara S. Carlsward : Systematic and comparative anatomy of Maxillarieae (Orchidaceae), sans Oncidiinae - Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 144 Issue 3 Page 251 - March 2004
[[Category:Orchid genera]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Aganisia''
| image = Aganisia cyanea (1845).jpg
| image_width = 200px
| image_caption = ''[[Aganisia cyanea]]''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
| tribus = [[Maxillarieae]]
| subtribus = Zygopetalinae
| alliance = Zygopetalum
| genus = '''''Aganisia'''''
| genus_authority = [[John Lindley|Lindl.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
<center>See text</center>
}}
'''''Aganisia''''' [[John Lindley|Lindl.]] 1839, is a small South American genus in the orchid family ([[Orchidaceae]]), subfamily [[Epidendroideae]].
The genus was named after the Greek word ‘agnos’ (gratitude), perhaps referring to the sweet scent of its flowers.
These dwarf, [[epiphyte|epiphytic]] climbing orchids occur in n montane or savanna forests and alongside rivers in [[Trinidad]], [[Brazil]], Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and Peru.
These orchids show [[pseudobulb]]s and small [[flower]]s produced from a creeping [[rhizome]]. These flowers generally reach 4 cm in width. Their color is rare among orchids, varying from a rose-tinted violet to a blue-tinted violet. The flowers shows a short [[column (botany)|column]] foot and an elongate stipe.
They are rarely cultivated.
== Synonym ==
*[[Acacallis (orchid)|Acallis]] <sub><small>[[John Lindley|Lindl.]]</small></sub>
== Species ==
* ''Aganisia cyanea'' : Blue orchid (S. Trop. America).
* ''Aganisia fimbriata'' (N. & W. South America).
* ''Aganisia pulchella'' (Trinidad to Brazil). – type species
== Intergeneric Hybrids ==
* x''Downsara''. = ''Aganisia'' x ''Batemannia'' x ''Otostylis'' x ''Zygosepalum''
* x''Hamelwellsara'' = ''Aganisia'' x ''Batemanniana''x ''Otostylis'' x ''Zygopetalum'' x ''Zygosepalum''
* x''Masonara'' = ''Promenaea'' x ''Aganisia'' x ''Batemanniana'' x ''Colax'' x ''Otostylis'' x ''Zygopetalum'' x ''Zygosepalum''
* x''Otonisia'' = ''Aganisia'' x ''Otostylis''
* x''Zygonisia '' = ''Aganisia'' x ''Zygopetalum''
== Reference ==
William Louis Stern, Walter S; Judd and Barbara S. Carlsward : Systematic and comparative anatomy of Maxillarieae (Orchidaceae), sans Oncidiinae - Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 144 Issue 3 Page 251 - March 2004
[[Category:Orchid genera]]