title: Brachypeza
text: # Brachypeza
  
  Brachypeza, commonly known as sage orchids, is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Orchids in this genus have short stems with fleshy leaves and arching flowering stems with short-lived flowers. The sepals and petals are similar in size and shape and the labellum is pouch-like and suspended at the base of the flower. Sage orchids occur in tropical areas from Indochina to New Guinea.
  
  ## Taxonomy and naming
  
  The genus Brachypeza was first formally described in 1972 by Leslie Andrew Garay and the description was published in the Botanical Museum Leaflets of Harvard University.
  
  ### Species list
  
  The following is a list of Brachypeza species accepted by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families as at December 2018.
  
  * Brachypeza archytas (Ridl.) Garay - Christmas Island
  * Brachypeza cladostachya (Hook.f.) Kocyan & Schuit.
  * Brachypeza indusiata (Rchb.f.) Garay - Borneo, Malaysia, Maluku, Sulawesi, Sumatra, New Guinea
  * Brachypeza koeteiensis (Schltr.) Garay - Borneo
  * Brachypeza laotica (Seidenf.) Seidenf. - Laos, Thailand and possibly Vietnam
  * Brachypeza minimipes (J.J.Sm.) Garay - Sumatra
  * Brachypeza pallida (Blume) Kocyan & Schuit.
  * Brachypeza semiteretifolia (H.A.Pedersen) Kocyan & Schuit.
  * Brachypeza simondiana (Gagnep.) Kocyan & Schuit.
  * Brachypeza stenoglottis (Hook.f.) Garay - Borneo, Malaysia, Maluku, Sulawesi, Sumatra, New Guinea
  * Brachypeza unguiculata (Lindl.) Kocyan & Schuit.
  * Brachypeza zamboangensis (Ames) Garay - Borneo, Philippines
  