Poaephyllum Ridl.,
Mat. Fl. Malay Penins. 1 (1907) 108
Sympodial epiphytes with very short rhizomes. Stem elongated, very slender, many-leaved. Leaves sheathing at the base, distichous, glabrous, deciduous, duplicate, narrow, thin-textured but rather stiff. Inflorescence lateral, a wiry raceme. Flowers opening in succession, small, resupinate, usually greenish or pinkish with a white lip. Sepals free. Petals free, narrower than the sepals. Lip without spur, not mobile. Column-foot present. Pollinia 8, solid, caudicles absent, stipe absent, viscidium present.
Distribution
Southeast Asia, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea; about 7 species.
Distribution in the Philippines
Palawan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi; 2 species.
Habitat
Epiphytes in lowland forest.
Notes
Very similar to Appendicula, but with 8 pollinia, and a lip without basal appendage. A poorly studied genus with insignificant flowers, hardly ever seen in cultivation.