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Chysis aurea

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golden-flowered chysis
1837 illustration from
Curtis's botanical magazine
Scientific classification
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Chysis
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C. aurea
Binomial name
Chysis aurea
Lindl. (1837)

Chysis aurea, the golden-flowered chysis, is an epiphytic species of orchid. It is the type species of the genus Chysis. It is native to Panama, Colombia, and Venezuela.[1][2]

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