Frondaria

Frondaria caulescens is a species of orchid and the sole species of the genus Frondaria. The species is found at high altitudes from central Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.^[1] It is unique because of its leaflike sheaths of the ramicauls.

It is nearly impossible to maintain this species in cultivation.

References

• Luer, C.A. (1986) Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 15: 29.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006) Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 359 ff. Oxford University Press.