Ascoglossum

Taxobox
name = "Ascoglossum"


regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Orchidaceae
subfamilia = Higher Epidendroideae
tribus = Vandeae
subtribus = Sarcanthinae
alliance = Vanda
genus = "Ascoglossum"
genus_authority = Schltr.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"Ascoglossum calopterum"
*"Ascoglossum purpureum"

"Ascoglossum", abbreviated as Ascgm in horticultural trade, is a genus of epiphytic orchids in family Orchidaceae. It contains 2 species endemic to the Moluccas, New Guinea, the Philippines, and the Solomon Islands.

Ascoglossum (Ascgm.) forms several different intergeneric hybrids (nothogenera):

Ascoglossum x Renanthera (Ren.): Renanthoglossum (Rngm.)

Ascoglossum x Aerides (Aer.): Nonaara (Non.)

Ascoglossum x Arachnis: Ngara (Ngara)

Ascoglossum x Paraphalaenopsis: Ascoparanthera (Apn.)

Ascoglossum x Phalaenopsis (Phal.): Dresslerara (Dres.)

Ascoglossum x Rhynchostylis: Lauara (Lauara)

Ascoglossum x Trichoglottis: Sheehanara (Shn.)

Ascoglossum x Vanda: Pantapaara (Pntp.)

Ascoglossum x Vandopsis: Freedara (Fdra.)

One of the RHS-registered primary hybrids is Ascoglossum Nina Rach (Ascoglossum purpureum x Renanthera monachica).