Pholidota Lindley ex Hooker
Habit: epiphytic herbs
Pseudobulb: ovoid or elliptic or spindle-shaped or ovate or conical
Leaf: characteristics: 1, 2, sessile or subsessile, petiolate
Inflorescence: type: raceme
Inflorescence: other characteristics: rachis pubescent or zigzagged flexuose or winged
Sepal: free or similar, concave
Labellum: 3-lobed, not lobed
Column: with wing or triangular-falcate or arm-shaped or subulate appendages, without column foot
Pollinia: number: 4
Fruit:type: capsule
Fruit: other characteristics: winged or ribbed