Orchidaceae
Prosthechea citrina
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Prosthechea
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Common names
By language (1)
- nah
- Cōzticcōātzontecomaxōchitl
Synonyms
- Cattleya citrina Lindl.
- Cattleya citrina (Lex.) Lindl.
- Cattleya sulfurina Lem.
- Encyclia citrina (Lex.) Dressler
- Epidendrum citrinum Rchb.f.
- Epidendrum citrinum (Lex.) Rchb.f.
- Euchile citrina (Lex.) Withner
- Sobralia citrina Lex.
Photos

Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Elena Gaillard from New York, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Prosthechea citrina: [Mexico / メキシコ] Distribution: SW. Mexico (to Durango) (79 MXE MXS) Lifeform: Pseudobulb epiphyte Basionym Sobralia citrina .mw-parser-output .smallcaps{font-var](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Prosthechea_citrina_%28Lex.%29_W.E.Higgins%2C_Phytologia_82_377_%281997_publ._1998%29_%2849993974876%29.jpg/1280px-Prosthechea_citrina_%28Lex.%29_W.E.Higgins%2C_Phytologia_82_377_%281997_publ._1998%29_%2849993974876%29.jpg)
Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Prosthechea citrina: [Mexico / メキシコ] Distribution: SW. Mexico (to Durango) (79 MXE MXS) Lifeform: Pseudobulb epiphyte Basionym Sobralia citrina .mw-parser-output .smallcaps{font-var](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Prosthechea_citrina_%28Lex.%29_W.E.Higgins%2C_Phytologia_82_377_%281997_publ._1998%29_%2849993975831%29.jpg/1280px-Prosthechea_citrina_%28Lex.%29_W.E.Higgins%2C_Phytologia_82_377_%281997_publ._1998%29_%2849993975831%29.jpg)
Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Prosthechea citrina: [Mexico / メキシコ] Distribution: SW. Mexico (to Durango) (79 MXE MXS) Lifeform: Pseudobulb epiphyte Basionym Sobralia citrina .mw-parser-output .smallcaps{font-var](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Prosthechea_citrina_%28Lex.%29_W.E.Higgins%2C_Phytologia_82_377_%281997_publ._1998%29_%2849993973896%29.jpg/1280px-Prosthechea_citrina_%28Lex.%29_W.E.Higgins%2C_Phytologia_82_377_%281997_publ._1998%29_%2849993973896%29.jpg)
Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Prosthechea citrina: [Mexico / メキシコ] Distribution: SW. Mexico (to Durango) (79 MXE MXS) Lifeform: Pseudobulb epiphyte Basionym Sobralia citrina .mw-parser-output .smallcaps{font-var](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Prosthechea_citrina_%28Lex.%29_W.E.Higgins%2C_Phytologia_82_377_%281997_publ._1998%29_%2849994221442%29.jpg/1280px-Prosthechea_citrina_%28Lex.%29_W.E.Higgins%2C_Phytologia_82_377_%281997_publ._1998%29_%2849994221442%29.jpg)
Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Prosthechea citrina: [Mexico / メキシコ] Distribution: SW. Mexico (to Durango) (79 MXE MXS) Lifeform: Pseudobulb epiphyte Basionym Sobralia citrina .mw-parser-output .smallcaps{font-var](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Prosthechea_citrina_%28Lex.%29_W.E.Higgins%2C_Phytologia_82_377_%281997_publ._1998%29_%2849993971411%29.jpg/1280px-Prosthechea_citrina_%28Lex.%29_W.E.Higgins%2C_Phytologia_82_377_%281997_publ._1998%29_%2849993971411%29.jpg)
Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Prosthechea citrina: [Mexico / メキシコ] Distribution: SW. Mexico (to Durango) (79 MXE MXS) Lifeform: Pseudobulb epiphyte Basionym Sobralia citrina .mw-parser-output .smallcaps{font-var](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Prosthechea_citrina_%28Lex.%29_W.E.Higgins%2C_Phytologia_82_377_%281997_publ._1998%29_%2849993970106%29.jpg/1280px-Prosthechea_citrina_%28Lex.%29_W.E.Higgins%2C_Phytologia_82_377_%281997_publ._1998%29_%2849993970106%29.jpg)
Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Prosthechea citrina: [Mexico / メキシコ] Distribution: SW. Mexico (to Durango) (79 MXE MXS) Lifeform: Pseudobulb epiphyte Basionym Sobralia citrina .mw-parser-output .smallcaps{font-var](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Prosthechea_citrina_%28Lex.%29_W.E.Higgins%2C_Phytologia_82_377_%281997_publ._1998%29_%2849994216652%29.jpg/1280px-Prosthechea_citrina_%28Lex.%29_W.E.Higgins%2C_Phytologia_82_377_%281997_publ._1998%29_%2849994216652%29.jpg)
Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, 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). About our plant data.