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Reed Orchids
Bromheadia
Bromheadia, commonly known as reed orchids, is a genus of about 29 species of orchids in the family Orchidaceae. They are evergreen terrestrial and epiphytic plants with unbranched stems, the leaves arranged in two rows along the flowering stem. The flowers appear in succession near the end of the flowering stem with the sepals and petals free from each other. The labellum is like a landing platform and has three lobes. They are native to areas...
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first
pale reed orchid
speciesBromheadia finlaysoniana
Bromheadia aporoides
speciesBromheadia aporoides
Bromheadia borneensis
speciesBromheadia borneensis
Bromheadia crassiflora
speciesBromheadia crassiflora
Bromheadia truncata
speciesBromheadia truncata
Bromheadia scirpoidea
speciesBromheadia scirpoidea
Bromheadia alticola
speciesBromheadia alticola
Aporodes
sectionAporodes
Bromheadia divaricata
speciesBromheadia divaricata
Bromheadia falcifolia
speciesBromheadia falcifolia
Bromheadia obyrneorum
speciesBromheadia obyrneorum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 142178.