Scaphosepalum is a genus

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 of plant

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s belonging to the family

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 Orchidaceae

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. The species in this genus are mostly found in Central

Central America

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 and South America

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. In accordance with their genus name, many species in this genus produce unusual and distinctive flowers; some possessing cushion-like characteristics reminiscent of an African buffalo's

African Buffalo

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 horns, others possessing characteristics of snake fangs.

Species in this genus are ephiphytic

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 in their growth habit and according to the Royal Horticultural Society

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 Sppm. is the genus' official abbreviation.

Species

• Scaphosepalum anchoriferum (Rchb. f.) Rolfe 1890 (Costa Rica; Panama)
• Scaphosepalum andreettae Luer 1985 (Ecuador)
• Scaphosepalum antenniferum Rolfe 1890 (Ecuador; Bolivia; Colombia; Peru)
• Scaphosepalum beluosum Luer 1979 (Ecuador)
• Scaphosepalum bicolor Luer & R. Escobar 1981
• Scaphosepalum bicristatum Luer 2002 (Colombia)
• Scaphosepalum breve (Rchb. f.) Rolfe 1890 (Bolivia; Ecuador)
• Scaphosepalum cimex Luer & Hirtz 1988 (Ecuador)
• Scaphosepalum clavellatum Luer 1976 (Ecuador)
• Scaphosepalum cloesii Luer 1998 (Ecuador)
• Scaphosepalum dalstroemii Luer 1984 (Ecuador)
• Scaphosepalum decorum Luer & R. Escobar 1982
• Scaphosepalum delhierroi Luer & Hirtz 1991 (Ecuador)
• Scaphosepalum digitale Luer & Hirtz 1991 (Ecuador)
• Scaphosepalum dodsonii Luer 1983 (Ecuador)
• Scaphosepalum fimbriatum Luer & Hirtz 1988 (Ecuador)
• Scaphosepalum gibberosum (Rchb. f.) Rolfe 1890
• Scaphosepalum globosum Luer & Hirtz 1998 (Ecuador)
• Scaphosepalum grande Kraenzl. 1922 (Colombia)
• Scaphosepalum hirtzii Luer 1980 (Ecuador)
• Scaphosepalum jostii Luer 1998 (Ecuador)
• Scaphosepalum lima (F. Lehm. & Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1920 (Colombia)
• Scaphosepalum macrodactylum (Rchb. f.) Rolfe 1890 (Ecuador)
• Scaphosepalum manningii Luer 1998 (Venezuela)
• Scaphosepalum martineae Luer 1998 (Peru)
• Scaphosepalum medinae Luer & J.J. Portilla 2000 (Ecuador)
• Scaphosepalum merinoi Luer 2002 (Ecuador)
• Scaphosepalum microdactylum Rolfe 1893 (Costa Rica; Honduras; Panama; Mexico; Nicaragua; Ecuador)
• Scaphosepalum odontochilum Kraenzl. 1925 (Colombia; Ecuador)
• Scaphosepalum ophidion Luer 1981 (Ecuador)
• Scaphosepalum ovulare Luer 1976 (Ecuador)
• Scaphosepalum panduratum Luer & R. Escobar 1997 (Colombia)
• Scaphosepalum parviflorum Luer & Hirtz 1992 (Ecuador)
• Scaphosepalum pleurothallodes Luer & Hirtz 1992 (Ecuador)
• Scaphosepalum portillae Luer 2002 (Ecuador)
• Scaphosepalum pulvinare
  Scaphosepalum pulvinare
  Scaphosepalum pulvinare is a species of orchid found from Colombia to Ecuador....
  
  (Rchb. f.) Rolfe 1890 (Ecuador)
• Scaphosepalum rapax Luer 1976 (Ecuador)
• Scaphosepalum swertiifolium
  Scaphosepalum swertiifolium
  Scaphosepalum swertiifolium is a species of orchid found from Colombia to Ecuador....
  
  (Rchb. f.) Rolfe 1890 (Ecuador; Colombia)
  • Scaphosepalum swertiifolium subsp. exiguum Luer & R. Escobar (Ecuador)
  • Scaphosepalum swertiifolium subsp. swertiifolium
• Scaphosepalum tiaratum Luer 1981 (Ecuador)
• Scaphosepalum triceratops Luer & Andreetta 1988 (Ecuador)
• Scaphosepalum ursinum Luer 1979 (Ecuador)
• Scaphosepalum verrucosum (Rchb. f.) Pfitzer 1888 (Ecuador; Venezuela) : type species
• Scaphosepalum viviparum Luer 1978
• Scaphosepalum xystra Luer 1988

External links

• Royal Horticultural Society: Registration of Orchids