Rhyncholaelia digbyana
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| Rhyncholaelia digbyana flower | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Rhyncholaelia |
| Species: | R. digbyana
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| Rhyncholaelia digbyana (Lindl.) Schltr. (1918)
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Rhyncholaelia digbyana is a species of orchid occurring from Honduras to Belize, Guatemala, Mexico and Costa Rica.
Rl. digbyana can be distinguished from the other species of Rhyncholaelia (Rl. glauca) by the frilled labellum.
The orchid has been discovered by José Antonio Molina Rosito, a Honduran|Catracho 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[]
- ^ "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. (in Spanish)
- ^ "Simbolos Patrios" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2008-06-22.
Rhyncholaelia digbyana at the Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia
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- Rhyncholaelia
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