Baskervilla
(pronounced: bas-ker-VILL-ah)
Classification
Cranichideae subtribe Cranichidinae
Overview
Rosulate terrestrials with fleshy fasciculate roots. Leaves petiolate. Inflorescences terminal pedunculate spicate racemes, the peduncle bracts often foliaceous, the floral bracts inconspicuous. Flowers numerous, not resupinate. Sepals free, spreading, petals asymmetric, clawed with the claws fused to the column. Lip three-lobed, saccate, fused to the base of the column. Column club-shaped, without a foot, stigma terminal, rostellum erect, prominent; pollinia 4, unequal, attached to a common minute viscidium.
Etymology
Probably commemorating the English engraver John Baskerville (1706-1775).
Distribution
A genus of seven species found from Nicaragua to Brazil.
Care and Culture Card
See basic growing conditions and care information below.
Grow plants of Baskervilla in small pots in terrestrial mixture. Provide intermediate temperatures, medium light levels, and steady watering throughout the year. No rest period is required.
Literature
Dressler, R. L. 1993. Baskervilla leptantha, a distinctive new species from Costa Rica. OrquÃdea (Mex.) 13(1-2):265-268.
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