Guarianthe bowringiana

Description

Guarianthe bowringiana is a species of orchid. It is native to Chiapas, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras. Guarianthe, abbreviated Gur. in the horticultural trade, is a small genus of epiphytic orchids, growing in wet forests in Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad.It was separated from the bifoliate Cattleyas in 2003, based on phylogenetic studies of nuclear DNA sequence data