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Cleistes

L.C. Richard ,in Mem .Mus .Paris 4 (1818) , 31.

Pogonieae . I , II , III. Gr. kleistos (closed) . Alluding to the narrow funnel-shaped corolla of most species in which the perianth parts, which are not spreading ,give the flowers a closed appearance even when the plant is in full bloom .

 

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