''Frondaria caulescens'' is a
species
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of
orchid
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Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...
and the sole species of the
genus
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''Frondaria''. The species is found at high altitudes from central
Colombia
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,
Ecuador
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,
Peru
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and
Bolivia
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.
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/ref> It is unique because of its leaflike sheaths of the ramicauls.
It is nearly impossible to maintain this species in cultivation.
References
* (1986) Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 15: 29.
* (2006) Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 359 ff. Oxford University Press.
External links
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Pleurothallidinae
Orchids of South America
Pleurothallidinae genera
Monotypic Epidendroideae genera