Ancistrorhynchus schumannii (Kraenzl.) Summerh. 1948

Plant Photos by Vincent Droissart and His West African Orchid Website

Common Name or Meaning Schumann's Ancistrorhynchus [German Botanist 1900's]

Flower Size 3/8" [1 cm]

Found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and Zaire in dense forests at elevations around 1500 metes as a miniature to small sized, cool growing epiphyte with a stem enveloped by leaf-bearing sheaths and carrying oblong, equally lobed apically leaves that blooms on a short, 1 to 3 flowered inflorescence.

"ctyle. The general habit is very similar to that of A. parviflora from Tanzania and also, although on a much smaller scale, to other species from West Africa. The most striking feature is the reduction of the inflorescences to 2 or 3 flowers only, which are subtended by com- paratively small bracts." summerhayes 1948

Synonyms *Angraecum schumannii Kraenzl. 1889; Mystacidium schumannii (Kraenzl.) Rolfe 1897; Phormangis schumannii (Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1918; Tridactyle schumannii (Kraenzl.) Summerh. 1936

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Kew Bull. 3: 281 Summerhayes 1948 Die Orchideen lieferung 16/17/18 Brieger etal 1986; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans and Campbell 2006

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