Taxon	Illustrator ⠉
	Eulophia alta Oeceoclades maculata Pteroglossaspis ecristata	Barbara Alongi Barbara Alongi Barbara Alongi

Herbs, terrestrial, cespitose. Stems cormlike pseudobulbs. Leaves wilting at end of growing season, basal, nearly petiolate; blade plicate, not articulate with leaf-sheaths. Inflorescences lateral, from base of pseudobulb, racemes, erect. Flowers resupinate, inconspicuous; sepals and petals converging [usually spreading], distinct and free, nearly equal; lip spreading, sessile at base of column, 3-lobed; disc smooth, without spurs; column erect, wingless, stout, 3–4 mm, base 2-auriculate, apex blunt; anther terminal, incumbent, operculate, 1-locular; pollinia 2, yellow, spheric, sulcate, cartilaginous; stipe semilunar; viscidium present. Fruits capsules, erect when mature.

Distribution

Neotropical regions, Africa

Discussion

Species 7–10 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Pteroglossaspis ecristata