Rhyncholaelia digbyana

Rhyncholaelia digbyana
Rhyncholaelia digbyana flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Laeliinae
Genus: Rhyncholaelia
Species: R. digbyana
Binomial name
Rhyncholaelia digbyana
(Lindl.) Schltr. (1918)
Synonyms

Rhyncholaelia digbyana is a species of orchid occurring from Mexico to Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Costa Rica.

The orchid has been discovered by José Antonio Molina Rosito, a Honduran botanist and Professor emeritus at the Zamorano Pan-American School of Agriculture.[1]

Rhyncholaelia digbyana was declared the national flower of Honduras (Flor Nacional de Honduras) on 1969 November 26.[2]

References

  1. "Cámara Junior y Municipalidad de San Pedro Sula ofrecen homenaje al Profesor Antonio Molina en el Recital de Otoño". Zamonoticias. 2004-07-14. Archived from the original on February 18, 2005. Retrieved 2008-06-22. (Spanish)
  2. "Simbolos Patrios" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2008-06-22.

Rhyncholaelia digbyana at the Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rhyncholaelia digbyana.
Wikispecies has information related to: Rhyncholaelia digbyana

Rhyncholaelia digbyana at the Encyclopedia of Life

Edit this at Wikidata

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/20/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.