Aganisia

{{Short description|Genus of orchids}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Warrea cyanea (1845).jpg

| image_caption = Aganisia cyanea
from "Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe", 1845

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| taxon = Aganisia

| authority = Lindl.

| type_species = Aganisia pulchella

| type_species_authority = Lindl.

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = {{center|See text}}

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| synonyms =

• Acacallis Lindl.
• Kochiophyton Schltr. ex Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius

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Aganisia is a small South American genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae), subfamily Epidendroideae.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/241061#page/255/mode/1up Lindley, John. 1839. Edwards's Botanical Register 25: Misc. 46]William Louis Stern, Walter S; Judd and Barbara S. Carlsward : Systematic and comparative anatomy of Maxillarieae (Orchidaceae), sans Oncidiinae - Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 144 Issue 3 Page 251 - March 2004

The genus was named after the Greek word ‘agnos’ (gratitude), perhaps referring to the sweet scent of its flowers.

These dwarf, epiphytic climbing orchids occur in mountainous or savanna forests and alongside rivers in Trinidad, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname and Peru.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=4378 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

Aganisia produce pseudobulbs and small flowers produced from a creeping rhizome. These flowers generally reach 4 cm in width. Their color varies from a rose-tinted violet to a blue-tinted violet. The flower has a short column foot and an elongate stipe.Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil {{cite web|url=http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 |title= 2010 |access-date=2015-08-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906080403/http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/ |archive-date=2015-09-06 }}. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro

They are rarely cultivated.