Orchidaceae
Delicate violet orchid
Ionopsis utricularioides
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Ionopsis
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 拟堇兰, 新堇兰
- English
- Delicate violet orchid
- Japanese
- イオノプシス・ウトリキュラリオイデス
Synonyms
- Cybelion pallidiflorum (Hook.) Spreng.
- Cybelion pulchellum (Kunth) Spreng.
- Cybelion tenerum (Lindl.) Steud.
- Cybelion utriculariae Spreng.
- Dendrobium utricularioides (Sw.) Sw.
- Epidendrum calcaratum Sessé & Moc.
- Epidendrum crenatum Vell.
- Epidendrum paniculatum (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
- Epidendrum sessei Hoehne
- Epidendrum utricularioides Sw.
- Iantha pallidiflora Hook.
- Ionopsis gardneri Lindl.
- Ionopsis pallidiflora (Hook.) Lindl.
- Ionopsis paniculata Lindl.
- Ionopsis paniculata var. maxima L.Linden & Rodigas
- Ionopsis pulchella Kunth
- Ionopsis tenera Lindl.
- Ionopsis tenera var. effusa Lindl.
- Ionopsis tenera var. tomentosa Lindl.
- Ionopsis tenera var. violacea Lindl.
- Ionopsis utricularioides f. latifolia Urb.
- Ionopsis utricularioides f. virginalis (L.C.Menezes) Christenson
- Ionopsis utricularioides var. angustifolia Cogn.
- Ionopsis utricularioides var. parviflora Schltr.
- Ionopsis utricularioides var. virginalis L.C.Menezes
- Ionopsis zonalis Lindl.
- Scaphyglottis pallidiflora (Hook.) Lindl.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Scott Zona, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maarten Sepp, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maarten Sepp, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maarten Sepp, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maarten Sepp, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maarten Sepp, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: scott.zona from Miami, Florida, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Delicate violet orchid: 擬紫羅蘭 Ionopsis paniculata [香港公園 Hong Kong Park]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/%E6%93%AC%E7%B4%AB%E7%BE%85%E8%98%AD_Ionopsis_paniculata_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%85%AC%E5%9C%92_Hong_Kong_Park-_%289229878138%29.jpg/1280px-%E6%93%AC%E7%B4%AB%E7%BE%85%E8%98%AD_Ionopsis_paniculata_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%85%AC%E5%9C%92_Hong_Kong_Park-_%289229878138%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Scott Zona, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Scott Zona, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.