Jumellea spathulata (Ridl.) Schltr. 1925 GROUP 4

Photo by Olaf Pronk and Laurette E.U.R.L. orchids of Madagascar

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Common Name The Sheathed Jumellea

Flower Size 1.5" [3.75 cm]

Found in central to southeastern Madagascar at elevations of 1500 to 1600 meters as a small to medium sized, cool growing epiphyte or lithophyte on rocky outcrops in forests with a thick stem carrying several, thick, unequally obtusely bilobed apically, lingulate leaves and blooms in the late summer and early fall on a short, single flowered inflorescence enveloped basally by 3 to 4 sheaths and has fragrant flowers.

Synonyms Angorchis spathulata (Ridl.) Kuntze 1891; *Angraecum spathulatum Ridl. 1885