Lycomormium
(pronounced: lye-koh-MOR-mee-um)
Classification
Maxillarieae subtribe Stanhopeinae
Overview
Large caespitose terrestrials or epiphytes. Pseudobulbs large, ovoid. Leaves 2--3, lanceolate-elliptic, petiolate, plicate. Inflorescences basal, pendent to suberect short, scapose, densely-flowered racemes. Flowers globose, fleshy. Dorsal sepal and petals free, the lateral sepals fused to the column foot. Lip three-lobed, saccate, the lateral lobes large, erect, the midlobe small, fleshy, lobulate. Column stout, fleshy, thickened at the base, with an elongate curved foot; pollinia 2, club-shaped, grooved, sessile on a common viscidium.
Distribution
A genus of five species in South America; closely allied to Peristeria W. J. Hook.
Care and Culture Card
See basic growing conditions and care information below.
Grow Lycomormium in large pots or baskets with a medium grade epiphyte mixture that includes a mositure retaining component. Provide medium light levels, cool-intermediate temperatures and steady watering throughout the year. Species of Lycomormium are heavy feeders when in active growth.
Literature
Fernandez Perez, A. 1974. Una nueva especie en un genero no registrado antes para Colombia. Orquideologia 9:145-146. Schweinfurth, C. 1943. A new South American Lycomormium. Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 12(4):134-136. Sweet, H. R. 1974. Orquideas Andinas poco conocida, X. Lycomormium Rchb.f. Orquideologia 9:183-199.
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