Vegetative key to the families
Vegetative Key Vegetative key to the families
EPIPHYTES on trees or rocks
Leaves with parallel venation, or terete. Pseudobulbs and aerial roots with velamen often present (Fig. 41) Orchidaceae
Plants epiphytic on trees, logs, rocks
Leaves short, usually no more than 5 times longer than broad
Pseudobulbs absent
Saprophytes with scale-leaves only. Stems climbing Erythrorchis
Autotrophs with green leaves