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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small, slender epiphytic herb; stem up to 16 cm long, covered velow with brown, sheathing leaf bases. Leaves 5-9, linear to tongue-shaped, 3–7 cm long, unequally 2-lobed at the apex. Inflorescences axillary on the lower leaves, on underside of stem, densely several-flowered on a short peduncle; bracts ovate, 3 mm long, brownish. Flowers bell-shaped, white, green marked on the anther cap. Sepals oblong 2–3.3 mm long, petals very slightly smaller. Lip oblong to more or less orbicular, 1.8–2.6 mm long, concave, entire; spur saccate, 1.5–2.3 mm long and wide. |
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| Habitat: | On trees or shrubs in riverine forest and thicket. |
| Altitude range: | 1300 m (approx) |
| Flowering time: | Jan - Feb |
| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania and Malawi. |
| Malawi distribution: | N |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
La Croix, I. & Cribb, P.J. (1998). Orchidaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 11(2) Pages 393 - 395. (Includes a picture). La Croix, I. et al. (1991). Orchids of Malawi A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam Page 255. (Includes a picture). Summerhayes, V.S. (1953). African Orchids: XXII Kew Bulletin 8(4) Pages 590 - 591. Protologue |
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