Pholidota

Pholidota (Hook.) Lindl. 1820

Type Species: Pholidota imbricata (Roxb.) Lindl. 1825

Tribe: COELOGYNEAE

Subtribe: COELOGYNINAE

Pronunciation: folly-do-tah

Temperature: W.I.

Country: South-East Asia, China, New Guinea, Australia, Pacific Islands

Pholidota are small to medium epiphytic or lithophytic psuedobulbous plants often forming large clumps. Flowers are generally small and borne on the end of an arching raceme.