Nothostele

(pronounced: noh-toh-STEE-lee)

Classification

Cranichideae subtribe Cranichidinae

Overview

Terrestrials. Roots and leaves unknown, leafless at time of flowering. Inflorescences erect, scapose few-flowered racemes. Flowers not resupinate, white. Sepals and petals free, spreading. Lip three-lobed, sessile, with a short basal spur fused to the ovary. Column elongate, with a long foot, the confluent stigmas two, terminal, the rostellum triangular; pollinia 2, club-shaped, attached by caudicles to a common minute viscidium.

Distribution

A monotypic genus endemic to Brazil.

Care and Culture Card

See basic growing conditions and care information below.


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