Neobathiea

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Neobathiea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Asparagales Family: Orchidaceae Subfamily: Higher Epidendroideae Tribe: Vandeae Subtribe: Angraecinae Alliance: Angraecum Genus: Neobathiea Schltr. 1925
species
Neobathiea grandidierana Neobathiea hirtula Neobathiea keraudrenae Neobathiea perrieri Neobathiea spatulata
Synonyms
Bathiea Schltr.

Neobathiea, abbreviated as Nbth in 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.

The long-spurred Neobathiea grandidierana from Madagascar is pollinated by a long-tongued sphinginid hawkmoth Panogena lingens with the pollinaria deposited on the basal part of the proboscis of the moth. ^[1]

[edit] Synonyms

• Neobathiea filicornu Schltr is a synonym of Neobathiea grandidierana (Rchb.f.) Garay
• Neobathiea gracilis Schltr and Neobathiea sambiranoensis Schltr are synonyms of Aeranthes schlechteri Bosser.

[edit] Notes