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(Last Modified On 1/22/2013)
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(Last Modified On 1/22/2013)
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Genus
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MESOSPINIDIUM Rchb. f.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Bot. Zeit. 10:929. 1852
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Reference
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Walp. Ann. 6:856. 1864.
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Description
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Epiphytic herbs with slender, complanate, monophyllous pseudobulbs enveloped at the base in several conspicuous, foliaceous bracts. Leaves at the apex of the pseudobulbs and the blades of the foliaceous bracts ligular to elliptic-lanceolate, subcoriaceous to pergameneous, the conduplicate, imbricating bases of the foli- aceous bracts forming a 2-ranked, more or less flabelliform cluster. Inflorescences slender, erect or arching panicles or racemes produced from the base of the cur- rent pseudobulb. Flowers small, on short, slender pedicels subtended by incon- spicuous bracts. Sepals rather fleshy, not widely spreading, the dorsal sepal free, the laterals connate for more than half their length, forming a single bifid seg- ment supporting the lip. Petals oblong, acute to cuneate and aristate, the broad bases inserted on the sides of the column. Lip entire, the base shallowly subsaccate and continuous with the base of the column, the limb oblong, obovate or subpandurate, the margins usually revolute, the apex acute to obtuse and emarginate, the disk with 2 fleshy, converging keels. Column short, very stout, apparently without wings or appendages, the base without a foot; pollinia 2, waxy.
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Note
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Two or three species of tropical American epiphytes, apparently closely allied to Oncidium and Odontolglossm;m. One species is known from Panama.
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