Tropidia Lindl.

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Morphology General Habit

Erect terrestrial, caespitose herbs with short, rigid rhizomes and slender, simple or branched, hard erect stems

Morphology Leaves

Leaves few, sheaths nonarticulate, blades thin, convolute and plicate

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Inflorescences terminal or occasionally from axils of upper leaves, sessile or pedunculate, racemose or paniculate, rarely glomerate

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers

Flowers few to many, small, resupinate; sepals subequal, dorsal sepal oblong-lanceolate, lateral sepals oblong, connate at base (except ours), forming a small mentum; petals slightly falcate, similar to sepals but shorter; lip sessile, saccate at base, oblong, slightly shorter than the petals

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Column

Column short, fleshy, with a short foot. Anther dorsal, erect, subequal to the rostellum, more than half the length of the column; pollinia 2, sectile, attached to a terminal viscidium

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Stigma

Stigma entire

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Capsules oblong.

Distribution

A genus of about 7 species in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, New Caledonia, Fiji, China and Japan, and one species in the neotropics.