Buchtienia
(pronounced: book-TEE-enn-ee-ah)
Classification
Cranichideae subtribe Spiranthinae
Overview
Terrestrials with fleshy, fasciculate roots. Leaves rosulate, long-petiolate. Inflorescences elongate, erect, long-pedunculate, pedunculate racemes. Flowers numerous, cupped. Sepals free, spreading. Petals free, appressed to the dorsal sepal forming a hood. Lip three-lobed, sessile, with thickened basal margins. Column erect, rostellum small, finger-like; pollinia 2, granular.
Etymology
Named for Otto Buchtien, a prominent botanical collector in Bolivia.
Distribution
A monotypic genus ranging from Ecuador to Bolivia.
Care and Culture Card
See basic growing conditions and care information below.
Grow plants of Buchtienia in pots with a terrestrial mixture. Provide intermediate temperatures, medium to bright light, and steady watering throughout the year.
Literature
Szlachetko, D. 1992. Genera and species of the subtribe Spiranthinae (Orchidaceae). 3. Contribution to the revision of Buchtienia. Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 37(1):205-210.
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