Pterichis
(pronounced: TAYR-eh-kiss)
Classification
Cranichideae subtribe Cranichidinae
Overview
Rosulate terrestrials. Roots fasciculate, fleshy, villose. Leaves petiolate, often absent at flowering. Inflorescences erect, scapose, spicate racemes. Flowers not resupinate. Sepals and petals free, spreading, subsimilar. Lip unlobes, broadly cordate-ovate, with erect-involute margins, ornamented with margins papillae. Column short, without a foot, with two stigmas, the anther dorsal; pollinia 2, granulous, sectile, with a minute viscidium.
Distribution
A genus of 20 species ranging from Costa Rica to Bolivia with one species in Jamaica.
Care and Culture Card
See basic growing conditions and care information below.
Grow Pterichis in pots in a terrestrial mixture with moisture retaining components. Provide full light, cool temperatures, and steady watering throughout the year.
Literature
Garay, L. A. 1954. A new species of Pterichis, a genus previously unreported from the West Indies. Occ. Papers Mus. Inst. Jamaica 10:1-4. Glicenstein, L. 1984. A new Pterichis species from Costa Rica. Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 53(3):278-283. Morales L., G. 1986. El genero Pterichis en Colombia. Orquideologia 16:53-79.
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