Orchidantha

Orchidantha, a genus of 16 species, is the only genus in Lowiaceae (Zingiberales), a little-known family of plants allied with the tropical gingers. Orchidantha remains a poorly known genus found from southern China to Borneo.


Orchidantha inouei of Borneo, imitates the smell of dung in order to attract small Onthophagus dung beetles as pollinators.


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