Diploprora
(pronounced: dip-low-PRO-rah)
Classification
Vandeae subtribe Aeridinae
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Overview
Small pendent epiphytes with frequently branching stems. Leaves fleshy, alternate, distichous. Inflorescences axillary racemes, fleshy, the floral bracts minute. Sepals and petals subsimilar, subequal, free, spreading. Lip unlobed, concave, rigidly fused to column base, with a thickened central ridge, truncate or with a pair of elongate thread-like appendages. Column short, stout, without wings or foot; pollinia 4, in two unequal pairs on a common stipe and viscidium.
Etymology
From the Greek diplous, meaning double, and prora, meaning prow, referring to the bifid lip apex.
Distribution
A genus of two species ranging from southern India and Sri Lanka to Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Care and Culture Card
See basic growing conditions and care information below.
The pendent habit can best be accommodated on a small slab or in a basket tilted on its side. Provide Diploproras with a moisture-retaining medium at their roots and keep evenly moist under cool-intermediate to cool temperatures. Diploproras should be grown under medium bright levels, slightly brighter than Phalaenopsis.
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