Robiquetia
Robiquetia, abbreviated Rbq in horticultural trade, is a genus ofplant in family Orchidaceae. It contains more than 25 species found in Indonesia, the Philippines, Australia and the Pacific Islands
DESCRIPTION (FROM FLORA OF CHINA)Herbs, epiphytic, monopodial, medium-sized. Stem pendulous, long, sometimes branching, leafy. Leaves oblong to elliptic, unequally bilobed. Inflorescence axillary, pendulous, racemose or paniculate, densely many flowered. Flowers small. Sepals and petals similar, spreading; mid-lobe spreading; lip immovable, rather fleshy, 3-lobed; lateral lobes erect, small, sometimes fleshy; spur apical, inflated, with callosities on scales within. Column short, stout, lacking a foot; rostellum large or small; stipe spatulate, often hooklike, long; viscidium small; pollinia 2, grooved
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