Chaseella pseudohydra Summerh. 1961
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Common Name The False Hydra Chaseella [Named for the appearance of the leaves]
Flower Size 1/4" [7.5mm]
Found in Kenya Zimbabwe and Eastern Zambia at elevations around 2000 meters on branches as a miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte related to Bulbophyllum with a long slender rhizome with 3/4 to 1" [2 to 2.5 cm] between each yellowish-green, oblong-ovoid pseuodbulb carrying 6 to 11, apical, in a whorl, linear, stiff, needle-like leaves and blooms on a basal, 1 to 2 flowered, inflorescence carrying small reddish flowers
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Zambesiaca Vol 11 Part 1 Pope 1995; Orchids of Kenya Stewart 1996; African Orchids in The Wild and Cultivation La Croix 1997
