Appendicula
(pronounced: ap-pen-DIK-yew-lah)
Classification
Podochileae subtribe Podochilinae. Appendicula is closely related to and superficially very similar to Podochilus which differs by having four rather than six pollinia.
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Overview
Caespitose epiphytes or rarely lithophytes or terrestrials. Stems slender, leafy, erect or pendent, simple or branched. Leaves numerous, alternate, distichous. Inflorescences sessile or pedunculate racemes, terminal or axillary, often with conspicuous floral bracts. Sepals fused at the base forming a sac, petals free, spreading. Lip unlobed, without callus. Column short, the rostellum elongate, bifid; pollinia 6, attached to a common viscidium.
Etymology
From the Latin appendicula, a little appendix, referring to the appendiculate lip callus.
Distribution
A genus of about 60 species from northeast India to New Guinea and the islands of the Pacific Ocean.
Care and Culture Card
See basic growing conditions and care information below.
Mount plants of Appendicula on slabs with a pad of moisture-retaining material at the roots. More vigorous, erect species may be grown in small pots with a fine-grade epiphyte mixture. Provide intermediate temperatures, medium light levels, and regular watering throughout the year.
Literature
Schlechter, R. 1900. Monographie der Podochilinae. Mem. Herb. Boiss. 21:1-78.
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