Polystachya gracilenta Kraenzl. 1894 SECTION Cultriformis Kranzl Collection sheet and photo by Jany Renz © and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz HerbariA Website

Common Name Goetz' Polystachya

Flower Size

Found in Burundi, Zaire and and Tanzania in open montane forests in dry places over rocks at elevations of 2000 to 30050 as a medium sized, cold growing terrestrial or epiphyte with filiform pseudobulbs enveloped by 2 basal sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, linear to oblong, obtuse to acute leaf that blooms at most any time of the year on a terminal, erect, zig-zag, 14 to 14.8" [35 to 37 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence with triangular, acute floral bracts.

Synonyms Polystachya purpureoalba Kraenzl. 1909

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae of West Central Africa Vol 2 Szlachetko etal 2015 drawing good;

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