Envoy at 09:50, 23 July 2007

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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Porroglossum''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
| tribus = [[Epidendreae]]
| subtribus = [[Pleurothallidinae]]
| genus = '''''Porroglossum'''''
| genus_authority = [[Rudolf Schlechter|Schltr.]]
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision =
*''[[Porroglossum andreettae]]''
*''[[Porroglossum dalstroemii]]''
*''[[Porroglossum dreisei]]''
*''[[Porroglossum echidna]]''
*''[[Porroglossum hirtzii]]''
*''[[Porroglossum meridionale]]''
*''[[Porroglossum mordax]]''
*''[[Porroglossum muscosum]]''
*''[[Porroglossum olivaceum]]''
*''[[Porroglossum portillae]]''
*''[[Porroglossum tripollex]]''
*etc.
}}

'''''Porroglossum''''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] "far off" and "tongue", referring to the position of the lip) is a [[genus]] of [[orchid]]s with 28 [[species]], distributed in the [[Andes]].

The lip is unique in this genus: it is hinged and has a mechanism that snaps shut when stimulated by a [[pollinator]], thus trapping the [[insect]] to ensure that the [[pollinia]] will be removed and later transferred to the receptive surface. The lip opens after 30 minutes or so to release the insect, but also closes at night and reopens at dawn.

'''''Lothiania''''' <small>[[Kraenzl.]]</small> and '''''Lothoniana''''' <small>[[Kraenzl.]]</small> are [[synonymy|synonym]] of ''Porroglossum''.
[[Category:Orchid genera]]

Porroglossum - Revision history

Envoy at 09:50, 23 July 2007