Tongue orchids
Also known as Cryptostylis
Cryptostylis, commonly known as tongue orchids, is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family. Tongue orchids are terrestrial herbs with one to a few stalked leaves at the base of the flowering stem, or leafless. One to a few dull coloured flowers are borne on an erect flowering stem. The most conspicuous part of the flower is the labellum, compared to the much reduced sepals and petals. At least some species are pollinated by wasps when they attempt to mate with the flower. There are about twenty five species found in South Asia, Southeast Asia and the South Pacific.
Species
FamilyOrchidaceae
Native toAlbania, Algeria, Baleares, Corse, East Aegean Is., France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Libya, Morocco, NW. Balkan Pen.
Cryptostylis es un género de orquídeas . Tiene 23 especies. Es originario de las regiones tropicales y subtropicales de Asia y oeste del Pacífico.[1] Índice 1 Descripción 2 Taxonomía 3 Lista de especies 4 Referencias 5 Enlaces externos Descripción Son plantas de hábitos terrestres, perennes y glabras, sin tubérculos, con largas raíces carnosas glabras, sin hojas o con una, o unas pocas, más largas que anchas, coriáceas, erectas, y pecioladas, a menudo de color rojizo; la inflorescencia es racemosa, con pocas o muchas flores que miden más de quince milímetros y no son resupinadas, y de pocos vistosos colores, con sépalos y pétalos reducidos, similares pero ligeramente diferentes, más pequeños los pétalos y labio fijo e inamovible , mucho mayor que los demás segmentos; la columna corta y con cuatro polinios.[2] Taxonomía El género fue descrito por Robert Brown y publicado en Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 317. 1810.[3] Lista de especies Cryptostylis acutata J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, III, 3: 243 (1921) Cryptostylis apiculata J.J.Sm., Meded. Rijks-Herb. 23: 2 (1915) Cryptostylis arachnites (Blume) Hassk. in C.L.Blume, Coll. Orchid.: 133 (1859) Cryptostylis arfakensis
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Cryptostylis, commonly known as tongue orchids, is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family. Tongue orchids are terrestrial herbs with one to a few stalked leaves at the base of the flowering stem, or leafless. One to a few dull coloured flowers are borne on an erect flowering stem. The most conspicuous part of the flower is the labellum, compared to the much reduced sepals and petals. At least some species are pollinated by wasps when they attempt to mate with the flower. There are about twenty five species found in South Asia, Southeast Asia and the South Pacific.
==Description== Orchids in the genus Cryptostylis are terrestrial, perennial herbs with a thick, branching underground rhizome with vertical shoots forming at nodes. The plant has thick, fleshy roots but lacks a tuber. There are one to a few erect leaves, each with a distinct petiole and often purple on the lower surface, although C. hunteriana is saprophytic and leafless. New leaves are produced each year after flowering but each leaf has a life of several years.