Polystachya goetzeana Kraenzl. 1901 SECTION Isochiloides Summerh. Photo by Isabel La Croix © and JSTOR Plant Sciences Website

Common Name Goetz' Polystachya

Flower Size

Found in Tanzania and Malawi in montane and submontane evergreen forests at elevations around 2300 to 2350 meters as a small sized, cold growing epiphyte with conical pseudobulbs enveloped by scarious sheaths and carrying 2, apical, linear, grass-like, dark green somewhat spotted purple leaves that blooms in the fall on an erect, shorter than the leaves, densely pubescent, 1.2 to 2.8" [3 to 7 cm] long, few flowered inflorescence enveloped partially by 2 to 3 scarious sheaths carrying musky scented flowers

Synonyms Isochilostachya goetzeana (Kraenzl.) Mytnik & Szlach. 2011

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Tropical East Africa Vol 2 Cribb 1984; African Orchid in Cultivation and the Wild La Croix 1997; Flora Zambesiaca Vol 11 Orchidaceae Part 1 Pope 1998 photo fide

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