Comparettia

Comparettia, abbreviated Comp in the horticultural trade, is a genus of orchids. It consists about 50-70 species, native to tropical America. They occur in Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and in northern South America as far south as Brazil and Bolivia, although they are particularly common in the Andes. The genus has grown markedly in recent years due to many species being transferred from other genera.

== Species == , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Distribution !! Elevation (m) |- | ||Comparettia acebeyae ||Bolivia (La Paz) || |- | ||Comparettia alexii || Ecuador || |- | ||Comparettia amboroensis || Bolivia || |- | ||Comparettia auriculata || Ecuador || |- | ||Comparettia barkeri ||Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil || |- | ||Comparettia bennettii || Ecuador, Bolivia || |- | ||Comparettia bigibbosa || Ecuador (Pichincha) || |- | ||Comparettia blankei || Colombia || |- | ||Comparettia brevis || Peru || |- | ||Comparettia campoverdei || Peru (Pasco) || |- | ||Comparettia carinata || Ecuador || |- | ||Comparettia chiribogae || Ecuador || |- | ||Comparettia coccinea || Venezuela, Brazil (Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo, and Parana), Peru and Bolivia || |- | ||Comparettia coimbrae || Bolivia (Santa Cruz) || |- | ||Comparettia corydaloides || Bolivia (Maipiri) || |- | ||Comparettia crucicornibus || Peru (Pasco) || |- | ||Comparettia delcastilloi || Peru (Junin) || |- | ||Comparettia ecalcarata ||French Guiana, Brazil (Para) || |- | ||Comparettia embreei ||Ecuador|| |- | ||Comparettia equitans || Peru (Junin) || |- |120px ||Comparettia falcata || Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, French Guiana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil || |- | ||Comparettia frymirei || Ecuador (Canar) || |- | ||Comparettia gentryi || Ecuador || |- | ||Comparettia granizoi || Peru (Junin) || |- | ||Comparettia hauensteinii || Bolivia (Cochabamba) || |- | ||Comparettia heterophylla || Ecuador || |- | ||Comparettia hirtzii || Colombia (Valle de Cauca), Ecuador || |- | ||Comparettia ignea || Colombia || |- | ||Comparettia jamiesonii || Ecuador || |- | ||Comparettia janeae || Bolivia || |- | ||Comparettia kerspei || Peru || |- | ||Comparettia kroemeri || Bolivia (Yungas) || |- | ||Comparettia langkastii || Ecuador || |- | ||Comparettia langlassei || Colombia, Ecuador || |- | ||Comparettia larae ||Bolivia (La Paz) || |- | ||Comparettia latipetala || Peru || |- | ||Comparettia limatamboensis || Bolivia (Cochabamba) || |- | ||Comparettia luerae || Ecuador || |- |120px ||Comparettia macroplectron || Colombia (Boyaca, Meta, Cundinamarca ) || |- | ||Comparettia × maloi || southeastern Ecuador || |- | ||Comparettia markgrafii || Peru (Junin) || |- |120px ||Comparettia micrantha ||Ecuador, Peru and Brazil || |- | ||Comparettia minuta ||Venezuela || |- | ||Comparettia mirthae || Peru (San Martin) || |- | ||Comparettia moroniae || Peru || |- | ||Comparettia neudeckeri || Bolivia || |- | ||Comparettia newyorkorum ||Bolivia (Cochabamba) || |- | ||Comparettia oliverosii || Peru || |- | ||Comparettia ottonis || Venezuela, Colombia || |- | ||Comparettia pacensium ||Bolivia (La Paz) || |- | ||Comparettia palatina || Colombia || |- | ||Comparettia paniculata || Peru (Junin) || |- | ||Comparettia papillosa || Peru (Junin) || |- | ||Comparettia paraguaensis || Venezuela (Bolivar), Brazil (Para) || |- | ||Comparettia penduliflora || Bolivia || |- | ||Comparettia peruvioides || Peru (Junin) || |- | ||Comparettia portillae || Ecuador || |- | ||Comparettia pulchella || Colombia (Antioquia) || |- | ||Comparettia rauhii || Peru (Junin) || |- | ||Comparettia romansii ||Ecuador || |- | ||Comparettia rubriflora || Peru (Cusco) || |- | ||Comparettia saccata || Peru (Junin) || |- | ||Comparettia schaeferi || Peru || |- | ||Comparettia seegeri || Bolivia || |- | ||Comparettia serrilabia || Peru (Cusco) || |- | ||Comparettia sillarensis ||Bolivia (Cochabamba) || |- | ||Comparettia sotoana || Ecuador (Morona-Santiago) || |- |120px ||Comparettia speciosa ||southeastern Ecuador and northwestern Peru || |- | ||Comparettia splendens || Bolivia (La Paz) || |- | ||Comparettia stenochila || Venezuela || |- | ||Comparettia suareziorum || Ecuador || |- | ||Comparettia thivii || Bolivia || |- | ||Comparettia topoana || Ecuador (Pastaza) || |- |120px ||Comparettia tuerckheimii || Mexico (Oaxaca, Chiapas), Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá || |- | ||Comparettia tungurahuae ||Ecuador || |- | ||Comparettia vallyana || Peru || |- | ||Comparettia variegata || Ecuador, Colombia (Antioquia) || |- | ||Comparettia vasquezii || Bolivia (Cochabamba) || |- | ||Comparettia williamsii ||Ecuador || |- | ||Comparettia wuerstlei || Peru (Junin) || |- |}