Microcoelia

Description 4

Small twig or branch epiphytic; stem short to elongate; leaves scale-like, not photosynthetic; Roots clustered or scattered along stem, photosynthetic; Inflorescence axillary, racemose, short, few-many flowered; Flowers small, semi-transluscent, white often with green markings on lip, orange; Sepals and petals similar; lip entire or obscurely lobed; Spurred.

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Landy Rita, all rights reserved, uploaded by Landy Rita
  2. (c) Guy Eric Onjalalaina, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Guy Eric Onjalalaina
  3. (c) tsikyrabetrano, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by tsikyrabetrano
  4. (c) Landy Rita, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

iNat Map

7-genus Microcoelia
1-habit Epiphytic
5-flowers spurred
6-lip entire
2-port without pseudobulbs
4-inflorescence Axillary
3-leaves aphylle