Staurochilus Ridley ex Pfitz
Habit: epiphytic herbs
Stem: noded
Leaf: characteristics: sheathing or noding at base, apex notched or acute or obtuse or hooked, base clasping
Leaf: position: distichous
Inflorescence: position: laterally on stem
Inflorescence: other characteristics: branched, unbranched
Flower: other characteristics: spreading
Petal: shorter or smaller than sepals, similar to sepals
Labellum: with sac or spur or auricles at base, 3-lobed, adnate to column, 5-lobed
Column: without column foot, puberulous or pubescent
Pollinia: number: 4
Pollinia: shape: globose or subglobose
Pollinia: other characteristics: with caudicle or viscidium, with stipe
Stipe: shape: cuneate
Viscidium:shape: orbicular or suborbicular, ovate
Viscidium: other characteristics: wider than stipe