Rangaeris rhipsalisocia (Rchb.f.) Summerh. 1936
Photos by The Orkideer Website
Photos by Vincent Droissart and His West African Orchid Website
EARLY
Common Name or Meaning The Coral Cactus Living Rangaeris
Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]
Found in Sierra Leone, Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Togo, Liberia, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Zaire and Angola in evergreen forests ata elevations of 100 to 200 meters as a minaiture to small sized, hot growing epiphyute with an erect, short stem carrying 4 to 6, arranged in a fan, flattened and with the upper surfaces cohering so that they appear Iris-Like, entire and acute apically leaves that blooms in the spring and early summer arising from below the leaves, spreading to pendant, 4 to 6" [10 to 15 cm] long, 6 to 8 flowered inflorescence with ovate bracts
Synonyms Aerangis cordatiglandula (De Wild.) Schltr 1918; Aerangis rhipsalisocia (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 1918; Angorchis rhipsalisocia (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891; Angraecum cordatiglandulum De Wild. 1916; *Angraecum rhipsalisocium Rchb.f. 1865; Listrostachys cordatiglandula De Wild. 1914; Listrostachys rhipsalisocia (Rchb.f.) Rolfe 1897; Listrostachys trachypus Kraenzl. 1894; Neowolffia rhipsalisocia (Rchb.f.) O.Gruss 2007; Podangis rhipsalisocia (Rchb.f.) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward 2012; Rangaeris trachypus (Kraenzl.) Guillaumin 1959
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 32 # 10 1963; Orchids of East Africa Piers 1968; AOS Bulletin Vol 39 No 3 1970 photo FIDE; Rudolph Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 16/17/18 945-1128 Brieger 1985 photo fide; African Orchids in Cultivation and the Wild La Croix 1997 drawing ok/photo fide; Les Orchidees de Cote d'Ivorie Perez-Vera 2003 drawing/photo fide; Angraecoid Orchids Stewart, Hermans and Campbell 2006 PHOTO FIDE; Mille et Une Mini Orchideees Roguenant 2009 photo fide;
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