Vegetative key to the families
Vegetative Key Vegetative key to the families
LEAVES REDUCED TO SCALES ON THE AERIAL STEMS
Saprophytic herbs (one a climber) usually without chlorophyll Orchidaceae
Plants terrestrial with tubers or rhizomes. Leaves basal and/or cauline, large or scale-like
Autotrophs with green leaves and stems; stems sometimes coloured. Leaves sometimes absent at flowering time
Leaves 2 or more. Stem-bracts present or absent
Leaves large and cauline, leathery, spreading, 1.5–12 cm long Epidendrum
Leaves not as above