Microcoelia megalorrhiza (Rchb.f.) Summerh. 1943 Photo by Bob Campbell and the Orchids of Kenya ©,

Common Name The Giagantic Rhizome Microcoelia

Flower Size 5/8" [1.6cm]

Found in Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi in dry woodlands and near the coast at elevations of sea level to 500 meters as a medium to large sized, hot growing epiphyte with long grey brown, verrucose roots radiating from a short stewm and blooms in the winter on an erect, 3/4 to 4" [2 to10 cm] long, to 7 simultaneously, to 20 flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Angorchis megalorrhiza (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891; *Angraecum megalorrhizum Rchb.f. 1881; Epidorchis megalorrhiza (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891; Gussonea megalorrhiza (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 1918;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Kenya Stewart 1996 Malawi Orchids La Croix 1983; Orchids of Kenya Stewart & Campbell 1996; Flora Zambesiaca Vol 11 Part 2 Pope 1998; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans and Campbell 2006