Cardiochilos

P.J.Cribb
Description: 
Small, monopodial, epiphytic herbs. Stems short, rooting at base. Leaves several, distichous, linear. Inflorescences arising at base of plant and in axils of lower leaves. Flowers non resupinate, green to straw-coloured, scabrid on outside. Sepals and petals subsimilar; lip obscurely 3-lobed, concave, ecallose, spurred at base. Column short; rostellum narrow, bifid, truncate. Pollinia 2, globose; stipe 1, linear; viscidium 1, reniform.
Distribution: 
Monotypic genus: Cardiochilos williamsonii P.J.Cribb, known only from Malawi and southern Tanzania.
Source: 
SSTA
Classification: 
ORCHIDACEAE

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