Brassia caudata

Brassia caudata is a species of orchid. It is native to the warmer regions of the Western Hemisphere, reported from southern Mexico (Chiapas, Campeche, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, and Veracruz), Central America, southern Florida, the Greater Antilles, Trinidad, and northern South America.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} It is commonly known as the tailed Brassia, spider orchid, or cricket orchid.

Brassia caudata
1824 illustration from Botanical Register
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Brassia
Species:	B. caudata
Binomial name
Brassia caudata (L.) Lindl. (1825)
Synonyms[1]
Epidendrum caudatum L. (1759) (basionym) Malaxis caudata (L.) Willd. (1805) Oncidium caudatum (L.) Rchb.f. (1863) Brassia caudata var. hieroglyptica Rchb.f. (1881) Brassia lewisii Rolfe (1893) Brassia longissima var. minor Schltr. (1922)