Mormodes

Mormodes

Mormodes ignea plate from
Lindenia Iconographie des Orchidées

Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family:Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Cymbidieae
SubTribe: Catasetinae
Alliance:
Genus: Mormodes
Lindley 1836

Type Species
Mormodes atropurpurea

Mormodes, abbreviated as Morm in horticultural trade, is a genus of around 70 species of terrestrial and epiphyte orchids.

Distribution[]

Species of the genus Mormodes occur from Central America to Brazil.

Description[]

Flowers in this genus have two pollinas.

Culture[]

Grow in intermediate to warm conditions with partially bright light. Water regularly during growing season and when plants drop leaves during dormancy reduce watering. During dormancy only water about twice a month to keep pseudobulbs from shriveling. Resume watering normally when new growths occur in spring. Plants can die easily from over watering. Plants are usually grown in bark with perlite, cork, full sphagnum moss, and tree fern.

Naming[]

The name means ghost like orchid.

Synonyms[]

Cyclosia Klotsch 1838

Species[]

Mormodes andicola Salazar, Orquídea (Mexico City),1992.
Mormodes andreettae Dodson, 1982.
Mormodes aromatica Lindl., 1841.
Mormodes atropurpurea Lindl., 1836.
Mormodes aurantiaca Schltr., 1925.
Mormodes aurea L.C.Menezes & Tadaiesky, 1997.
Mormodes auriculata F.E.L.Miranda, 1989.
Mormodes badia Rolfe ex W.Watson, 1897.
Mormodes buccinator Lindl., 1840.
Mormodes calceolata Fowlie, 1972.
Mormodes carnevaliana Salazar & G.A.Romero, 1994.
Mormodes cartonii Hook., 1846.
Mormodes castroi Salazar, 1993.
Mormodes chrysantha Salazar, 1993.
Mormodes claesiana Pabst, 1968.
Mormodes cogniauxii L.Linden, 1894.
Mormodes colossus Rchb.f., 1852.
Mormodes cozticxochitl Salazar, 1990.
Mormodes cucumerina Pabst, 1972.
Mormodes dasilvae Salazar, 1993.
Mormodes densiflora F.E.L.Miranda, 1989.
Mormodes elegans F.E.L.Miranda, 1989.
Mormodes ephippilabia Fowlie, 1964.
Mormodes escobarii Pabst, 1969.
Mormodes estradae Dodson, 1980.
Mormodes fractiflexa Rchb.f., 1872.
Mormodes frymirei Dodson, 1980.
Mormodes guentheriana (Kraenzl.) Mansf., 1932.
Mormodes hoehnei F.E.L.Miranda & K.G.Lacerda, 1992.
Mormodes hookeri Lem., 1851.
Mormodes horichii Fowlie, 1964.
Mormodes ignea Lindl. & Paxton, 1852.
Mormodes issanensis F.E.L.Miranda & K.G.Lacerda, 1992.
Mormodes lancilabris Pabst, 1975.
Mormodes lawrenceana Rolfe, 1890.
Mormodes lineata Bateman ex Lindl., 1841.
Mormodes lobulata Schltr., Repert. 1910.
Mormodes luxata Lindl., 1842.
Mormodes maculata (Klotzsch) L.O.Williams, 1950.
- Mormodes maculata var. maculata.
- Mormodes maculata var. unicolor (Hook.) L.O.Williams,1950.
Mormodes mejiae Pabst, 1974.
Mormodes morenoi R.Vásquez & Dodson, 1998.
Mormodes nagelii L.O.Williams, 1940.
Mormodes oberlanderiana F.Lehm. & Kraenzl., 1900.
Mormodes ocanae Linden & Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, 1863.
Mormodes oceloteoides S.Rosillo, 1983.
Mormodes oestlundianum Salazar & Hágsater, 1990.
Mormodes orinocoensis Salazar & G.A.Romero, 1994.
Mormodes pabstiana J.Cardeñas, A.Ramírez & S.Rosillo, 1983.
Mormodes paraensis Salazar & da Silva, 1993.
Mormodes pardalinata S.Rosillo, 1979.
Mormodes peruviana Salazar, 1993.
Mormodes porphyrophlebia Salazar, 1992.
Mormodes powellii Schltr., 1922.
Mormodes ramirezii S.Rosillo, 1983.
Mormodes rodriguesiana Salazar, 1992.
Mormodes rolfeana L.Linden, 1891.
Mormodes romanii Dodson, 1980.
Mormodes rosea Barb.Rodr., 1877.
Mormodes saccata S.Rosillo, 1983.
Mormodes sanguineoclaustra Fowlie, 1970.
Mormodes schultzei Schltr., 1924.
Mormodes sinuata Rchb.f. & Warm. in H.G.Reichenbach, 1881.
Mormodes skinneri Rchb.f., 1869.
Mormodes sotoana Salazar, Orquídea (Mexico City), 1992.
Mormodes speciosa Linden ex Lindl. & Paxton, 1853.
Mormodes tapoayensis F.E.L.Miranda & K.G.Lacerda, 1992.
Mormodes tezontle S.Rosillo, Orquídea (Mexico City), 1980.
Mormodes tibicen Rchb.f., 1870.
Mormodes tigrina Barb.Rodr., 1877.
Mormodes tuxtlensis Salazar, 1988.
Mormodes uncia Rchb.f., 1869.
Mormodes variabilis Rchb.f., 1869.
Mormodes vernixioidea Pabst, 1975.
- Mormodes vernixioidea subsp. autanensis Salazar & G.A.Romero, 1994.
- Mormodes vernixioidea subsp. vernixioidea.
Mormodes vernixium Rchb.f., 1887.
Mormodes vinacea Hoehne, 1910.
Mormodes warszewiczii Klotzsch, 1854.

Natural Hybrids[]

Mormodes × salvadorensis Hamer & Garay in F.Hamer, 1974. (M. aromaticum × M. lineatum)