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Neobathiea

Neobathiea
Neobathiea grandidierana (whole plant).jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Vandeae
Subtribe: Angraecinae
Alliance: Angraecum
Genus: Neobathiea
Schltr. 1925
species
Synonyms

Bathiea Schltr.


Bathiea Schltr.

Neobathiea, abbreviated as Nbth in the horticultural trade, is a monophyletic genus of rare orchids (family (Orchidaceae), native to tropical moist broadleaf forests of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. The genus is named for the French botanist Henri Perrier de la Bâthie.

The species include small, monopodial epiphytes, with relatively large white, green, or green-and-white flowers with a long spur at the base of the lip.


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