Cycnoches is a genus of orchids native to South America, Central America and southern Mexico. Also called swan necks, swan orchids, or swanworts, they are epiphytes found in lowland and pre-montane forests.
List of species
Species accepted as of May 2025:
Cycnoches aureum Lindl. & Paxton (1852) – Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama
Cycnoches barthiorum G.F.Carr & Christenson (1999) – Colombia
Cycnoches bennettii Dodson (1989) – Peru
Cycnoches brachydactylon Schltr. (1924) – Colombia
Cycnoches carrii Christenson (1999) – Peru
Cycnoches chlorochilon Klotzsch (1838) – Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, French Guiana
Cycnoches christensonii D.E.Benn. (1998) – Peru
Cycnoches cooperi Rolfe (1913) – Peru, Brazil
Cycnoches dianae Rchb.f. (1852) – Panama
Cycnoches egertonianum Bateman (1842) – southern Mexico, Central America, Colombia
Cycnoches farnsworthianum D.E.Benn. & Christenson (2001) – Peru
Cycnoches glanduliferum Rolfe (1892) – southern Mexico, Central America
Cycnoches guttulatum Schltr. (1922) – Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama
Cycnoches haagii Barb.Rodr. (1881) – from Colombia to French Guiana, south to Bolivia and Brazil
Cycnoches herrenhusanum Jenny & G.A.Romero (1991) – Colombia, Ecuador
Cycnoches jarae Dodson & D.E.Benn. (1989) – Peru
Cycnoches lehmannii Rchb.f. (1878) – Ecuador, Peru
Cycnoches loddigesii Lindl. (1832) – from Colombia to French Guiana, south to Brazil
Cycnoches lusiae G.A.Romero & Garay (1999) – Venezuela
Cycnoches maculatum Lindl. (1840) – Colombia, Venezuela
Cycnoches manoelae P.Castro & Campacci (1993) – Brazil
Cycnoches pachydactylon Schltr. (1922) – Nicaragua, Panama
Cycnoches pentadactylon Lindl. (1843) – Peru, Brazil
Cycnoches peruvianum Rolfe (1891) – Ecuador, Peru
Cycnoches powellii Schltr. (1922) – Panama
Cycnoches quatuorcristis D.E.Benn. (1992) – Peru
Cycnoches rossianum Rolfe (1891) – Costa Rica
Cycnoches schmidtianum Christenson &...
