''Frondaria caulescens'' is a

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and the sole species of the

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''Frondaria''. The species is found at high altitudes from central Colombia,

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and

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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> It is unique because of its leaflike sheaths of the ramicauls. It is nearly impossible to maintain this species in cultivation.

References

* (1986) Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 15: 29. * (2006) Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 359 ff. Oxford University Press.

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* {{Taxonbar, from1=Q15975408, from2=Q3906103 Pleurothallidinae Orchids of South America Pleurothallidinae genera Monotypic Epidendroideae genera