Orchids of REGUA
Between November 2006 and September 2007, the Rio de Janeiro based non-profit organisation OrquidaRio made ten visits to REGUA to survey and map the orchids on the Reserve. The project, entitled Survey and Distribution of Orchids of REGUA, was funded by the San Diego County Orchid Society and OrquidaRio registered, mapped and, where possible, photographed all the orchids they found. A total of 103 species from 49 genera were identified, including 38 species new to the Serra dos Órgãos mountain range (Miller et al., 2006).
To find out more about the OrquidaRio project at REGUA visit www.orquidario.org/projetos/frameproj.htm (click on the Guia de Campo link to see a Portuguese/English report). To read a summary of the OrquidaRio study click here. To download a free photographic Portuguese/English guide to the orchids of REGUA click here.
The nomenclature of the list below follows Pabst and Dungs (1975-77).
List updated 2007
| Family: Orchidaceae | |
| Elleanthus brasiliensis | |
| Wullschlaegelia aphylla | |
| Cyclopogon longibracteatum | |
| Cyclopogon atropurpureum | |
| Eurystyles actinosophila conf. | |
| Eurystyles cotyledon conf. | |
| Mesadenella cuspidata | |
| Liparis nervosa | |
| Polystachya caespitosa | |
| Bulbophyllum cribbianum | |
| Encyclia vespa | |
| Encyclia suzanensis | |
| Epidendrum aff. hololeucum | |
| Epidendrum denticulatum | |
| Epidendrum aff. geniculatum | |
| Epidendrum filicaule | |
| Epidendrum paranaense | |
| Epidendrum parahybunense | |
| Epidendrum imatophyllum | |
| Epidendrum latilabre | |
| Lanium avicula | |
| Cattleya harrisoniana | |
| Laelia crispa | |
| Laelia cinnabarina | |
| Leptotes bicolor | |
| Tetragamestus modestus | |
| Isochilus linearis | |
| Catasetum cernuum | |
| Oeceoclades maculata | |
| Grobya amherstiae | |
| Promenaea stapelioides | |
| Gongora bufonia | |
| Cirrhaea dependens | |
| Xylobium variegatum | |
| Pabstia jugosa | |
| Bifrenaria racemosa | |
| Bifrenaria atropurpurea | |
| Warrea warreana | |
| Huntleya meleagris | |
| Cochleanthes candida conf. | |
| Maxillaria acicularis | |
| Maxillaria brasiliensis | |
| Maxillaria ochroleuca | |
| Maxillaria picta | |
| Maxillaria porrecta | |
| Maxillaria rufescens | |
| Maxillaria plebeja | |
| Maxillaria desvauxiana | |
| Maxillaria loefgrenii conf. | |
| Maxillaria phoenicanthera conf. | |
| Dichaea pendula | |
| Dichaea cogniauxiana | |
| Dichaea aff. muricata | |
| Gomesa glaziovii | |
| Gomesa recurva | |
| Oncidium baueri | |
| Oncidium cornigerum | |
| Miltonia cuneata | |
| Miltonia clowesii | |
| Miltonia spectabilis | |
| Aspasia lunata | |
| Rodriguezia venusta | |
| Dipteranthus pellucidus | |
| Platyrrhiza quadricolor | |
| Saundersia paniculata | |
| Masdevalia infracta | |
| Pleurothallis hypnicola var major | |
| Pleurothallis grobyi | |
| Pleurothallis aff. trifida | |
| Pleurothallis exarticulata | |
| Pleurothallis arcuata | |
| Octomeria grandiflora | |
| Octomeria concolor conf. | |
| Octomeria juncifloia | |
| Bedlea logispicata | |