Figure 6 Voucher specimen: Colombia, department Norte de Santander, near Ocafia. Collector unknown. From cultivation, 2000. HPUJ. Anacheilium chacaoense (Rchb. f.) Withner & P. A. Harding.
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When a comparison is made of the type of Prosthechea, with the species transferred into Prosthechea by Higgins, their morphology does not match the type of Prosthechea. When all of the species listed in Prosthechea by Higgins are considered in their established corresponding genera only Prosthechea glauca Knowles & Westc. remains. Prosthechea then appears to be a monotypic genus. The only species that resemble Prosthechea are species similar to Small’s Epicladium. However, in Epicladium the column structure is different from Prosthechea. Epicladium boothianum (Lindl.) Small. Euchile mariae (Ames) Withner. Pollardia livida (Lind1.) Withner & P. A. Harding. Anacheilium cochleatum (L.) Hoffmanns. Prosthechea glauca Knowles & Westc. Photograph from https://listadeorquideasmexicana.blogspot.com/. Panarica brassavolae (Rchb. f.) Withner & P. A. Harding. Anacheilium chacaoense (Rchb. f.) Withner & P. A. Harding. Anacheilium chacaoense (Rchb. f.) Withner & P. A. Harding.