Frondaria
(pronounced: fron-DAYR-ee-ah)
Classification
Epidendreae subtribe Pleurothallidinae; previously included in a broadly defined Pleurothallis R. Brown.
Overview
Miniature caespitose epiphytes with erect leafy stems. Stems slender, with foliaceous sheathing bracts grading upward into similar apical leaf. Inflorescences terminal, pedunculate, simultaneously many-flowered racemes. Flowers campanulate, secund. Sepals subsimilar, the lateral sepals fused along their margins only briefly at the base and fused to the column foot. Petals smaller than the sepals. Lip three-lobed, clawed, articulated to a long column foot. Column short, club-shaped; pollinia two, globose.
Distribution
A monotypic genus native from Colombia to Bolivia.
Care and Culture Card
See basic growing conditions and care information below.
Grow Frondaria in small pots of fine epiphyte medium, or on slabs. Keep them under cool temperatures and medium light levels. Provide even moisture at the roots.
Literature
Luer, C. A. 1986. Icones Pleurothallidinarum I, Systematics of the Pleurothallidinae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. 15:1-81.
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