Details of genus: Promenaea Lindley [578]
genus_ja:
genus_en:
# spp.:
pub_year:
accepted: Accepted
Family: Orchidaceae
family_ja: ラン
Infra familial classification:
distribution_en:
description_en: Genus of about 15 species of small, evergreen, epiphytic orchids from Brazil, occurring in forest areas at an altitude of around 1,500m (5,000ft). They produce oval pseudobulbs with 1-3 soft-textured, ovate-lance-shaped, light green, apical leaves. Usually yellow or white flowers are borne in ones or twos, rarely more, in short racemes from the bases of the pseudobulbs, mostly in summer and autumn.
hardiness_en: Frost tender.
cultivation_en:
propagation_en: Divide when the plant fills the pot and "flows" over the sides, or remove backbulbs.
pests_en: Prone to red spider mites, aphids, and mealybugs.
description_ja:
comment: Brazil
comment_ja: プロネメア
type_species:
Phylogenetic definition:
Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2020-09-04 03:56
family:
| System | Accepted? | Scientific name | Japanese name | Infra-familial classification | # species | |
| APG4 | Orchidaceae | ラン科 | Show | |||
| PB2 | Orchidaceae | ラン科 | Show | |||
| PB3 | Orchidaceae | ラン科 | Show |