Neottia
(pronounced: nee-OT-tee-ah)
Classification
Neottieae subtribe Listerinae. Recently Szlachetko has proposed a more broadly defined Neottia including species previously placed in Listera. These two genera are maintained in this work.
Overview
Achlorphyllous saprophytes. Roots coralloid. Stems erect, with tubular, non-foliaceous bracts. Inflorescences terminal spicate racemes. Flowers cupped. Sepals and petals free, spreading. Lip unlobed with a bilobulate apex, sessile, subsaccate at the base. Column straight, cylindric, the anther dorsal; pollinia 4, mealy, sessile on a minute viscidium.
Distribution
A genus of nine species from Eurasia.
Care and Culture Card
See basic growing conditions and care information below.
Neottia are obligate saprophytes and cannot be cultivated.
Literature
Furuse, M. and S.-C. Chen 1988. The discovery of Archineottia (Orchidaceae) in Japan. Acta Phytotax. Sinica 26(1):69-73. Jurcak, J. 2000. Die Wurzelanatomie von Neottia nidus-avis (L.) Rich. (Orchidaceae) unter Berücksichtigung der Mykorrhiza. Die Orchidee 51(3):[039]-[043]. Schick, B., G. Kunze and J. Bond 1987. Rostelldifferenzierung und Pollinarienbildung europaischer Orchideen, 3. Zur Morphologie und Histologie des Rostellums von Neottia nidus-avis (L.) Rich. Die Orchidee 38:197-201.
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