Taxon	Illustrator ⠉
	Bulbophyllum pachyrachis Campylocentrum pachyrrhizum Dendrophylax lindenii Harrisella porrecta	Barbara Alongi Barbara Alongi Barbara Alongi Barbara Alongi

Herbs, epiphytic or lithophytic, sympodial. Roots velamentous, glabrous. Stems rhizomatous, covered by scarious sheaths; pseudobulbs often angled, ovoid, stout. Leaves conduplicate, articulate, thin to leathery. Inflorescences lateral from base of pseudobulb, spikes [racemes], erect to pendent, pedunculate, rachis swollen, fleshy. Flowers resupinate, sessile; dorsal sepal distinct and free; lateral sepals adnate to column-foot forming mentum; petals distinct and free, smaller than sepals; lip fleshy; column erect with aristate terminal teeth or wings; anther terminal, incumbent, operculate; pollinia 2 or 4, hard, waxy; stigma entire; ovary sessile [pedicellate]. Fruits capsules, beakless. x = 19, 20.

Distribution

Pantropical, mostly Asia and Africa

Discussion

Species 1000–1200 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Bulbophyllum pachyrachis

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