Hexisia
(from exisoein, to be equal or like; in reference to the conformity of the lip with the sepals). SYN. Euothonaea. ORD. Orchideae. A small genus (three or four species) of epiphytal Orchids, inhabiting tropical America from Brazil to Mexico. Flowers medicore; sepals nearly equal, narrow, the dorsal one free, the lateral ones produced in a very short chin; petals resembling the dorsal sepal; lip erect, connate with the column at base, the lateral lobes obscure, the middle one lanceolate, spreading, equalling the sepals; column short; pollen masses four; racemes terminal, few-flowered; peduncles short. Leaves narrow, rather rigid. Only one species is known in gardens. For culture, see Ornithidium, on p. 524, Vol. II.
H. bidentata (two-toothed). fl. bright scarlet, about 1/2in. in diameter; sepals and petals linear, acute; lip narrow obovate oblong; racemes short, arising from the nodes. l. linear-oblong, not longer than the joints. Stems constricted at the nodes, the joints 1in. to 1 1/2in. long. Panama, Colombia, 1887. A pretty little Orchid.