Microcoelia corallina Summerh. 1945

Flower Closeup Photos courtesy of Alan Gregg and Swansea Botanical Complex

Common Name or Meaning The The Coral-Like Microcoelia [refers to the coral colored lip and column]

Flower Size .15" [4 mm]

Found in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique in dry, hot woodlands on smooth-barked trees at elevations of 200 to 500 meters as asmall sized, hot growing epiphyte with a mass of silver grey roots radiating from a short stem and blooms in the spring on several, 1 t o1.2" [2.5 to 3 cm] long, to 15 flowered inflorescence.

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Kenya Stewart Campbell 1996; African Orchids in the Wild and Cultivation La Croix 1997; Flora Zambesiaca Vol 11 Part 2 Pope 1998; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans and Campbell 2007