Orchidaceae
Dwarf butterfly orchid
Prosthechea pygmaea
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Prosthechea
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Prosthechea pygmaeaOrchidaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Dwarf butterfly orchid
Synonyms
- Anacheilium pygmaeum (Hook.) Baptista
- Coelogyne triptera Brongn.
- Encyclia pygmaea (Hook.) Dressler
- Encyclia triptera (Brongn.) Dressler & G.E.Pollard
- Epidendrum caespitosum Poepp. & Endl.
- Epidendrum hiorami (Acuña & Roíg) Acuña & Alain
- Epidendrum monanthum Steud.
- Epidendrum pygmaeum Hook.
- Epidendrum uniflorum Lindl.
- Hormidium hioramii Acuña & Roíg
- Hormidium humile (Cogn.) Schltr.
- Hormidium pygmaeum (Hook.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Hemsl.
- Hormidium tripterum (Brongn.) Cogn.
- Hormidium uniflorum Heynh.
- Lanium hioramii (Acuña & Roig) H.Dietr.
- Microstylis humilis Cogn.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
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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.