Calymmanthera Schltr.,
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 1 (1913) 955
Monopodial epiphytic plants. Stem rather short to elongated. Leaves 4-many, sheathing at the base, glabrous, dorso-ventrally flattened, articulate, duplicate, leathery. Inflorescence lateral, a raceme or a panicle. Flowers small, ephemeral, resupinate, yellowish or greenish. Sepals free, narrow. Petals free, similar to the sepals. Lip mobile, without spur. Column-foot present. Pollinia 4, in 4 equal separate masses, solid-waxy, caudicles absent, stipe present, viscidium present.
Distribution
New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji. About 6 species, 5 in New Guinea.
Habitat
Epiphytes in lowland and montane forest.
Notes
A genus of small monopodial orchids, most with much branched inforescences carrying numerous small yellowish flowers with narrow pointed sepals and petals.