Calyptrochilum

Kraenzl.
Description: 
Monopodial, epiphytic herbs with long woody stems. Leaves alternate, fleshy, twisted at base to lie in one plane. Inflorescences short; flowers resupinate, white. Sepals and petals free, similar, spreading, petals slightly shorter than sepals. Lip 3-lobed, spurred, spur inflated at apex. Column short and stout with a small foot. Rostellum prominent; anther apiculate; pollinia 2, globose, joined to a long linear caudicle; viscidium 1, large, triangular, grooved at base to clasp the rostellum.
Distribution: 
Species 2, trop. Africa; sthn trop. Afr. 2, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi.
Source: 
SSTA
Classification: 
ORCHIDACEAE

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