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This is a primitive genus in the orchid family. Flowers have not developed a distinctive lip, but they possess a column which is a character of orchids. Individual sepals and petals resemble one another, like those of lilies, and narrow, lanceolate, spreading and sometimes recurved. The primitive column is erect or curved and carries 2 - 3 stamens. Bees pollinate the flowers (Ridley 1894; Pearce and Cribb 2002).
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Teoh, E.S. (2021). Apostasia Bl.. In: Orchid Species from Himalaya and Southeast Asia Vol. 1 (A - E). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58872-4_13
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