Neobenthamia

Neobenthamia Rolfe 1891

Type Species: Neobenthamia gracilis Rolfe 1891

Tribe: COELOGYNEAE

Subtribe: ADRORHIZINAE

Pronunciation: nee-oh-ben-THAM-ee-ah

Temperature: W.

Country: Tanzania

A monotypic genus which is thought to be endemic to Tanzania. It is a tall slender plant which tends to be very grasslike in appearance and the stems are very brittle, breaking quite easily when they are long. Plants are terrestrial or lithophytic, found growing on warm to hot rock faces. They need bright light to induce flowering and after they have flowered keikis will form at the nodes of the old flowers if these are left intact.