Degranvillea
(pronounced: day-gran-VILL-ee-ah)
Classification
Cranichideae subtribe Spiranthinae
Overview
Saprophytic achlorophyllous terrestrials with tuberoid-coralloid roots. Leaves reduced to colorless bracts. Inflorescences terminal few-flowered racemes. Flowers proportionately large, tubular, translucent white. Sepals subsimilar, the lateral sepals basally fused and forming a spur, the petals free. Lip three-lobed, short-clawed, basally long-auriculate, the midlobe lobulate. Column straight, the anther dorsal; pollinia 2, granular, with an apical viscidium.
Etymology
Named for French botanist Jean Jacques DeGranville for his contributions to the flora of French Guiana and South American palms.
Distribution
A monotypic genus endemic to French Guiana.
Care and Culture Card
See basic growing conditions and care information below.
Degranvillea is an obligate saprophyte and cannot be cultivated.
Literature
Determann, R. O. 1985. Degranvillea, a new orchid genus from French Guiana. Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 54(2):174-176.
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