Viscidium
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A sticky tissue, often disk-shaped, formed outside the anther, to which in many orchids the pollinia are attached, either directly or through the caudicles or the stipe. Plural: viscidia.

Alternative forms for Viscidium : Glandula, Proscolla, Retinaculum.

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after Bauer & Lindley

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after Bauer & Lindley