WorldFloraDB - Phreatia

Characteristics

Herbs, epiphytic. Stems pseudobulbous or caulescent, former 1-3-leaved, latter with up to 12 leaves, very short or elongate. Leaves distichous or arranged in a fan, erect to spreading, terminal, sometimes fleshy, jointed on equitant sheaths, articulate. Inflorescences lateral or arising from base of pseudobulb, racemose, laxly to densely many flowered. Flowers resupinate, pale green or white, minute, opening widely or not, often self-pollinating. Sepals similar, free, sometimes connivent; lateral sepals often ± adnate to column foot forming a mentum. Petals often smaller than sepals; lip often with a basal claw attached to end of column foot, base concave or ± saccate, margin entire or obscurely 3-lobed. Column short, with a conspicuous foot; anther terminal, obtuse at apex; pollinia 8, in 2 groups of 4, waxy, attached by a narrow caudicle to a small viscidium.

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Small, epiphytic orchids with a monopodial growth habit. Plants with very short stems (no pseudobulbs) and thin, hair-like roots. Leaves distichous, thick, fleshy, channelled. Inflorescence racemose, short, thin or thick and fleshy. Flowers tiny, often non-resupinate, usually white. Tepals of similar shape and size, not spreading widely. Bases of lateral sepals fuse to margins of column foot. Labellum attached to apex of column foot. Labellum lamina obscurely 3-lobed.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	herb
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These orchids grow in shady rainforests, often in montane conditions.

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Images

Phreatia unspecified picture

Distribution

Phreatia world distribution map, present in Andorra, Australia, China, Fiji, Indonesia, Moldova (Republic of), Norfolk Island, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Tonga, Taiwan, Province of China, Viet Nam, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, and Samoa

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:325892-2
WFO ID	wfo-4000029338
COL ID	8W2CV
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	446260
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Phreatia

Lower taxons

Phreatia albiflora Phreatia alpina Phreatia altigena Phreatia amesii Phreatia angustifolia Phreatia aristulifera Phreatia bicostata Phreatia chionantha Phreatia cladophylax Phreatia coelonychia Phreatia collina Phreatia cylindrostachya Phreatia dendrochiloides Phreatia dendrophylax Phreatia densiflora Phreatia elegans Phreatia elongata Phreatia falcata Phreatia flaccida Phreatia flavovirens Phreatia formosana Phreatia foveata Phreatia ganggapensis Phreatia gillespiei Phreatia gladiata Phreatia goliathensis Phreatia goodspeediana Phreatia inversa Phreatia iridifolia Phreatia jadunae Phreatia kanehirae Phreatia kaniensis Phreatia kempfii Phreatia kempteri Phreatia leptophylla Phreatia leucostachya Phreatia limenophylax Phreatia lindleyana Phreatia morii Phreatia navicularis Phreatia nebularum Phreatia negrosiana Phreatia padangensis Phreatia plagiopetala Phreatia plantaginifolia Phreatia platychila Phreatia polyantha Phreatia potamophila Phreatia pumilio Phreatia quadrata Phreatia quinquelobulata Phreatia ramosii Phreatia renilabris Phreatia rotundata Phreatia saccifera Phreatia sarasinorum Phreatia scaphioglossa Phreatia schoenorchis Phreatia seleniglossa Phreatia semiorbicularis Phreatia seranica Phreatia similis Phreatia simplex Phreatia stresemannii Phreatia subcrenulata Phreatia sublata Phreatia subsacculata Phreatia sulcata Phreatia sumatrana Phreatia tahitensis Phreatia taiwaniana Phreatia tjibodasana Phreatia trilobulata Phreatia urostachya Phreatia vaginata Phreatia vanoverberghii Phreatia virescens Phreatia breviscapa Phreatia bulbophylloides Phreatia canaliculata Phreatia brachystachys Phreatia bigibbosa Phreatia bigibbula Phreatia bismarckiensis Phreatia brachyphyton Phreatia bracteata Phreatia carolinensis Phreatia caudiflora Phreatia caulescens Phreatia crassifolia Phreatia crassiuscula Phreatia crinonioides Phreatia cryptostigma Phreatia cucullata Phreatia densispica Phreatia densissima Phreatia djamuensis Phreatia dulcis Phreatia elata Phreatia govidjoae Phreatia gracilis Phreatia grandiflora Phreatia habbemae Phreatia hollandiana Phreatia hypsorrhynchos Phreatia imitans Phreatia infundibuliformis Phreatia keysseri Phreatia klossii Phreatia koordersii Phreatia kusaiensis Phreatia lasioglossa Phreatia latipetala Phreatia laxa Phreatia laxiflora Phreatia leioglossa Phreatia modesta Phreatia linearifolia Phreatia linearis Phreatia listeri Phreatia listrophora Phreatia longibractea Phreatia longibracteata Phreatia longicaulis Phreatia luzoniensis Phreatia masarangica Phreatia mearnsii Phreatia microphyton Phreatia microtatantha Phreatia minahassae Phreatia minima Phreatia montana Phreatia muscicola Phreatia nutans Phreatia oreogena Phreatia oreophylax Phreatia palawensis Phreatia paleata Phreatia papuana Phreatia pentagona Phreatia petiolata Phreatia protensa Phreatia pseudothompsonii Phreatia pulchella Phreatia spathilabia Phreatia stenostachya Phreatia xantholeuca Phreatia repens Phreatia monticola Phreatia macra Phreatia pleistantha Phreatia stenophylla Phreatia platyclinoides Phreatia plexauroides Phreatia mentosa Phreatia pusilla Phreatia ryozoana Phreatia maxima Phreatia resiana Phreatia phreatioides Phreatia procera Phreatia subtriloba Phreatia thompsonii Phreatia myriantha Phreatia rhomboglossa Phreatia rupestris Phreatia wenzelii Phreatia micholitzii Phreatia pacifica Phreatia sororia Phreatia tenuis Phreatia transversiloba Phreatia valida Phreatia stipulata Phreatia scandens Phreatia sinadjiensis Phreatia pisifera Phreatia subalpina Phreatia spathulata Phreatia subsaccata Phreatia longimentum Phreatia acuminata Phreatia brachyphylla Phreatia brevis Phreatia caespitosa Phreatia deltoides Phreatia dischorensis Phreatia finisterrae Phreatia klabatensis Phreatia ladronica Phreatia asciiformis Phreatia brevicaulis Phreatia amabilis Phreatia beiningiana Phreatia bicallosa Phreatia caudata Phreatia concinna Phreatia constricta Phreatia matthewsii Phreatia micrantha Phreatia biechinata Phreatia vanimoana Phreatia vanuatensis Phreatia loriae Phreatia albofarinosa Phreatia jayaweerae Phreatia millikenii Phreatia palmifrons Phreatia plantaginifolium Phreatia giluwensis Phreatia sarawaketensis Phreatia hartleyi Phreatia tafana Phreatia lalana Phreatia vandenbergiae Phreatia epimonticola Phreatia teretifolia Phreatia curvata Phreatia pholidotoides