Orchidaceae
Swartz's leafystem orchid
Dichaea pendula
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Dichaea
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Swartz's leafystem orchid
Synonyms
- Cymbidium echinocarpon (Sw.) Sw.
- Dichaea echinocarpa (Sw.) Lindl.
- Dichaea echinocarpa var. lobata Ames & Correll
- Dichaea lobata (Ames & Correll) L.O.Williams
- Dichaea pendula var. ciliata Cogn.
- Dichaea pendula var. swartzii C.Schweinf.
- Dichaea swartzii (C.Schweinf.) Garay & H.R.Sweet
- Dichaea trachysepala Schltr.
- Epidendrum echinocarpon Sw.
- Limodorum pendulum Aubl.
- Pachyphyllum echinocarpon (Sw.) Spreng.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: Liu Idárraga Orozco, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Fernando Junior, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Olivier Chiodi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.