Ancistrochilus thomsonianus (Rchb.f.) Rolfe 1897 Photos courtesy of © Lourens Grobler.

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Common Name Thompsosn's Ancistrochilus

Flower Size 2 to 3" [5 to 7.5 cm]

Found in Nigeria, Central African Republic, Cameroons, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Gulf of Guinea Islands in lowland forests at elevations of 50 to 500 meters as a small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with orbicular, flattened pseudobulbs carrying narrowly lanceolate, ribbed leaves that blooms in the summer and fall on an erect to archng 2 to 3 flowered inflorescence.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; African Orchids in teh Wild and Cultivation La Croix 1997

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