Transparent pelagic group with tapering bodies and foliaceous segmental cirri. Foliaceous Montipora species dominate the coral reef. They contain five to eight varices that are more or less foliaceous. Inflorescences are densely spicate-racemose or paniculate, and bracts are foliaceous or dry, persistent or deciduous. They are foliaceous or cylindroid in shape and have longitudinal striations. Growth morphologies for the genus "Montipora" include submassive, laminar, foliaceous, encrusting, and branching. The foliaceous leaf sheaths are well-developed. These orchids have two leaves, arising from a pseudobulb, covered with a foliaceous sheath. In 1996, Francesca Tenconi was diagnosed with Pemphigus Foliaceous, a life-threatening auto-immune based skin disease. It is a foliaceous lichen, resembling a leaf in shape. There are two distichous, foliaceous sheaths around the base, from which the inflorescence emerges. A stipule is "foliaceous" if it is leaf-like.