Neobolusia
(pronounced: nee-oh-boh-LOO-see-ah)
Classification
Orchideae subtribe Orchidinae
Overview
Terrestrials arising from tubers. Stems erect, unbranched. Leaves few, sessile-clasping. Inflorescences terminal, laxly-flowered racemes, the floral bracts large, subequal or larger than the ovaries. Sepals and petals free, spreading, the dorsal sepal and petals loosely associated forming a hood-like structure over the column, the lateral sepals widely divergent. Lip unlobed, sessile, without callus. Column short, erect, the anther locules parallel, the stigma cushion-like; pollinia 2, attached by short caudicles to large viscidia.
Distribution
A genus of four species from Tropical and southern Africa.
Care and Culture Card
See basic growing conditions and care information below.
Grow Neobolusia in pots of rich terrestrial loam. Provide very bright light and cool temperatures. Water seasonally, watering heavily while in active growth and minimal watering after the onset of flowering until the appearance of new shoots.
Literature
Kidson, S. and E. Fletcher 1991. Our heritage, Neobolusia tysonii (H. Bolus) Schltr. S. Afr. Orchid J. 22(1):20-21.
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