Brassavola nodosa (L.) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 114 1831. (syn: Bletia nodosa (L.) Rchb.f.; Bletia rhopalorrhachis (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.; Brassavola nodosa var. rhopalorrhachis Schltr.; Brassavola rhopalorrhachis Rchb.f.; Brassavola scaposa Schltr.; Cymbidium nodosum (L.) Sw.; Epidendrum nodosum L.; Javieria nodosa (L.) Archila, Chiron & Szlach.; Javieria rhopalorrhachis (Rchb.f.) Archila, Chiron & Szlach.);

Mexico to Trop. America as per WCSP;

Aruba; Belize; Cayman Is.; Colombia; Costa Rica; El Salvador; French Guiana;
Guatemala; Guyana; Honduras; Jamaica; Mexico Gulf; Mexico Northeast; Mexico
Southeast; Mexico Southwest; Netherlands Antilles; Nicaragua; Panam; Puerto
Rico; Southwest Caribbean; Venezuela
as per Catalogue of Life;


Orchids seen at the Conservatory in ABG during my visit in October, 2018. 


Looks like Brassalova nodosa. It has many hybrids too. 




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