| + | Quekettia (in honor of E. J. Quekett). Orchida- ceae. Small epiphytic plants: lvs. terete, fleshy: scape filiform, branched: fls. small; sepals and petals similar, linear; lip erect from foot of column, about as long as sepals, entire, hollowed at base; column erect, with 2 recurved appendages at apex; anther terminal, incumbent; pollinia 2, waxy, ovoid, upon linear stalks.— About 6 species known, all Brazilian. Related to Ada; little known horticulturally. George V. Nash. |