Brassavola cucullata

Daddy long-legs orchid
	1829 illustration from; Curtis's botanical magazine
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Brassavola
Species:	B. cucullata
Binomial name
	Brassavola cucullata; (L.) R. Br. (1813)
Synonyms
	Epidendrum cucullatum L. (1763) (Basionym); Cymbidium cucullatum (L.) Sw. (1799); Brassavola cuspidata Hook. (1839); Brassavola appendiculata A. Rich. & Galeotti (1845); Brassavola odoratissima Regel (1852); Bletia cucullata (L.) Rchb.f. (1862); Bletia cucullata var. cuspidata (Hook.) Rchb.f. (1862); Brassavola cucullata var. elegans Schltr. (1919);

Brassavola cucullata, common name daddy long-legs orchid, is a species of orchid native to Mexico (from Sinaloa and San Luis Potosí south to Chiapas and the Yucatán Peninsula), Belize, Central America, the West Indies and northern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guinea).

Brassavola cucullatais the type species for the genus Brassavola, and the only member of B. sect. Brassavola. The diploid chromosome number of B. cucullata has been determined as 2n = 40.

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