Teuscheria
(pronounced: toy-SHAYR-ee-ah)
Classification
Maxillarieae subtribe Lycastinae
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Overview
Trailing epiphytes. Pseudobulbs ovoid, concealed by a pair of conspicuous bracts. Inflorescences basal, erect scapes. Flowers resupinate or not resupinate, cupped. Sepals and petals free, spreading. Lip apically three-lobed, obtriangular in outline, the callus variable. Column stout, without wings, with an elongate retrorse foot; pollinia 4, ellipsoid, on a common minute viscidium.
Etymology
Named to honor Canadian botanist Henry Teuscher.
Distribution
A genus of six species from Mesoamerica and northern South America.
Care and Culture Card
See basic growing conditions and care information below.
Mount plants of Teuscheria on slabs with a pad of moisture-retaining material at the roots. Provides medium light levels, cool-intermediate temperatures, and regular watering throughout the year. The plants resent disturbance and propagation should entail divisions of five or more pseudobulbs.
Literature
Dressler, R. L. 1972. Una Teuscheria nueva del Ecuador. Orquideologia 7:3-6. Garay, L. A. 1958. A new orchid genus from the Ecuadorian Andes. Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 27(12):820-823. Garay, L. A. 1959. The present status of the recently described genus, Teuscheria. Rhodora 61:35-42. Horich, C. K. 1978. Zur Entdeckung von zwei für die Flora von Mittelamerika neuen Teuscheria-Arten in Costa Rica. Die Orchidee 29:12-14. Jenny, R. 1998. Ein illustrieter Status der Gattung Teuscheria Garay. Die Orchidee 49(4):154-166. Jenny, R. 1998. Teuscheria horichiana Jenny & Braem 1986. Die Orchidee 49(4): Orchideenkartei Seite 885-886. Jenny, R. and G. J. Braem 1987. Teuscheria horichiana, a new orchid from Costa Rica. Orchid Digest 51:187-189. Teuscher, H. 1962. Teuscheria venezuelana L. A. Garay. Mem. Jard. Bot. Montreal 55:11-14.
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