Cycnoches

Cycnoches, abbreviated as Cyc. in the horticultural trade, is a genus of 34 currently accepted species of orchids native to South America, Central America and southern Mexico. Also called "swan orchids", they are epiphytes found in lowland and pre-montane forests.

List of species
Species accepted as of May 2014:


 * 1) Cycnoches aureum Lindl. & Paxton  (1852) - Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama
 * 2) Cycnoches barthiorum G.F.Carr & Christenson  (1999) - Colombia
 * 3) Cycnoches bennettii Dodson   (1989) - Peru
 * 4) Cycnoches brachydactylon Schltr.  (1924) - Colombia
 * 5) Cycnoches carrii Christenson  (1999) - Peru
 * 6) Cycnoches chlorochilon Klotzsch  (1838) - Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, French Guiana
 * 7) Cycnoches christensonii D.E.Benn.  (1998) - Peru
 * 8) Cycnoches cooperi Rolfe  (1913) - Peru, Brazil
 * 9) Cycnoches densiflorum Rolfe  (1909) - Colombia
 * 10) Cycnoches dianae Rchb.f.  (1852) - Panama
 * 11) Cycnoches egertonianum Bateman  (1842) - southern Mexico, Central America
 * 12) Cycnoches farnsworthianum D.E.Benn. & Christenson  (2001) - Peru
 * 13) Cycnoches glanduliferum Rolfe  (1892) - southern Mexico, Central America
 * 14) Cycnoches guttulatum Schltr.  (1922) - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama
 * 15) Cycnoches haagii Barb.Rodr.  (1881) - from Colombia to French Guiana, south to Bolivia and Brazil
 * 16) Cycnoches herrenhusanum Jenny & G.A.Romero  (1991) - Colombia, Ecuador
 * 17) Cycnoches jarae Dodson & D.E.Benn.  (1989) - Peru
 * 18) Cycnoches lehmannii Rchb.f.  (1878) - Ecuador, Peru
 * 19) Cycnoches loddigesii Lindl.  (1832) - from Colombia to French Guiana, south to Brazil
 * 20) Cycnoches lusiae G.A.Romero & Garay  (1999) - Venezuela
 * 21) Cycnoches maculatum Lindl.  (1840) - Colombia, Venezuela
 * 22) Cycnoches manoelae P.Castro & Campacci  (1993) - Brazil
 * 23) Cycnoches pachydactylon Schltr.  (1922) - Nicaragua, Panama
 * 24) Cycnoches pentadactylon Lindl. (1843) - Peru, Brazil
 * 25) Cycnoches peruvianum Rolfe  (1891) - Ecuador, Peru
 * 26) Cycnoches powellii Schltr.   (1922) - Panama
 * 27) Cycnoches quatuorcristis D.E.Benn.  (1992) - Peru
 * 28) Cycnoches rossianum Rolfe  (1891) - Costa Rica
 * 29) Cycnoches schmidtianum Christenson & G.F.Carr  (2001) - Peru
 * 30) Cycnoches stenodactylon Schltr.  (1922) - Panama
 * 31) Cycnoches suarezii Dodson  (1989) - Ecuador
 * 32) Cycnoches thurstoniorum Dodson  (1989) - Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador
 * 33) Cycnoches ventricosum Bateman  (1838) - Mexico, Central America
 * 34) Cycnoches warszewiczii Rchb.f.  (1852) - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama