Angraecopsis pusilla Summerh. 1951 Photo by Tariq Stevart and Phytotaxa 349 (3) 2018 "A revised concept of Rhipidoglossum (Angraecinae, Orchidaceae)" JOÃO N. M. FARMINHÃO, PIERRE MEERTS, PASCAL DESCOURVIÈRES, VINCENT DROISSART, MURIELLE SIMO-DROISSART & TARIQ STÉVART

Common Name The Tiny Angraecopsis

Flower Size .11" [2.75 mm]

Found in eastern Republic of Congo in montane and evergreen forests and the bamboo zone at elevations around 1700 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte with a short stem carrying 5 to 9, erect, conduplicate, linear to oblong leaves that blooms in the winter on an axillary, slender, 4 to 7 flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, shorter than the ovary floral bracts and carrying white to pale green flowers.

Synonyms Rhipidoglossum pusillum (Summerh.) Farminhão & Stévart 2018

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans and Campbell 2006; Phytotaxa 349 (3) 2018 "A revised concept of Rhipidoglossum (Angraecinae, Orchidaceae)" JOÃO N. M. FARMINHÃO, PIERRE MEERTS, PASCAL DESCOURVIÈRES, VINCENT DROISSART, MURIELLE SIMO-DROISSART & TARIQ STÉVART photo fide

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