Gunnarella
(pronounced: gun-nar-ELL-ah)
Classification
Vandeae subtribe Aeridinae
Overview
Miniature monopodial epiphytes. Leaves alternate, distichous, usually held in one plane. Inflorescences horizontal to laxly pendent, many-flowered racemes. Flowers ephemeral, opening in response to environmental stimulus, gregarious. Sepals and petals subsimilar, free. Lip obscurely three-lobed, articulated to column foot. Column short, stout, with a foot; pollinia four, unequal in two tightly appressed pairs, each pair borne on a separate caudicular stipe attached to a common viscidium.
Etymology
Honoring Danish Orchidologist Gunnar Seidenfaden.
Distribution
A genus of six species ranging from New Guinea to New Caledonia and Fiji.
Care and Culture Card
See basic growing conditions and care information below.
Mount plants of Gunnarella on small plaques. Provide warm temperatures, bright diffused light, and frequent watering, allowing the roots to dry between waterings.
Literature
Senghas, K. 1988. Uber due Gattungen Chamaeanthus und Chroniochilus neubeschriebung der Gattung Gunnarella. Die Orchidee 39(2):68-73.
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