Biermannia

(pronounced: beer-MAN-nee-ah)

Classification

Vandeae subtribe Aeridinae

Overview

Miniature monopodial epiphytes. Stems short. Leaves alternate, distichous, linear-lanceolate, obliquely bilobed at the apex. Inflorescences axillary, pedunculate, few-flowered. Flowers ephemeral, produced in succession. Sepals and petals free, spreading, subsimilar, subequal. Lip three-lobed, +/- callus, with a short saccate spur. Column straight; pollinia 2, globose, on a common linear stipe and minute viscidium.

Etymology

Named to honor Adolph Biermann, Curator of the Calcutta Botanic Garden.

Distribution

A genus of seven species ranging from northeast India to Indonesia (Bali).

Care and Culture Card

See basic growing conditions and care information below.


Literature

Hegde, S. N. and A. N. Rao 1982. Biermannia jainiana Hegde et Rao, a new species of orchid from Arunachal Pradesh. Bull. Bot. Surv. India 26(1-2):97-99.
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