Monographs Details:
Authority:
Mori, S. A., et al. 1997. Guide to the vascular plants of central French Guiana: Part 1. Pteridophytes, gymnosperms, and monocotyledons. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 76: 1-422.
Mori, S. A., et al. 1997. Guide to the vascular plants of central French Guiana: Part 1. Pteridophytes, gymnosperms, and monocotyledons. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 76: 1-422.
Family:
Orchidaceae
Orchidaceae
Description:
Genus Description - Erect or repent terrestrials or epiphytes usually with succulent pseudobulbs. Leaves 1 to several per growth, membranous. Inflorescences spicate or subumbellate racemes of small flowers, long-pedunculate. Flowers: sepals subequal, spreading, the lateral sepals often variously connate; petals equal to or shorter than sepals, narrow to subfiliform; lip erect or spreading, sessile, entire or variously lobed, usually auriculate and concave at base; column very short, terete; pollinia 4, waxy.
Genus Description - Erect or repent terrestrials or epiphytes usually with succulent pseudobulbs. Leaves 1 to several per growth, membranous. Inflorescences spicate or subumbellate racemes of small flowers, long-pedunculate. Flowers: sepals subequal, spreading, the lateral sepals often variously connate; petals equal to or shorter than sepals, narrow to subfiliform; lip erect or spreading, sessile, entire or variously lobed, usually auriculate and concave at base; column very short, terete; pollinia 4, waxy.