Macradenia lutescens is a species of epiphytic orchid known by the common name longgland orchid. It is native to South America (Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas), the West Indies (Trinidad, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Bahamas), and southern Florida (Miami-Dade County).Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesFlora of North America, v 26 p 647, Macradenia lutescens R. Brown, Bot. Reg. 8: plate 612. 1822. Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution mapHokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil . Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de JaneiroIbisch, P. L. 1996. Neotropische Epiphytendiversitat–das Beispiel Bolivien. Arch. Naturwiss. Diss. 1: 1–357.Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584Dodson, C.H. & D. E. Bennett. 1989. Orchids of Peru. Icones Plantarum Tropicarum Series II. Fascicle 1–2: 1–200.
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IOSPE orchid photos, Macradenia lutescens, Photo courtesy of Patricia Harding