Brachypeza
(pronounced: brack-ee-PEH-zah)
Classification
Vandeae subtribe Aeridinae
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Overview
Monopodial epiphytes. Stems short. Leaves alternate, distichous. Inflorescences axillary long-pedunculate racemes, the floral bracts insignificant. Flowers produced in sequential flushes. Sepals and petals free, spreading, subsimilar, subequal. Lip three-lobed, saccate. Column arching, without wings, with a short foot; pollinia 2, each partially cleft, on a common stipe and viscidium.
Etymology
From the Greek brachys, meaning short, and peza, meaning foot, referring to the short column foot found in the genus.
Distribution
A genus of seven species from Thailand to the Philippines and Christmas Island.
Care and Culture Card
See basic growing conditions and care information below.
Grow plants of Brachypeza in pots or small baskets with a medium-grade epiphyte mixture. Provide warm temperatures, medium light levels, and steady watering throughout the year. Allow the roots to lightly dry out between waterings.
Literature
Seidenfaden, G. 1988. Orchid genera in Thailand XIV, Fifty-nine vandoid genera. Opera Bot. 95:1-398.
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