Dilochia
(pronounced: dye-LOH-kee-ah)
Classification
subtribe Arundinae, of unknown affinity.
Overview
Epiphytes or caespitose terrestrials. Stems erect, leafy. Leaves numerous, two-ranked. Inflorescences terminal desnely-flowered racemes, the peduncles short, the floral bracts conspicuous. Flowers cupped, nodding, secund. Sepals and petals subequal, free, spreading. Lip three-lobed, sessile, the callus of low parallel keels. Column elongate, arching, without wings or foot, the clinandrium toothed; pollinia 8.
Etymology
From the Greek di, meaning double, and lochos, meaning row, referring to the two-ranked floral bracts of the inflorescence.
Distribution
A genus of six species from Southeast Asia to the Philippines and New Guinea with the highest diversity in Borneo.
Care and Culture Card
See basic growing conditions and care information below.
Grow plants of Dilochia in pots of medium to coarse-grade epiphyte mixture with the addition of a moisture-retaining component such as coarse chunk peatmoss. Provide bright light levels, intermediate
Literature
Wood, J. J. and P. J. Cribb. 1994. A checklist of the orchids of Borneo. Royal Bot. Gard., Kew, Richmond, England.
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