Guarianthe skinneri is a species of orchid. It is native to Costa Rica; from Chiapas to every country in Central America.^[1] Its range extends from the borders Southern Mexico to Costa Rica, a country in which it is the national flower.^[2]

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Guarianthe skinneri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Guarianthe
Species:	G. skinneri
Binomial name
Guarianthe skinneri (Bateman) Dressler & W. E. Higgins
Synonyms[1]
Cattleya skinneri Bateman Cattleya laelioides Lem. Cattleya deckeri Klotzsch Epidendrum huegelianum Rchb.f. Cattleya pachecoi Ames & Correll Cattleya skinneri var. alba Rchb.f. Cattleya skinneri f. alba (Rchb.f.) Schltr. Guarianthe deckeri (Klotzsch) Roeth Guarianthe skinneri f. alba (Rchb.f.) Christenson

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It was referenced as Cattleya skinneri as the earlier name by James Bateman in 1839.