Polystachya acuminata Summerh. 1947 publ. 1948 SECTION Affines Type Specimen by Moreau and JSTOR Plant Sciences Website

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Common Name The Acuminate Polystachya

Flower Size

Found in Tanzania in rain forests at elevations around 900 to 1300 meters as a mini-miniature to miniature sized, warm growing epiphyte with ovoid to subspherical, clustered, brownish green pseudobulbs carrying 3 to 4, spreading to almost recurved, oblanceolate, oblong to elliptic-lanceolate, subacute, green with purple margined or irregularily purple spotted leaves that blooms in the later summer on a racemose or rarely poorly branched, erect, terete to slightly compressed, slightly pubescent, 2.4 to 5.6" [6 to 14 cm] long, laxly 7 to 12 flowered inflorescence carrying anise scented flowers

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Tropical East Africa Part 2 Cribb 1984;

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