About Elleanthus aurantiacus (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
Elleanthus aurantiacus is an orchid in the Orchidaceae family, native to regions ranging from Costa Rica to Peru. It is unique among orchids for growing as a shrub that produces repeated orders of branching. This plant reaches approximately three feet, or 0.9 meters, in height, and spreads to a width that is slightly less than its height. The species was formally described in 1863 by botanist Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, for inclusion in Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers' publication Annales Botanices Systematicae. Its basionym is Evelyna aurantiaca, which was first described by John Lindley in 1845. This epiphytic species grows primarily in wet tropical biomes. Its range extends from Nicaragua in the north, through the rest of Central America including Honduras, Costa Rica, and Panama, and continues south into northern South America, covering Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, and Peru.
