Brassia maculata

Spotted brassia
1815 illustration from
Curtis's botanical magazine
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Brassia
Species:
B. maculata
Binomial name
Brassia maculata
R.Br. in W.T.Aiton (1813)
Synonyms
  • Brassia maculata var. guttata (Lindl.) Lindl. (1854)
  • Oncidium brassia Rchb.f. (1863)
  • Brassia guttata Lindl. (1842)
  • Brassia wrayae Skinner ex Hook. (1843)

Brassia maculata, the spotted brassia, is a species of orchid. It is native to southern Mexico (Chiapas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Campeche, Quintana Roo), Central America (Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua), Cuba, and Jamaica.