Thaia
(pronounced: THYE-ah)
Classification
Of unknown affinity.
Overview
Slender terrestrial saprophytes. Roots unknown. Stems erect, unbranched. Leaves reduced to bract-like scales. Inflorescences terminal spicate racemes, occasionally axillary. Flowers inconspicuous. Sepals and sepals subsimilar, free, spreading. Lip unlobed, with a pair of callus keels. Column arching, the rostellum protruding, truncate, the anther terminal, with a central appendage below the stigma, the foot minute, with erect keel-like margins; pollinia 2, mealy.
Etymology
Named for the type species origins in Thailand.
Distribution
A monotypic genus endemic to Thailand.
Care and Culture Card
See basic growing conditions and care information below.
Thaia are obligate saprophytes and cannot be cultivated.
Literature
Seidenfaden, G. 1975. Contributions to the orchid flora of Thailand VI. Bot. Tidsskr. 70(1):64-97.
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