The genus Dondodia (don-DOH-dee-uh) is a new unispecific genus consisting of a species that used to belong to the genus Cryptophoranthus, then Pleurothallis.  This species is characterized by a tuft of minutely denticulate-erose leaves borne by much shorter ramicauls.  The proportionately large, dark purple flower is borne by a short peduncle.  the deeply concave synsepal and the concave dorsal sepal are adherent at the tips to form wide, lateral apertures, in a manner seen in several other taxa such as Zootrophion and Ophidion.  The lip is broadly ovate and coarsely verrucose and erose.

    Dondodia erosa (Garay) Luer