Microcoelia globulosa (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) L. Jonsson 1981 Photo courtesy of Carl Withner

Flower Closeup Photos by Bart Wursten ©, and his Flora Of Zimbabwe WebSite

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Common Name The Small Sphere Microcoelia

Flower Size 1/8"" [4.5 mm]

Found from Nigeria, Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Rwanda, Zaire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Angola, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe in open woodlands and riverine woodlands on twigs and small branches at elevations of 500 to 1950 meters as a medium sized, leafless, monopodial, hot to warm growing epiphyte that is best grown mounted on wood with a very short, leafless stem and grey roots when dry that become greenish when moist and blooms on 3 to 5, erect, slightly fractiflex, 2 to 3 1/2" [60 to 100 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence with many [15 to 20], upwards facing, scented, simultaneously opening flowers occuring in the fall in nature and winter and early spring in cultivation.

Synonyms Aeranthes guyoniana (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. 1865; Angraecum globulosum Hochst. ex A. Rich. 1850; Angraecum guyonianum Rchb. f. 1849; Epidorchis guoyaniana (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891; *Gussonea globulosa Ridl. 1885; Microcoelia guyoniana (Rchb. f.) Summerh. 1943; Mystacidium globulosum (Hochst.) T.Durand & Schinz 1894; Mystacidium radicosum T.Durand & Schinz 1894; Saccolabium radicosum A.Rich. 1850

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans, Campbell 2006

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