Frondaria

Frondaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Pleurothallidinae
Genus: Frondaria
Luer
Species: F. caulescens
Binomial name
Frondaria caulescens
(Lindl.) Luer
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurothallis caulescens Lindl.
  • Humboltia caulescens (Lindl.) Kuntze
  • Pleurothallis graminea Schltr.

Frondaria caulescens is a species of orchid and the sole species of the genus Frondaria. The species is found at high altitudes from central Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.[1] It is unique because of its leaflike sheaths of the ramicauls.

It is nearly impossible to maintain this species in cultivation.

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