Stichorkis
DESCRIPTION (FROM BIODIV. RES. CONSERV. 13: 9-12, 2009)The mostly epiphytic genus Stichorkis, described by Aubert du Petit-Thouars (1809, explanation of taxonomy and nomenclature of the genus, Szlachetko et al. 2008), comprises over two hundred species. ropical and subtropical areas of SE Asia, especially from the Greater and Lesser Sunda Archipelagos to New Guinea, are richest in these species.
The most characteristic features of the STichorkis representatives are: erect, robust, 1-2(3) noded pseudobulbs, 1-2(3) conduplicate, non-membranaceous leaves, well separated from their bases by transversal scars (after a time falling off from the pseudobulb along the scar), usually well-developed, relatively big flower lips, lips being callus-shaped, middle-sized and often well-developed. ---Hannah Margonska, Biodiv. Res. Conserv. 13:9-12, 2009 |
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