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Terrestrial rhizomatous herbs. Stems erect, leafy. Leaves thin, petiolate, with sheathing base. Inflorescence erect, terminal. Flowers small, mostly white, often glandular-hairy; lateral sepals united for c.1/2 their length. Lip erect, saccate at base, bearing apical divergent lobes. Column with 2 apical appendages. Worldwide: 15 species in the Old World tropics Caprivi: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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| lepida (Rchb.f.) Rolfe |
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