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Lace orchids
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Lace orchids

Phreatia

Phreatia, commonly known as lace orchids, is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes, sometimes with pseudobulbs, in which case there are usually one or two leaves. Others lack pseudobulbs but have up to twelve leaves. A large number of small white or greenish flowers are borne on a flowering stem emerging from a leaf axil or from the base of the pseudobulb when present but the...

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36 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Phreatia micrantha

speciesPhreatia micrantha

Phreatia crassiuscula

speciesPhreatia crassiuscula

Phreatia morii

speciesPhreatia morii

Phreatia formosana

speciesPhreatia formosana

Phreatia taiwaniana

speciesPhreatia taiwaniana

Phreatia limenophylax

speciesPhreatia limenophylax

Phreatia paleata

speciesPhreatia paleata

Phreatia sulcata

speciesPhreatia sulcata

Phreatia plantaginifolia

speciesPhreatia plantaginifolia

Phreatia hypsorrhynchos

speciesPhreatia hypsorrhynchos

Phreatia thompsonii

speciesPhreatia thompsonii

Phreatia neocaledonica

speciesPhreatia neocaledonica

Phreatia caulescens

speciesPhreatia caulescens

Phreatia inversa

speciesPhreatia inversa

Phreatia sublata

speciesPhreatia sublata

Phreatia densiflora

speciesPhreatia densiflora

Phreatia jayaweerae

speciesPhreatia jayaweerae

Phreatia crassifolia

speciesPhreatia crassifolia

Phreatia cylindrostachya

speciesPhreatia cylindrostachya

Phreatia matthewsii

speciesPhreatia matthewsii

Phreatia semiorbicularis

speciesPhreatia semiorbicularis

Phreatia listeri

speciesPhreatia listeri

Phreatia kanehirae

speciesPhreatia kanehirae

Phreatia luzoniensis

speciesPhreatia luzoniensis

Phreatia tahitensis

speciesPhreatia tahitensis

Phreatia negrosiana

speciesPhreatia negrosiana

Phreatia scandens

speciesPhreatia scandens

Phreatia pacifica

speciesPhreatia pacifica

Phreatia repens

speciesPhreatia repens

Phreatia vanimoana

speciesPhreatia vanimoana

Phreatia stenostachya

speciesPhreatia stenostachya

Phreatia caudiflora

speciesPhreatia caudiflora

Phreatia constricta

speciesPhreatia constricta

Phreatia habbemae

speciesPhreatia habbemae

Phreatia palawensis

speciesPhreatia palawensis

Phreatia alpina

speciesPhreatia alpina

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 140460.