Ponera
(pronounced: poh-NER-ah)
Classification
Epidendreae subtribe Laeliinae
Overview
Caespitose to shortly trailing epiphytes. Stems erect, narrow, leafy, unbranched. Leaves linear, alternate, distichous, articulated. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, subsessile, few-flowered. Flowers inconspicuous, cupped. Dorsal sepal and petals free, spreading, the lateral sepals fused to the elongate column foot. Lip unlobed, with a callus of low swellings. Column very short, with a long foot; pollinia 4, on individual caudicle without stipe or viscidium.
Distribution
A genus of 11 species ranging from Mexico to ##.
Care and Culture Card
See basic growing conditions and care information below.
Grow Ponera in pots in a medium grade epiphyte mixture. They may also be accomodated in baskets. Provide bright light, intermediate temperatures, and regular watering throughout the year. Too little or too much water will cause premature leaf drop.
Literature
Correll, D. S. 1941. The genus Ponera. Bot. Mus. Leafl. 9(8):129-151. Garay, L. A. 1970. American orchids, III. Ponera pellita Reichb.f. Orchid Rev. 78(926):250-253. Soto A., M. 1990. Une nueva orquidea de Morelos, Mexico: Ponera dressleriana. Orquidea (Mex.) 12:117-126.
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