Pomatocalpa, commonly known as bladder orchids, or 鹿角兰属 , is a genus of about twenty five species from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes or lithophytes with thick, leathery leaves and a large number of small flowers with a three-lobed labellum. There are about twenty five species found from tropical and subtropical Asia to the south-west Pacific.
Pomatocalpa
In the botanical classification of plants, Aeridinae Pfitzer is a subtribe of the tribe Vandeae whose representatives all have a monopodial growth habit and do not possess pseudobulbs.
Aeridinae
Taeniophyllum glandulosum Blume exhibiting monopodial leaflessness
Flowering Chiloschista trudelii Seidenf. specimen with a few vestigial leaves
Flowering Phalaenopsis taenialis (Lindl.) Christenson & Pradhan specimen exhibiting seasonal, deciduous leaflessness