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''Aspasia'', abbreviated as Asp. in the horticultural trade,〔http://www.rhs.org.uk/RHSWebsite/files/87/87be8b1e-908e-4e04-9ee6-30c438354458.pdf〕 is a genus of 7 species of orchids occurring from southern Mexico to southern Brazil. The genus is closely related to ''Miltonia'' and ''Brassia''. ''Aspasia'' species have few medium size flowers of exquisite colors which are occasionally cultivated or used to produce artificial hybrids. ==Distribution== ''Aspasia'' exist in four different areas of Central and South America. Some species are exclusively epiphytic on thick stems of the trees a low height, others live on branches where they get more light and a few occasionally appear as lithophytes. Two species inhabit primarily Central America the most common is ''Aspasia epidendroides'', that ranges from Mexico to Colombia from sea level to 1,100 meters of altitude but much more common up to 400 meters; and the other is ''Aspasia principissa'', which exists from Colombia to Costa Rica, from sea level to 600 of altitude but often up to 150 meters. Exclusively from Colombia is ''Aspasia omissa'', that is a species recently described whose the full range is not yet determined. ''Aspasia psittacina'', endemic in Ecuador, can be found from sea level to 750 of altitude but is much more common up to 300 meters. ''Aspasia variegata'' is common in all Amazonian region,〔Freitas Luz, Francisco J. (2001). Orquídeas na Amazônia. Instituto Brasileiro de Cultura, Ed. On Line. ISBN 85-208-0208-7〕 from 200 to 1300 meters in Bolivia. The last area occupied is the Brazilian southeast and south, reaching Bolivia and Paraguay, from 200 to 750 meters, by ''Aspasia lunata''; and ''Aspasia silvana'' exclusively at Brazilian Serra do Mar mountains, from Rio de Janeiro to Bahia. These two, as ''Miltonia'' do, form large colonies, however, being not particularly common species, they are just occasionally found, mostly on areas of transition between shady forest and open areas both in rain forests and cloud montane forests.〔Miller, David; Richard Warren; Izabel Moura Miller & Helmut Seehawer (2006). ''Aspasia lunata'' in Serra dos Órgãos sua história e suas orquídeas, 326-7. Rio de Janeiro.〕 ''Aspasia lunata'' is primarily epiphyte on thick stems but often is found living over rock grooves covered by fallen leaves and humid forests where they never are exposed to straight sunlight. ''Aspasia variegata'' is found in open forests both in dry and flooded lands, then often on branches of the trees hanging over the waters.〔Miranda, Francisco (2006). Orquídeas da Amazônia Brasileira: 168 & 173 Ed. Expressão e Cultura, 1996. ISBN 85-208-0208-7〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aspasia (orchid)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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